Calendar of events
November 22-December 5, 2004
Monday, November 22
Arts
7:30 p.m. International Center film series on Nepal. Nabin Subba: ''Numafung.'' Theater, Frist.
Lectures
3 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. ''On the Duality of Metric Entropy.'' Shiri Artstein. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. ''Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis of a Class of Biological Networks.'' Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/Test seminar, last of three. ''Religious Liberty: The Theological Claim.'' David Novak, University of Toronto. 104 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Willful Blindness: The Bush Administration and Iraq.'' Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer. 16 Robertson.
7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Moral Choices and Foreign Policy Crises: Readings From 'The Power Game: A Washington Novel.''' Joseph Nye, Harvard University. 16 Robertson.
7:30 p.m. Judaic studies/Holocaust film series. ''Places of Remembrance: Memorial in Berlin-Schoenberg.'' Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock, Berlin artists. 10 East Pyne.
Tuesday, November 23
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. ''The Burden of Gonorrhea: Lessons From the Japanese Occupation of Micronesia, 1920-1945.'' Susan Cassels. 300 Wallace.
12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. ''Justice and Adaptation to Climate Change.'' Dale Jamieson. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. ''Triangulated Categories of Singularities and D-Branes in Landau-Ginzburg Models.'' Dmitri Orlov, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture. ''Reagan, Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: An Eyewitness Perspective.'' Jack Matlock, American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Sports
[F] 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Yale University. Baker Rink.
Wednesday, November 24
Lectures
2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. ''Linear Response Far From Equilibrium.'' David Ruelle, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. 343 Jadwin.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. ''Erdos-Hajnal Sets and Semi-Group Decompositions.'' Joshua Cooper, New York University. 224 Fine.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. ''Income Maintenance and Labor Force Participation.'' Guy Laroque, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques-Center for Research in Economics and Statistics. 200 Fisher.
Sports
7 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Yale University. Baker Rink.
Friday, November 26
Arts
[F] 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: ''The Nutcracker.'' American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Music by Arensky, Mozart and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Saturday, November 27
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. ''On Stage -- Everybody.'' Maxine Lampert, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: ''The Nutcracker.'' American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
Sports
1 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. University of Connecticut. Baker Rink.
Sunday, November 28
Arts
[F] 1 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: ''The Nutcracker.'' American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Briedenthal. Chapel.
Sports
1 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. University of Connecticut. Baker Rink.
Monday, November 29
Lectures
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. ''Frames and the Fundamental Inequality.'' Jelena Kovaceivic, Carnegie Mellon University. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. ''Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Control of Semiconductor Nanostructures.'' Karl Unterrainer, Technical University of Vienna. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. ''Generic Transfer to Non-Self Dual Automorphic Representations of GL(N).'' Mahdi Asgari, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''The Roots of Sept. 11: America and Afghanistan.'' Steve Coll, Washington Post. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. ''New Work.'' Xaveer De Geyter, XDGA, Brussels. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School Panel discussion. "Post Election." Frank Newport, Gallup Poll; Gary Langer, ABC News; Murray Edelman, CBS News; and Larry Bartels. 16, Robertson.
Tuesday, November 30
Arts
4:30 p.m. Humanities reading. James Richardson, reading his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. ''The Stigma of Obesity: Interpersonal and Institutional Discrimination Among Obese and Overweight Americans.'' Deborah Carr, Rutgers University. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. ''Going Wild: Primitivism, Tourism and Modern Malaise.'' Gabriela Nouzeilles. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. ''Crude Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Cane and Cars.'' Robert Williams. 10 Guyot.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. ''Enyne Metathesis: Scope, Selectivity and Application.'' Daesung Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''On the Pastness of Past Times: The Middle Ages in Official History and Historical Fiction.'' Thomas Keirstead, Indiana University and Institute for Advanced Study. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. ''A Higher Dimensional Analog of the Moduli Space of Pointed Stable Rational Curves.'' Angela Gibney, University of Pennsylvania. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. ''Calibrating Credit With Incomplete Information.'' Kay Giesecke, Cornell University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Russian studies lecture. ''How to Be Your Own Censor: Stories From Vladimir Putin's Russia.'' Masha Gessen, Bol'shoi Gorod, Moscow. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Globalizing Democracy.'' George Monbiot, The Guardian and Oxford Brookes University. 16 Robertson.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Paul Raushenbush, author of ''Teen Spirit.'' University Store.
Wednesday, December 1
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
Lectures
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. ''Regulation and Execution of Programmed Cell Death in C. Elegans.'' Ding Xue, University of Colorado. 3 Thomas Lab.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. ''Counting Homomorphisms From Q d to Z.'' David Galvin, Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. ''Gene Therapy and Genomics in Skin and Vascular Tissue Engineering.'' Stelios Andreadis, State University of New York-Buffalo. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. ''Imperfect Contract Enforcement, Firm Size and the Pattern of Trade.'' Arnaud Costinot. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. ''Nuclear Bunker Busters, Mini-Nukes and the Future of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile.'' Robert Nelson. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''With Sorrow and Regret: The Politics of Apology Between Japan and Korea.'' Alexis Dudden, Connecticut College. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. ''Sixty Years Later: Critical Books of the 20th Century: An Examination of Karl Polanyi's 'The Great Transformation.''' Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania; and Jeremy Adelman and Miguel Centeno. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Latin American studies/Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/history colloquium. ''Intellectuals and War in Latin America: Ayacucho, el largo camino de la paz.'' Luis Millones, Peruvian writer; and Paul Firbas, James Krippner and João Biehl, discussants. 10 East Pyne. Reception follows.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. ''Quantum and Classical Network Model.'' John Cardy, Oxford University and Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Writing About Wrongs.'' Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker. 16 Robertson.
7:30 p.m. Politics video and panel. '''The Da Vinci Code' and the Politics of Early Christianity.'' Elaine Pagels and Paul Sigmund. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
8 p.m. Butler College lecture. "The Ethicist Answers Your Questions." Randy Cohen, New York Times. Wu Dining Hall, Butler College.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Sean Wilentz, author of ''The Rose and the Briar.'' University Store.
Thursday, December 2
Arts
Noon. Chapel music Graduate College organ concert. Procter (charge for lunch).
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Sarah Kane: ''Psychosis 4:48.'' Joe Cermatori, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. ''Rhodium- Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular C-H Activation: Applications in Organic Synthesis.'' Huw Davies, State University of New York-Buffalo. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology/Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. ''Mortuary Practices During the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea.'' Bong Won Kang, Kyongju University, Korea. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Books and Media lecture. "The History of Books and Intellectual History." Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''Can the East Asian Miracle Persist?'' Takatoshi Kato, International Monetary Fund. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies study group on Japanese strategic thought. ''Japan and China.'' 212 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Whither Putin's Russia?" Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. Michael Turner, National Science Foundation. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. President's Lecture Series. ''Misunderestimating Terrorism: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism.'' Alan Krueger. 101 Friend.
8 p.m. Center for Jewish Life/religious life lecture. "Hollywood and Kabbalah." Alan Brill, Yeshiva University. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
8 p.m. German conference, first of three days. ''The Public Spheres of Alexander Kluge.'' 101 McCormick. For information, visit <german. princeton.edu>.
Friday, December 3
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Highlights From the Photography Collection.'' Marta Weiss. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Sarah Kane: ''Psychosis 4:48.'' Joe Cermatori, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra. Music by Murakami, Trueman and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Geosciences lecture. ''Intrigue, Mystery and Geophysics: Dead Sea Archaeology in the New Millennium.'' Paul Bauman, Komex International, Calgary, Alberta. 220 Guyot.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. ''Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Their Applications in Plasma Physics and Material Science.'' Yuan Ping, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Auditorium, Computer Science Building. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
3 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/anthropology/Latin American studies lecture. ''Global Equity and the Future of Public Health.'' Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist and physician. 101 Friend.
Notices
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/leadership studies conference, first of two days. ''The Polarization of American Politics: Myth or Reality?'' Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~csdp>.
9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. German conference, second of three days. ''The Public Spheres of Alexander Kluge.'' 101 McCormick. For information, visit <german.princeton.edu>.
Sports
7 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Colgate University. Baker Rink.
Saturday, December 4
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. ''Grandmothers: Yours, Mine and Jesus'.'' Nancy Manning, docent. Art Museum. Bring a picture of your grandmother.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Sarah Kane: ''Psychosis 4:48.'' Joe Cermatori, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra. Music by Murakami, Trueman and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/leadership studies conference, last of two days. ''The Polarization of American Politics: Myth or Reality?'' Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~csdp>.
9:30 a.m. to noon. German conference, last of three days. ''The Public Spheres of Alexander Kluge.'' 101 McCormick. For information, visit <german.princeton.edu>.
1:30 to 7 p.m. Classical philosophy colloquium, first of two days. ''Reason and Teleology: Plato and His Influence.'' Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For information, visit <web.princeton.edu/sites/philosph/talks.htm>.
Sports
4 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Cornell University. Baker Rink.
Sunday, December 5
Arts
2:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Gian-Carlo Menotti: ''Amahl and the Night Visitors.'' Margaret Meyer and Jameson Creager; with the Chapel Choir and orchestra, Penna Rose, conductor. Chapel.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Highlights From the Photography Collection.'' Marta Weiss. Art Museum.
[F] 3 p.m. University Concert Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II; with Jimmy Heath, saxophone. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
7 p.m. Near East studies documentary. ''The Road to Jenin.'' 10 East Pyne.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Sarah Kane: ''Psychosis 4:48.'' Joe Cermatori, director, Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Classical philosophy colloquium, last of two days. ''Reason and Teleology: Plato and His Influence.'' Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For information, visit <web.princeton.edu/sites/philosph/talks.htm>.
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Classics lecture and panel discussion of Oliver Stone's ''Alexander.'' ''Alexander the Great Between Fact and Fiction.'' Robin Lane Fox, Oxford University; Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania; and Miguel Centeno and Michael Flower, panelists. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Carl Reimers. Chapel.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge.
9:30 a.m. Sundays, basement, Murray-Dodge. 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 Dec. 15. Afternoon high tea. Parlor Room.
[FG] 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays through Dec. 17. 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.
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
<jobs.princeton.edu>.
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.
