C A L E N D A R   O F   E V E N T S

November 10-16, 2003

Monday, November 10

Arts

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies Central Asian film series. Serik Aprimov: "The Last Stop." 2 Robertson.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Surface Reservoir Ages and Paleoventilation in the Southern Ocean During the Last Glacial Maximum." Elizabeth Sikes, Rutgers University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics colloquium. "A Posteriori Error Estimates and Adaptivity for Convection Dominated Flow Problems." Mario Ohlberger, University of Maryland. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Complex materials seminar. "Mussel Beards and Worm Fangs: The Mechanical and Structural Intricacies of Complex Marine Biomaterials." J. Herbert Waite, University of California-Santa Barbara. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. "Quantum Computing With Qubits Made of Electrons on a Helium Surface." Arnold Dahm, Case Western Reserve University. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture series on "America's Founding and Future." "Implications of Under-Population in Europe and America." Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enter-prise Institute. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Driven Wild: The Automobile and the Making of Modern Wilderness." Paul Sutter, University of Georgia. 10 Guyot.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. "City Garden." Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros, Ábalos and Herreros Architects and Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

7:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. "Colonialism, Emigration and the Cosmopolitan Roots of Italian Modernism." Lucia Re, University of California-Los Angeles. 321 East Pyne.

7:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Katharine Wood, enamel artist, talking about her work. Sculpture Shop, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. University Public Lectures. "Israel: Peace and War." Amos Oz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Jane Rawlings, author of "The Penelopeia." University Store.

Tuesday, November 11

Arts

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies Arabic film series. Akram Zaatari: "All Is Well on the Border Front." 1 Robertson.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children." Sylvia Hewlett, Columbia University and Center for Work-Life Policy. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Urbanization, Malaria and Economic Development." Burton Singer. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. African studies lecture. "Durable Peace After Civil War: The African Experience." Donald Rothchild, University of California-Davis. 62 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. "The Flight Into Egypt." Lucette Valensi, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "The Role of Denial in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Sylvain Cypel, Le Monde. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Linda Chen, Columbia University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. "String-localized Quantum Fields from Wigner Representations." Jakob Yngvason, University of Vienna. A06 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "Oriented Matroids in Topology." Daniel Biss, University of Chicago and Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "On Correcting the P-Content of K-Factor Tolerance Intervals." Luisa Fernholz, Temple University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Philip Taaffe, abstract painter, talking about his work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

6 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "The Roman Eunuch and the Hellenistic Heritage." Youval Rotman. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

7:30 p.m. Religious life/Wilson College lecture. "Do the Right Thing: Peter Singer on Poverty, Hunger, Animals and More." Peter Singer. Commons, Wilcox.

Notices

8:30 to 9 a.m. Recording secretary Veterans Day ceremony. Retired Brig. Gen. George Eggers Jr. Faculty Room, Nassau.

Wednesday, November 12

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Christopher Creaghan. Chapel.

7:30 p.m. Film studies/Young Lecture film. Andrew Jarecki: "Capturing the Friedmans." Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

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

Lectures

G Noon. Information technology lecture. "The Blogging Phenomenon." Rafael Alvarado. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. "Chemotaxis: Leading From Behind." Carole Parent, National Cancer Institute. 3 Thomas Lab.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. "Mixing and Shuffling." Peter Winkler, Bell Labs and Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Water in Confinement: From Nanotubes to Proteins." Gerhard Hummer, National Institutes of Health. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "On the Role of the Electron Density Difference in the Interpretation of Molecular Properties." James Harrison, Michigan State University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. "The End of the Rainbow: Understanding Turnover Among Federal Judges." Albert Yoon, Northwestern University. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. International Economics lecture. "Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the United States." Nuno Limáo, University of Maryland. 103 Bendheim.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. "Molecular Evolution, Allochronic Speciation and Repro-ductive Character Displacement in 17-Year Cicadas With 13-Year Life Cycles." Chris Simon, University of Connecticut-Storrs. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures lecture. "Immoral Times: The Assessment of National Socialism in Discourses on Shame and Guilt in the Immediate Postwar Period." Raphael Gross, Leo Baeck Institute, London. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Twisting in Stringy Orbitfold." Yongbin Ruan, University of Wisconsin. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Women and gender studies conversation. "Off the Record." Cheryl Gould, NBC News and CNBC. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Latin American studies lecture. "Latin America and the Caribbean: What Lies Ahead? The Search for Life After Debt." David de Ferranti. World Bank. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. "Recent Anomalies." Preston Cohen, Harvard University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values colloquium on African-American writers and the classical tradition. "Classical Analogues to African-American Music and Art (Free Speech in Roman Satire and Rap and Homeric Verse Com-position and Jazz)." Susanna Braund, Yale University, and Ralph Rosen, University of Pennsylvania. 2 Robertson.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Caroline Seebohm, authors of "Great Houses and Gardens of New Jersey." University Store.

Thursday, November 13

Arts

8 p.m. Taiwanese Graduate Students Association/Taiwanese American Students Association Taiwanese film festival. "Legend of the Sacred Stone." 28 McCosh.

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

11:30 p.m. Frist entertainment. Katie Todd, pop vocalist. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

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

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Reactive Intermediates in Oxidation of Hydrocarbons." Terry Miller, Ohio State University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Mathematics joint Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. "On Some Singular Exponential Sums." Steven Sperber, University of Minnesota. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies series on contemporary China. "The Environmental Challenge in China." Dan Dudek, Global and Regional Air Program, and Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Film studies/Young Lecture. Andrew Jarecki, director of "Capturing the Friedmans," talking about his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "Some Examples of Virtually Haken and Virtually Fibered Three-manifolds." Genevieve Walsh, University of Texas-Austin. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Messengers of the Extreme Universe." Angela Olinto, University of Chicago. A02 McDonnell.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. "Hearing With the Mind and Touch: The Private Music of the Chinese Qin." Bell Yung, University of Pittsburgh. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/African-American studies panel in honor of the 40th anniversary of the 1963 march on Washington. "After King's Dream." Devon Carbado, University of California-Los Angeles; Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania; Diane McWhorter, journalist; Zoharah Simmons, University of Florida; and Eddie Glaude Jr., moderator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Friday, November 14

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "A Whistler Tribute: Works on Paper in the Museum's Permanent Collection." Laura Giles. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. Charles Mee: "Big Love." Berlind Theatre.

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

F 8 p.m. Triangle Club show. "For Love or Funny." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. University Concert Choir performance. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. "Development of Laser-Based Measurement Techniques for High-Speed Flow." Paul Danehy, NASA. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "On the Positivity of Mass for Asymptotically Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes." Greg Galloway, University of Miami. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology/Haley memorial lecture. "Centralized Domed Spaces in Mediterranean Religious Architecture: Thoughts on Ottoman and Italian Renaissance Parallels." Gulru-Necipoglu-Kafadar, Harvard University. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. "'Reality Check:' Authenticity in Irish Drama From Synge to McDonagh." Nicholas Grene, University of Dublin. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Sports

7 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Harvard University. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, November 15

Arts

10 a.m. Alumni Council poetry reading. Paul Muldoon reading his work. A02 McDonnell.

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "Small World." Marianne Grey, docent. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. "Sound, Sensation and Celebration." David Messineo. Chapel.

F 8 p.m. Nassoons a Cappella Jam concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. Charles Mee: "Big Love." Berlind Theatre.

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

F 8 p.m. Triangle Club show. "For Love or Funny." McCarter Theatre.

Sports

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

2 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. University of New Hampshire. Baker Rink.

4 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Yale University. Lourie-Love Field.

4 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Dartmouth College. Dillon Gym.

Sunday, November 16

Arts

2 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art film. Ho Yim: "The Day the Sun Turned Cold." 301 Frist.

F 2 p.m. Triangle Club show. "For Love or Funny." McCarter Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "A Whistler Tribute: Works on Paper in the Museum's Permanent Collection." Laura Giles. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. Charles Mee: "Big Love." Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

4 p.m. International Center/Middle East Society/Near Eastern studies/Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia illustrated lecture. "The Ghetto Wall, Blue Lines and Arab Israelis." Lawrence Davidson, West Chester University, and Janet Amighi, anthropologist. 302 Frist.

Notices

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

Sports

10 a.m. Men's cross country/Princeton Invitational. Princeton Battlefield.

2 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Providence College. Baker Rink.

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." 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.

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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