C A L E N D A R   O F   E V E N T S

November 3-9, 2003

Monday, November 3 >

Arts

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies Central Asian film series. Khodjakuli Narliev: "Daughter-in-Law." 2 Robertson.

Lectures

12:15 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics lectures. "Can Rights Cross National Boundaries?: Another Test of Anti-Essentialism." Daniel Robinson, Columbia University. East Room, Bobst.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "The Atmospheric Response to Realistic Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies." Michael Alexander, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2:40 p.m. International economics/macroeconomics seminar. "Inter-national Capital Mobility and Aggregate Volatility: The Case of Credit-Rationed Open Economies." Patrick Pintus, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II. 200 Fisher.

4 p.m. Complex materials seminar. "Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Macroscopic Crystals." George Whitesides, Harvard University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering/condensed matter physics seminar on electronic materials and devices. "When Band Theory Does Not Work and What One Can Do About It: Dynamical Mean-Field Approach for Strongly Correlated Materials." Gabriel Kotliar, Rutgers University. Auditorium, Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Poullada lecture, first of two. "Afghanistan on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Changes in Values and Social Practices." Pierre Centlivres, anthropologist. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Local Governance in Post-Conflict Iraq." Ross Wherry, U.S. Agency for International Development. 16 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures reading. Elke Schmitter, author, reading her work. 205 East Pyne.

Notices

G 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. James Gleick, author of "Isaac Newton." University Store.

Tuesday, November 4 >

Arts

G 5 p.m. Humanities council/ African-American studies reading. Toni Morrison reading her work. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies Arabic film series. Kasim Abid: "Naji al: 'Ali." 1 Robertson.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Drummers of West Africa. McCarter Theatre.

9 p.m. Near Eastern studies Iranian film series. Babak Payami: "Ra'-ye makhfi." 113 Jones.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Biological Correlates of Well-Being." Burton Singer. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Dynamics and Control of PEM Fuel Cells and the Suitability for Transportation Systems." Jay Benziger. 10 Guyot.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Nonlinear de Broglie Optics: The Road to Molecules." Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. "Toward the McKay Correspondence in All Dimensions." Alastair Craw, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Poullada lecture, last of two. "Afghanistan on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Changes in Values and Social Practices." Pierre Centlivres, anthropologist. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "No-Arbitrage Pricing and Convertible Bonds." Steven Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/humanities lecture. "Between Deception and Terror: The Russian Émigré Press in the 1920s and Soviet Counter-Intelligence." Lazar Fleishman, Stanford University. 245 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Shahzia Sikander, figurative painter, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

6 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "Monetary Affairs Between Byzantium and the West: A Previously Unknown Oinage at Mystras (Post-1347)." Julian Baker. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

Wednesday, November 5 >

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. David Williams, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Chapel.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Herbie Hancock Quartet. McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology lecture. "Teaching with the Internet." John Pinto and Janet Temos. McGraw Conference Room, 329 Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. "Infection of Phagocytes by Legionella: Strategies for Survival, Growth and Release." Howard Shuman, Columbia University. 3 Thomas Lab.

1:30 p.m. School of Architecture/Traveling Dialogues symposium. "Against Reality." Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. "Analysis of Algorithms and the Topology of Random Surfaces." Nicholas Pippenger. 322 Fine.

3 p.m. Chemistry bio/organic catalysis symposium. "Cholesterol Oxidase: Modulating Flavin Reactivity and Catalysis at the Membrane," Nicole Sampson, State University of New York-Stony Brook; and "Enantioselective Organocatalysis: Development of New Catalysis Concepts of Broad Utility to Chemical Synthesis," David MacMillan, California Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Source Signatures and Hygroscopic Properties of Organic Submicron Atmospheric Aerosol." Steven Maria. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Philosophy/humanities seminar on "Feelings," first of three. "Human Passions: Sentiments as the Cement of the Mind." Michael Martin, University College London. 2 McCosh.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. "New Evidence About Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement." Eric Hanushek, Stanford University. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "The High-Density/High-Beta Regime in W7-AS." Arthur Weller, Max Planck Institute. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values lecture. "Abortion and Intimacy: Rethinking the Duty to Gestate." Margaret Little, Georgetown University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. "Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan." Richard Samuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. "The Conservation Value of Corridors." Nick Haddad, North Carolina State University-Raleigh. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures lecture. "Etymologies of the Breast." Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania. 106 McCormick.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. "Clouds." Wiel Arets, IR Wiel Arets Architects and Associates BV, the Netherlands; and Berlage Institute. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press Environmental Prize Lectures, first of three. "Strategies for Development of Globally Sustainable Energy." Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology. A01 McDonnell. Reception follows.

Notices

G 1 to 7 p.m. Health services FluFest (charge for shot) and Cirque de Santé, first of two days. Frist. See article on page 2.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Edmund White, author of "Fanny: A Fiction." University Store.

Thursday, November 6 >

Arts

Noon. Chapel music Graduate College organ concert. Procter (charge for lunch).

8 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures film. Ulrike Ottinger: "Bildnis einer Trinkerin." Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Richard Thompson, folk rocker. McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m. Taiwanese Graduate Students Association/Taiwanese American Students Association Taiwanese film festival. Ming-Liang Tsai: "Vive l'Amour." 28 McCosh.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Sartre: "No Exit." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 8 p.m. University concerts series. Escher Trio. Music by Haydn, Korngold and Schubert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

9 p.m. Near Eastern studies Iranian film series. Bahman Ghobadi: "Bazmande-dar Eragh." 113 Jones.

11:30 p.m. Frist entertainment. Fusion Ensemble. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics lectures. "The (Elihu) Root of All Evil." Angelo Codevilla, Boston University. East Room, Bobst.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Modelling Nitrate and Ammonium in Aerosols: Impact on the Tropospheric Aerosols and Chemistry." Yan Feng, University of Michigan. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. "Stochastic Loewner Equations." Leonid Koralov. 224 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy/humanities seminar on "Feelings," second of three. "From the Shadows: Emotion Standing Behind the Feeling." Michael Martin, University College London. 2 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. "Whose Art Is It, Anyway? Antiquities, Ethics and the Law." Gary Vikan, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values lecture. "Relations Before Transactions: Toward a New Paradigm for Racial Discrimination Theory." Glenn Loury, Boston University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "Why I Write." Yu Hua, author. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Black Memorial lecture. "Democracy by Force, Iraq and the Future of Sovereignty." Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "On Groups Generated by Two Positive Multi-Twists." Christopher Leininger, Columbia University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Institute of Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia/Princeton Committee for a Free Palestine lecture. "Prospects for Peace: The Vital Role of Civil Society in Bringing Democracy, Justice and Prosperity to Palestine and Israel." Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian National Initiative and Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute in Ramallah. 46 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Weighing Neutron Stars and Other Adventures in Pulsar Timing." David Nice. A02 McDonnell.

7:30 p.m. Amnesty International lecture. "Human Rights in Tibet." Ngawang Choephel and Bhuchung Tsering, International Campaign for Tibet. 46 McCosh.

7:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Coalition for Peace Action lecture. "Controlling the Message: How the Media Framed the War." Phil Donahue, television talk show host, and Vladimir Posner, Russian television journalist. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press Environmental Prize Lectures, second of three. "Climate Change Constraints on Carbon-Based Energy Consumption: Energy Policy Formulation in the Face of Technical Uncertainty." Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology. A01 McDonnell. Reception follows.

8 p.m. Religious life/Christian Leadership Ministries lecture. "Intelligent Design: Implications for Science and Belief in God." Michael Behe, Lehigh University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

G 1 to 7 p.m. Health services FluFest (charge for shot) and Cirque de Santé, last of two days. Frist. See article on page 2.

Friday, November 7 >

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Wine, (Wo)men and Song on a Psykter by the Kleophrades Painter." Elizabeth Green. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. Roaring 20: A Cappella Jam. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Sartre: "No Exit." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

10 a.m. Center for Human Values lecture. "What Price Diversity? On the Economics and the Ethics of Categorical Redistribution Schemes." Glenn Loury, Boston University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. "Jet Noise: A Lower Limit on a Free-Shear Flow Noise." Jonathan Freund, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "Einstein Metrics on Spheres." Janos Kollar. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy/humanities seminar on "Feelings," last of three. "Articulate Feelings: The Value of Pain." Michael Martin, University College London. 4 McCosh.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press Environmental Prize Lectures, last of three. "Improving on Photosynthesis: Technological Approaches to Cost-Effective, Scaleable Carbon-Neutral Energy." Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology. A01 McDonnell. Reception follows.

Sports

F 7 p.m. Men's hockey vs. Colgate University. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Sprint football vs. University of Pennsylvania. Weaver Track Stadium.

Notices

2 to 5 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics conference, first of two days. "Inequality and American Democracy." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Art Museum student opening reception. "Centaur and the City." Art Museum.

Saturday, November 8 >

Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum performance and demonstration for children. "The Golden Lyre." Seth Reichgott. Multipurpose Room, Frist. For reservations, call 258-3043.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Sartre: "No Exit." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 8 p.m. University Concerts Jazz Ensemble performance, Anthony Branker, director. "Composing-in-the-Moment." Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics conference, second of two days. "Inequality and American Democracy." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

F 7 p.m. Men's hockey vs. Cornell University. Baker Rink.

Sunday, November 9 >

Arts

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Wine, (Wo)men and Song on a Psykter by the Kleophrades Painter." Elizabeth Green. Art Museum.

F 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

3 p.m. University Library lecture. "The Life and Times of George R. Kennan." John Gaddis, Yale University. 101 McCormick. Reception follows.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel Interfaith Service for Peace. George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury. Chapel.

Weekly >

Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge; and 9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.

Exhibits >

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays

and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

• "Aaron Siskind at 100." Through Nov. 11.

• "The Arts of Asia: Works in the Perma-nent Collection." Through Jan. 6.

• "The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art." Through Jan. 18.

• "The Italian Renaissance City: Selections From Princeton University Collections." Through Jan. 11.

• "Stranger Than Fiction: 19th Century Photographs From the Collection." Through Dec. 8.

• "Recent Acquisitions in Asian Art: 1998-2003." Through Jan. 6.

Firestone Library

Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts (second floor): Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

• "The Life and Times of George F. Kennan: A Centennial Exhibition." Nov. 9 through April 18.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

• "English Royal Portraits on Seals, Coins and Medals." Through Nov. 30.

Frist Campus Center

"Happiness IsHonoring Clark Gesner '60." Through Nov. 16.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m. Closed weekends. "Jonathan Edwards: The Life of a Master Preacher." Through Feb. 2.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

"Student Drawings." Through Nov. 7.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery, lower level, Robertson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. "Resistance and Rescue: Denmark's Response to the Holocaust." Judy Glickman, photographer. Through Nov. 6.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. <www.princetonartmuseum.org>.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

G07 McCosh Health Center. Information and appointments: 258-1875, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Employee Health

G6B McCosh Health Center. Appointments: 258-5035, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. After-hours emergencies: 258-3134.

Employment Opportunities

Employment Hotline: 258-6130. <jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs>.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. <fristqna@princeton.edu>.

Library

Hours: 258-3181. <libweb.princeton.edu>.

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. <www.mccarter.org>.

Orange Key Guide Service

Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-1766.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686.

Richardson Auditorium

Reservations: 258-5000, Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; and two hours before events requiring tickets. <www.princeton.edu/richaud>.

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676. <www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html>.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950. <www.theatre-intime.org>.

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

 

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