Calendar of events
November 15-21, 2004
Monday, November 15
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
3 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. ''A Singular Energy Minimizing Free Boundary.'' Daniela De Silva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. ''Astrophysical Gas Dynamics.'' Jim Stone. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. ''Filtered (phi,N)-Modules and p-adic Differential Equations.'' Laurent Berger, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. ''Cultural Boundaries and Artistic Fusion: Eurasian Art of the First Millennium A.D.'' James Trilling, independent scholar. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''America in the World: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Islamic World.'' Mary Catherine Andrews, White House Office of Global Communications. 16 Robertson.
Tuesday, November 16
Arts
5 p.m. Princeton Atelier/music/Slavic languages and literatures/Russian studies performance of Ukranian folk and ritual song. Mariana Sadovska. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
7 p.m. African American studies/Black Men's Awareness Group play. Calvin Levels: ''James Baldwin: Down From the Mountaintop.'' Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
7:30 p.m. Center for French Studies/L'Atelier/theater and dance readings in honor of French actor and director Daniel Mesguich. Theater and dance and L'Atelier students. Matthews Acting Studio. 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. ''Period Distortions on Demographic Rates and the Bongaarts-Feeney Adjustment.'' Germán Rodríquez. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. ''Pathways From Socialism: Small Farmers in the Economic Reshaping of Nicaragua, Cuba, Russia and China.'' Laura Enriquez, University of California-Berkeley. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. ''Rivers and the Urban Environment.'' James Smith. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. ''The Secret Life of Ornament Since 1900.'' James Trilling, Textile Museum. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. School of Engineering and Applied Science/information technology/humanities lecture series on /@rts. Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, video and installation artists. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. English lecture. ''The Sea Is the Sea: The Unpersonified Impersonal in Billy Budd.'' Sharon Cameron, Johns Hopkins University. 40 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. ''Hobbes and the Contemporary World Order.'' Noel Malcolm, Oxford University. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. ''Doing the Twist With Stable Varieties.'' Dan Abramovich, Brown University. 322 Fine.
5:30 p.m. Classics lecture. ''Art Out of Time: 'Byzantium: Faith and Power' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.'' Helen Evans, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 10 East Pyne.
5:30 p.m. School of Architecture/media and modernity lecture. ''On Show: Exhibition as Architecture From Archigram to Tomorrow.'' Peter Cook, Bartlett School of Architecture, London. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
8 p.m. University Public Lectures. ''The Future of Broadband Internet Access: What, Why and How.'' Robert Lucky, Telcordia Technologies. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Anatol Lieven, author of ''America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism.'' University Store.
Wednesday, November 17
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Jonathan Safran Foer, author, reading his work. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bobby McFerrin and Savion Glover. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. ''Discussion of Digital Image Resources and Projects at Princeton.'' Janet Temos. Multipurpose Room, Frist.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. ''Additive Contact Printing of Conductors for Thin-Film Electronics.'' Lynn Loo, University of Texas, Austin. Auditorium, Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. ''Mechanisms of Learning in the Auditory System of the Barn Owl.'' Eric Knudsen, Stanford University. 3 Thomas Lab.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Endre Szemeredi, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. ''Mirror Symmetry for Weighted Projective Planes and Their Noncommutative Deformations.'' Dmitri Orlov, Institute for Advanced Study. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. ''Chemical and Biological Microsystems: Multiphase µFluidic Flows and Applications.'' Klavs Jensen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. ''Managerial Capital and the Market for CEOs.'' Kevin Murphy, University of Southern California. 200 Fisher.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''The Pre-History of Northeast China: What Did We Learn From 10 Years of Archaeological Field Work?'' Gideon Shelach, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and Institute for Advanced Study. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Latin American studies/Spanish and Portuguese/African American studies lecture. ''The Collection of Slave Chants (Jongos) by Stanley Stein in Brazil in the Late 1940s.'' 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/history lecture. ''Connected World, Connected History: On World Historians in the 16th Century.'' Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California-Los Angeles. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Saving Social Security." Peter R. Orszag, The Brookings Institution. 16, Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Gender and Policy Network/Women's Center lecture. ''The Tragedy of Modern-Day Slavery: Combating Trafficking in Persons.'' John Miller, senior adviser to the secretary of state. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. ''Versioning.'' Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects, New York. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Sports
7 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. University of Pennsylvania. Dillon Gym.
Thursday, November 18
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. Peter Oswald (based on a play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon): ''Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards.'' Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. International Center bridging cultures luncheon dialogue. ''Coming Out Around the World: International Perspectives on Being Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender (LBGT).'' East Room, Murray-Dodge.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. ''Trials, Tribulations and (Minor) Triumphs in Treating Eddies in the Ocean General Circulation.'' Baylor Fox-Kemper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
3:30 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. ''A Deterministic Control Based Approach to Motion by Curvature.'' Sylvia Serfaty, Courant Institute. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. ''Amyloid and Membrane Protein Structure Determination with Dipolar Recoupling and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization.'' Robert Griffin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. English/African American studies lecture. ''The Acrobat and the Hermaphrodite: Gendered Bodies and National Borders in Cheng-Chieh Yu's Dance Theater.'' Rachel Lee, University of California-Los Angeles. 210 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. ''Stendhal et les émotions.'' Patrizia Lombardo, University of Geneva. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. ''Nanoscience: Physics, Chemistry and Much More.'' Charles Lieber, Harvard University. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School ''Crossroads in Religion and Politics'' lecture. ''Black Churches and Post-Civil Rights Movement Activism: Shifting Ground, Unsure Footing.'' Drew Smith, Faith Communities and Urban Families Project and Morehouse College. 16 Robertson.
5:15 p.m. Sigma Xi lecture. ''The Chicxulub Impact Predates the K/T Extinction: The Yucatan Asteroid Was Not the Direct Cause of the Dinosaurs' Demise.'' Gerta Keller. 10 Guyot. 7:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination/Woodrow Wilson School Inaugural Prince of Liechtenstein Lecture on Self-Determination and the International System. Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
8 p.m. Center for French Studies/L'Atelier/French Theater Workshop lecture. ''Hamlet ou le passant compose.'' Daniel Mesguich, French actor and director. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Notices
[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Thanksgiving buffet. Prospect House.
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Susan Stewart, author of ''Columbarium.'' University Store.
Friday, November 19
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Collaborative Processes in American Printmaking, 1950-2000.'' Diana Tuite. Art Museum.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading. Neil Jordan, novelist, reading his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. Peter Oswald (based on a play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon): ''Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards.'' Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Wind Ensemble concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. East Asian studies lecture. ''Touch and Grow Fat: An Intercultural Dialogue Between Two Blind Men.'' Kojiro Hirose, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. 304 Frist.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. ''Technology and the Singing Voice.'' Perry Cook. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. ''On the Genus-One Gromov-Witten Invariants of Complete Intersection Threefolds.'' Aleksey Zinger, Stanford University. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. ''Free Will, Elementary Particles and the Kochen-Specker Paradox.'' John Conway. 2 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Canadian studies reading. Jessica Grant. 209 Humanities.
Notices
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Conference celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, first of two days. ''The Discipline of History.'' 211 Dickinson. For more information, e-mail <jhoule@princeton.edu>.
Sports
[F] 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Union College. Baker Rink.
7 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Monmouth University. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, November 20
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. ''A Thanksgiving Feast.'' Earlene Cancilla, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: ''The Nutcracker.'' American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. Peter Oswald (based on a play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon): ''Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards.'' Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Chamber Choir concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
[G] 10 a.m. Alumni Council lecture. ''Putting Woodpeckers in the Bank…and Other Strange, New Approaches to Protecting Endangered Species on Private Property.'' David Wilcove. 101 McCormick.
Notices
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Conference celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, last of two days. ''The Discipline of History.'' 211 Dickinson. For more information, e-mail <jhoule@princeton.edu>.
Sports
10 a.m. Women's squash vs. Franklin and Marshall and Haverford colleges, and University of Virginia. Jadwin Gym.
[F] 1 p.m. Football vs. Dartmouth College. Princeton Stadium.
[F] 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Baker Rink.
Sunday, November 21
Arts
[F] 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: ''The Nutcracker.'' American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Collaborative Processes in American Printmaking, 1950-2000.'' Diana Tuite. Art Museum.
Lectures
4 p.m. International Center/Princeton Middle East Society lecture. ''Six Months in Baghdad.'' Ziad Ziad, former liaison, Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqi Governing Council. Convocation Room, Friend Center.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.
2 p.m. Memorial service for Edward T. Cone. Chapel.
Sports
11 a.m. Women's squash vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.
1 p.m. Men's and women's swimming vs. Rutgers University. DeNunzio Pool.
1 p.m. Men's squash vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. West Room, Murray-Dodge.
9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.
Art for Kids
10 a.m. to noon. Saturdays through Dec. 11. Hands-on art projects. Art Museum.
Prospect House
[FG 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through December. Afternoon high tea. Parlor Room.
[FG 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through December. Faculty and staff social hour. Library.
Religious Life
Noon. Wednesdays. ''Hour of Power: Interdenominational Service of Praise, Prayer and Proclamation.'' East Room, Murray-Dodge.
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.
• ''Bringing Into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints.'' Through Jan. 23.
• ''Contemporary Photographs From the Museum Collection.'' Through Jan 9.
• ''Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript.'' Through June 5.
• ''West to Wesselmann: American Drawings and Watercolors in the Princeton University Art Museum.'' Through Jan. 9.
Firestone Library
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.
Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts:
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.
• ''Derso and Kelen: Cartoons and Caricatures.'' Through March 20.
• ''Portraits of the Lost Generation.'' Through April 17.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Lobby: ''Testing Boundaries: Cartoon Visions of Roosevelt's Third Term.'' Through Jan. 31.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
• Exhibit of student paintings, fall 2004. Through Nov. 19.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
• ''Contemporary Women in Dioramas'' by Dot Paolo. Through Dec. 31.
Et cetera
Art Museum
Hours: 258-3788. <www.princetonartmuseum.org>.
Athletic Ticket Office
Tickets and information: 258-3538.
Dillon Gymnasium
Hours: 258-4466.
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>. University Ticketing: <www.princeton.edu/utickets/>.
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.
