Princeton Weekly Bulletin Calendar of events

October 7-13, 2002

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Monday, October 7

     

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4:30 p.m. Jewish studies/Near Eastern studies/women and gender studies Israeli women writers poetry reading. Karen Alkalay-Gut. 202 Jones.

7:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson College documentary festival film. Sandra Kogut: "Um Passaporte Hungaro." Performance Theater, Frist.

Lectures

Noon. European studies lecture. "Is Gaullism Dead? French Politics and Government Under the Chirac Presidency." Sudhir Hazareesingh, Oxford University. 012 Bendheim.

Noon. Madison program lecture. "Fashionable Nonsense." Dennis Patterson, Rutgers University. Madison Room, Whig.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. "Quantum Bits and Gates Using a Point Defect in Diamond." Tom Kennedy, Naval Research Lab. C207 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Rheologic Cycling in Space and Time in an Alpine Shear Zone." Jane Selverstone, University of New Mexico. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. "Proof of the Double Bubble Con-jecture." Frank Morgan, Williams College. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Mathematics PACM colloquium. "Wave Localization and Guidance in Photonic Bandgap Structures." Fadil Santosa, University of Minnesota. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Buddhist studies workshop. "Japanese Esoteric Buddhism and Mandala Art." Manabe Shunsho, Columbia University. 234 Frist. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

5 p.m. Transregional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "Peace for Israel, Peace for Palestine: Two Scholars' Views." Islah Jad, University of London; and Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7 p.m. African-American studies/community and state affairs/Historical Society of Princeton, Rutgers University/N.J. Historical Commission symposium. "Black Resistance in Historical Perspective." Nell Painter; Clement Price, Rutgers University; and Paul Robeson Jr., author and lecturer; Giles Wright, N.J. Historical Commission, moderator. Multipurpose Room, Frist.

Tuesday, October 8

     

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7:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson College documentary festival film. José Luis Guerín: "En construcción." Performance Theater, Frist.

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music concert. Brentano String Quartet. Music by Charles Wuorinen, Stravinsky, Mozart and Bartók. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

11 a.m. Chemistry seminar. "Mechanistic and Synthetic Studies Inspired by the Cox-2 Inhibitor Etoricoxib (Arcosiz)." Ian Davies, Merck and Co. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

11 a.m. Mathematics celestial mechanics seminar. "Capture Processes and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mech-anics." Edward Belbruno. 1001 Fine.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Equity in Intimacy: The Early Years of Covenant and Standard Marriages." Steve Nock, University of Virginia. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson College documentary festival discussion. Andrés Di Tella and Sandra Kogut, film directors. Performance Theater, Frist.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "How Bacteria Talk to Each Other." Bonnie Bassler. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. "The Edifices of the New Justinian: Catherine the Great Regaining Byzantium." Asen Kirin, University of Georgia. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Comparative literature/humanities lecture, first of three. "Proust's Scepticism: Elstir's Metaphors." Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge. 105 Bobst.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. "Rational Families of Vector Bundles on Curves." Ana-Maria Castravet, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. "Mass Renormalization and Energy Level Shift in Non-Relativistic QED." Christian Hainzl, University of Munich. A06 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Music/musicology colloquium. "From the Synthetic to the Emergent: A Theory of Musical Gesture and Its Role in the Interpretation of Expressive Meaning." Robert Hatten, Indiana University. 102 Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Business Today lecture. "Financing Exports in Our Nation's Service: The Historic Role of the Export-Import Bank of the United States." Dan Renberg, Export-Import Bank of the United States. 016 Robertson.

8 p.m. Pride Alliance/LBGT/Frist lecture. Leslie Feinberg. 302 Frist.

8 p.m. University committee on public lectures/Little lecture. "Who Are the Real Barbarians? A Latin American Perspective." Ariel Dorfman, Duke University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Sports

7:30 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Rutgers University. Lourie-Love Field.

Wednesday, October 9

     

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12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Jason Asbury, Prospect Presbyterian Church, Maplewood. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark poetry reading. Wyatt Prunty and Dave Smith reading from their work. Introduction by James Lasdun. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson College documentary festival film. Patricio Guzmán: "La batalla de Chile." Performance Theater, Frist.

8 p.m. Chapel music jazz vespers. University Jazz Ensembles, Anthony D.J. Branker, director. Chapel.

Lectures

1 p.m. Information technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning seminar. "Teaching With the Digital Wall." Outside Café Vivian, Frist.

2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. "Introduction to Some New Ideas in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics." David Ruelle, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques. 343 Jadwin.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Information Flow in Signal Trans-duction Pathways: Analysis by Modeling and Experiment." Andre Levhenko, Johns Hopkins University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

G 4 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning lecture. "Precept on Precepting: Leading Discussions Successfully." Stanley Katz. 328 Frist.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. "Education Reform, Redistribution and Student Achievement: Evidence From the Kentucky Education Reform Act." Melissa Clark. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "OMEGA: Overview and Operation." Walter Shmayda, University of Rochester. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Comparative literature/humanities lecture, second of three. "Proust's Scepticism: Walking on Stilts." Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge. 105 Bobst.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Evolutionary and Biogeographic Assembly of Two Neotropical Faunal Communities: Birds of the Lesser Antilles and Freshwater Fish of Central America." Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Nonlinear PDE's in Conformal Geometry." Sun-Yung Chang. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/study of religion lecture. "Gender Justice: Through Qur'anic Hermeneu-tics and Beyond." Amina Wadud, Virginia Commonwealth University. 016 Robertson.

6 p.m. Architecture school lecture. "Absolut Landscape." Robert Somol, University of California-Los Angeles. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. University committee on public lectures/Vanuxem lecture. "Collapses of Ancient Societies and Their Lessons for Today." Jared Diamond, University of California-Los Angeles. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

G 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Employee Health American Red Cross faculty and staff blood drive. Multipurpose Room, Frist. Call Peggy Henke at 258-5035 for appointment.

Sports

7 p.m. Field hockey vs. University of Delaware. 1952 Stadium.

7:30 p.m. Men's soccer vs. American University. Lourie-Love Field.

Thursday, October 10

     

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10 p.m. Chapel music for meditation. Chapel.

10 p.m. Frist entertainment. Adam Richman. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

G Noon. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "Getting It All Done: Time Management for Graduate Students." Patricia Armstrong. 328 Frist.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Diagnostics of Climate Variability and Trend Using Potential Vorticity Maps." Ming Cal, University of Maryland. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete math-ematics seminar. "TSP Cuts That Do Not Follow the Template Paradigm." Vasek Chvatal, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Comparative literature/humanities lecture, last of three. "Proust's Scepticism: The Allegorical Body." Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge. 105 Bobst.

4:30 p.m. Human values/Moffett lecture in ethics. "Election Time: The Political Metaphysics of the Electoral Process." Dennis Thompson, Harvard University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Become a More Efficient Researcher and Thereby Improve Your Social Life." Peter Johnson. 107, 58 Prospect.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. "The Fate of State Taxes in the Merovingian Period: A Problem Revisited." Shoichi Sata, Nagoya University. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Magnetic Trapping of Molecules, Neutrons and Exotic Atoms." John Doyle. A10 Jadwin.

7:30 p.m. Ideas In Action, Student Discourse and Whig-Clio lecture. "For the American People, Independent of the Special Interests." Professor Dr. Omar Ali, director of Research at the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (CUIP). Whig Hall Senate Chamber. A question and answer period will follow; refreshments will be served.

Notices

G 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Employee Health American Red Cross faculty and staff blood drive. Multipurpose Room, Frist. Call Peggy Henke at 258-5035 for appointment.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Nell Painter, author of "Southern History Across the Color Line." University Store.

Friday, October 11

     

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12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "The Broken Promise: Kandinsky and Münter." Klaus Florey, docent. Art Museum.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading. Joseph O'Neill, novelist, reading from his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. Music concert. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor; with James Shin '05, violin. Music by Barber, Bernstein, Mozart and Wagner. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 9 p.m. Chapel music silent film with organ accompaniment. "Phantom of the Opera." Chapel.

Lectures

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Molecular biology/health and wellbeing/Woodrow Wilson School conference. "Academic Symposium on Bio-terrorism: Science, Security and Preparedness." 003 Thomas Lab. Registration required <www.molbio. princeton.edu/bioterror_symp.php>.

Noon. Ancient world lecture. "The Crowning of Alcibiades by the Athenian Assembly." Marc Gygax. 302 Frist.

1 to 5:30 p.m. Industrial relations seminar, first of two days. "Orley Ashenfelter Festschrift." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. See <www.irs.princeton.edu/ashenfelter/festschrift.html>.

1:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology symposium on evolutionary genomics. Daniel Hartl, Harvard University; Jonathan Eisen, Institute for Genomic Research; and Paul Sharp, University of Nottingham. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

2:30 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "Rock-Cut Architecture From Byzantine Cappadocia: Mansions or Monasteries?" Veronica Kalas. 107, 58 Prospect.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "Conformal Maps, Convex Hulls and Kleinian Groups." Chris Bishop, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control. "Dynamics and Control of Juggling." Rodolphe Sepulchre, Université de Liege. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Arts and cultural policy studies/history lecture. "Culture, Contention and Conflict: A Historical Perspective." Gerald Graff, University of Illinois; Michael Kammen, Cornell University; Nell Painter; and Stanley Katz. 016 Robertson.

4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. "Transparent Experience and the Availability of Qualia." Brian Loar, Rutgers University. 64 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. History/history of science/African American studies lecture. "The Strange Career of Race and Cancer in America: 'Negro Immunity' and the Mystique of White Self Examination." Keith Wailoo, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. 211 Dickinson.

Notices

G 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Freshman Parents Weekend. See http://princeton.edu/pr/event/fpw.

Saturday, October 12

     

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11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "Hot Chocolate." Grace Mele, docent. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. Music concert. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor; with James Shin '05, violin. Music by Barber, Bernstein, Mozart and Wagner. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Industrial relations seminar, second of two days. "Orley Ashenfelter Festschrift." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. See http://www.irs.princeton.edu/ashenfelter/festschrift.html.

G 10 a.m. Alumni Council lecture. "How to Listen to a Movie." Simon Morrison. 10 Guyot.

Notices

G 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Freshman Parents Weekend. See <princeton. edu/pr/event/fpw/>.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Community/Staff Day. Princeton Stadium.

F 1 p.m. Football vs. Colgate University. Princeton Stadium.

7:30 p.m. Women's soccer vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lourie-Love Field.

Sunday, October 13

     

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3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "The Broken Promise: Kandinsky and Münter." Klaus Florey, docent. Art Museum.

3 p.m. Composers Ensemble at Princeton/Music/Friends of Music concert. Cleveland Institute of Music Contemporary Ensemble, Andrew Rindfleisch, conductor. Music by Steve Mackey. Margaret Brouwer, Miriama Young, Brooke Joyce, Paul Botelho and Dan Cooper. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Ben Folds. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

3 p.m. Friends of the Library lecture. "Fast-Talking Dames." Maria DiBattista. Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.

Notices

FG 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Octoberfest brunch. Prospect House.

11 a.m. University Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.

Weekly

     

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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

     

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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.

•"Beyond the Visible: A Conservator's Perspective." Through Jan. 5.

•"Earth's Beauty Revealed: The 19th-Century European Landscape." Through Jan 12.

•"Photographs by Lewis Baltz." Through Jan. 19.

•"Photographs From the Peter C. Bunnell Collection." Through Oct. 27.

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

Exhibition Gallery:

•"Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency." Through Oct. 27.

Lobby:

•"A Collector's Choices: The Vermeule Gift of Medals." Through Oct. 31.

•"Qur'anic Leaves From the William J. Trezise Collection of Arabic Calligraphy." Through Oct. 31.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

•Photographs by Emery Guzelsu.

Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

•"Paix et Liberté: Posters that Go BANG!" Through Feb. 1.

Visual Arts Program

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

•"Show of Seniors' Junior Independent Work." Through Oct 16.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"War and Prophecy." Pat Feeney Murrell, duCret School of Art. Through Oct. 30.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•"After Sept. 11." Through Dec. 1.

Et cetera

     

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Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788; http://www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

120 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; http://jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. mailto:fristqna@princeton.edu.

Library

Hours: 258-3181; http://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. http://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.

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676; http://www.princeton. edu/~visarts/the.html.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950; http://www.theatre-intime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

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

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