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Calendar of events

November 21–December 4, 2005

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Because the Princeton Weekly Bulletin does not publish during the Thanksgiving recess, this issue covers two weeks, Nov. 21-Dec. 4. The deadline for the next issue, which covers Dec. 5-11, is Wednesday, Nov. 23.

Monday, November 21

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Accra Shepp, photographer, talking about his work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

7:30 p.m. American studies/African American studies/history video presentation and discussion. Sam Pollard, New York University; Sheila Bernard; and Stanley Katz. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Freshman seminars/film studies film. Akira Kurosawa: "RAN." 16 Robertson.

Lectures

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. ”Climatic Influence onthe Late Neogene Demise of the Alps.” Sean Willett, University of Washington. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Lewis-Sigler Institute seminar series on “Quantitative and Computational Biology.” “Light Microscopy With Theoretically Unlimited Resolution.” Mats Gustafsson, University of California-San Francisco. 101 Icahn Lab.

4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Afghanistan, Pakistan and Terror.” Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani journalist and author. 2 Robertson.

5 p.m. Humanities lecture. “Sleight and Shadow: The Relation Between Magicians and Mediums.” Ricky Jay, magician, actor and author. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Tuesday, November 22

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Computing Accurate Stable Population Rate of Growth With Limited Data: A New Approach.” Gyanendra Badgaiyan. Fields Center.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Psychology of Long-Term Risk.” Alexander Todorov. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Formation of Towns in Medieval Japan and the Rise of the Kamakura Era.” Kenji Matsuo, State University of New York-Albany. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Electrical engineering/computer engineering seminar. “Pushing the Bounds of Low-Power Computing.” David Brooks, Harvard University. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Ilya Kapovich, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “Before the Legend: Pontius Pilate in Medieval Art.” Colum Hourihane. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Strategic Drift and Dwarfish Leaders.” William Odom, Hudson Institute and Yale University. 16 Robertson.

Sports

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Quinnipiac College. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Lehigh University. Jadwin Gym.

Wednesday. November 23

Lectures

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “A Book About Tic-Tac-Toe-Like Games.” Jozsef Beck, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.

Thursday. November 24

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel Community Thanksgiving service. Chapel.

Friday, November 25

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Mercyhurst College. Baker Rink.

Saturday, November 26

Arts

10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “New Frontiers.” Earlene Cancilla, docent. Art Museum.

Sports

3 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Mercyhurst College. Baker Rink.

Sunday, November 27

Notices

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

Sports

[F] 3 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Lafayette College. Jadwin Gym.

Monday, November 28

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “A Coupled fvGCM-GCE Modeling System, a 3D Cloud-Resolving Model and a Regional Scale Model.” Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “The Carbon Cycle.” Jorge Sarmiento. 220 Guyot.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “Crime, Punishment and Myopia.” Justin McCrary, University of Michigan. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. “Serre’s Modularity Conjecture.” Chandrashekhar Khare, University of Utah. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies Islamic seminar. “Sufism, Islam and Globalization in the Contemporary World: Methodological Reflections on a Changing Field of Study.” Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina. 202 Jones.

Notices

1 to 7 p.m. University Health Services FluFest, first of two days. B and 100 levels, Frist.

Tuesday, November 29

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Marc Leuthold, ceramist, talking about his work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

Noon. History modern America workshop. “The Court and Its Culture: A Conversation.” Christina Burnett. 210 Dickinson. Lunch provided.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Black/Mulatto Occupational Differentiation at the Dawn of Jim Crow.” Aaron Olaf Gullickson, Columbia University. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Paths and Obstacles on the Road From State Corporatism: Reforming Labor Regulation in Contemporary Brazil and Mexico.” Scott Martin, Columbia University. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Deep Fluids and Dark Life on Earth and Mars.” Tullis Onstott. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Humanities/English lecture. “Protecting Marriage in Chaucer’s England: The Heresies of Spousal Sex.” Alastair Minnis, Ohio State University. 2 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. South Asian studies lecture. “Reflections on Indian Cinema.” Ranjani Mazumdar, New York University and Jamia Millia Islamia University. 1 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. School of Engineering/Center for Innovation in Engineering Education lecture. “Boom, Bust and Bounce … Anecdotes of Life in a Small High-Tech Business.” Christopher Dries, Sensors Unlimited. Auditorium, Friend.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies Salaam-Shalom lecture. “Bridging Through Music.” Motti Regev, musicologist. 10 East Pyne.

Notices

1 to 7 p.m. University Health Services FluFest, last of two days. B and 100 levels, Frist.

Wednesday, November 30

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Kevin Freaney, Wayne Presbyterian Church, Wayne, Pa. Chapel.

7 p.m. German film series on “Fritz Lang — The Weimar Films.” “Frau Im Mond.” 10 East Pyne.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “The Machine in the Garden: Temptation and Liability for Students in the Age of Filesharing.” Clayton Marsh. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Polymer Soft Materials.” Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Auditorium, Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Signaling Networks in Chemotaxis and Cytokinesis.” Peter Devreotes, Johns Hopkins University. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:30 p.m. Mathematics graduate student seminar. “The Face Numbers of a Simple Convex Polytope.” Balin Fleming. 224 Fine.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “What is Known About Frieman’s Theorem?” Ben Green, University of Bristol and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 224 Fine.

2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation lecture. “Long-Term Risk.” Lars Hansen, University of Chicago. 103 Bendheim Center.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values lecture. "Status Quo Bias in Bioethics: The Case for Human Enhancement." Nick Bostrom, Oxford University. 2 Robertson.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Modeling and Simulation of Electrostatically Driven, Viscoelastic Fluid Jets.” Yong Joo, Cornell University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Chemistry/Wyeth lecture. “Recent Studies in Methodology Development and the Total Synthesis of Natural Products.” William Roush, Scripps Research Institute. Kresge Auditorium, 120 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Key Issues in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.” Jean-Marie Guéhenno, U.N. undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Questioning the ‘Compensation’: A Half Century of Minamata Disease.” Keiko Kanai, Waseda University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Yum-Tong Siu, Harvard University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Prospect 11: The Making and Running of Princeton’s Entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.” Alain Kornhauser and members of the Prospect 11 team. 8 Friend.

5 p.m. Music/musicology colloquium. “A Royal Listener, an Official Printer and Lasso’s Privilege of 1571.” Richard Freedman, Haverford College. Mendel Library Seminar Room, Woolworth.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series. “The War in Iraq: Bush’s Democracy and the Real Thing.” Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Sports

6 p.m. Men’s squash vs. Franklin and Marshall College. Jadwin Gym.

Thursday, December 1

Arts

Noon. Chapel music/Graduate College organ concert. Gail Archer, New York. Procter (charge for lunch).

Noon. East Asian studies reading. Ishimure Michiko: “Kukai Jodo.” Keiko Kanai, Waseda University. 202 Jones.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. J.D.M. Williams: “Wonderland Salvage.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Meridian Arts Ensemble and Guests. Music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Guillaume Dufay, Silvestre Revueltas, J.S. Bach, Astor Piazzolla and Dafnis Prieto. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

[G] Noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Academic Word II: Producing Journal Articles More Effectively in Word.” Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “Scholar as Teacher.” Martin Kern. 328 Frist.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Environmental Labeling.” Andrea Podhorsky. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Tropical Utopias: Practical and Political Imagination in the New World.” Susanna Hecht, University of California-Los Angeles. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Reflections on the Protection of Mariners: A Trajectory in the Cultic Traditions of Southern Fujian From the Early Sng to the Early Qing.” Hugh Clark, Ursinus College. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering/chemical engineering seminar. “Comprehensive Robust Optimization.” Aharon Ben-Tal, Technion University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Superfluidity in Solid Helium and Solid Hydrogen.” Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University. A10 Jadwin.

Notices

4 to 9 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “The Conservative Movement: Its Past, Present and Future,” first of three days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Friday, December 2

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “What Is an Altarpiece?” Susannah Rutherglen. Art Museum.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Charles Mee: “The Bacchae 2.1.” Greg Taubman and Paul Quiros, directors. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. J.D.M. Williams: “Wonderland Salvage.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University Wind Ensemble. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Judaic studies works-in-progress seminar. “Maimonides and Charity: Understanding the Mishneh Torah in Light of the Documents of the Cairo Geniza.” Mark Cohen. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.

12:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science and global security panel discussion. “Bioscience Oversight: Where Are We and Where Should We Go?” Frist.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “How Fishes Swim: Experimental Hydrodynamics and the Mechanics of Flexible Propulsors.” George Lauder, Harvard University. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “Quaslinear and Hessian Equations With Nonlinear Source Terms.” Igor Verbitsky, University of Missouri-Columbia. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “Joyce en Route to Ulysses: The Triestine Writings 1907-12.” Andrew Gibson, University of London. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Roosevelt Institution/Princeton Environmental Institute/science, technology, and environmental policy lecture. "American Ideals, Environmental Policy and Work on the Ground." David Orr, Orberlin College, and Pramod Parajuli, Portland State University. McCosh 10.

Notices

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Center for Migration and Development/Center for Globalization and Governance conference, first of two days. “NAFTA and Beyond: Alternative Disciplinary Perspectives in the Study of Global Trade and Development.” Convocation Room, Friend.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “The Conservative Movement: Its Past, Present and Future,” second of three days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

9 a.m. Men’s swimming/Princeton Diving Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

6:30 p.m. Women’s squash vs. Williams College. Jadwin Gym.

7 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Cornell University. Baker Rink.

8 p.m. Men’s squash vs. Williams College. Jadwin Gym.

Saturday, December 3

Arts

10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Let’s Make Music.” Maxine Lampert, docent. Art Museum.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Charles Mee: “The Bacchae 2.1.” Greg Taubman and Paul Quiros, directors. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. J.D.M. Williams: “Wonderland Salvage.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University Jazz Ensembles concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Center for Migration and Development/Center for Globalization and Governance conference, last of two days. “NAFTA and Beyond: Alternative Disciplinary Perspectives in the Study of Global Trade and Development.” 300 Wallace.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “The Conservative Movement: Its Past, Present and Future,” last of three days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

10 a.m. Art Museum conference. “Images Between Images: The Films of Chantal Akerman.” 101 McCormick.

1:30 to 7 p.m. Classical philosophy colloquium, first of two days. “Plato and Aristotle: Rhetoric and Ethics.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Sports

9 a.m. Men’s swimming/Princeton Diving Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

Noon. Women’s squash vs. Brown University. Jadwin Gym.

2 p.m. Men’s squash vs. Brown University. Jadwin Gym.

4 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Colgate University. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Colgate University. Jadwin Gym.

Sunday, December 4

Arts

2:30 p.m. Chapel music Christmas Vespers. Chapel Choir and orchestra, Penna Rose, conductor. Chapel.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “What Is an Altarpiece?” Susannah Rutherglen. Art Museum.

5:30 p.m. Art Museum concert “A Musical Odyssey.” Princeton Singers, Steven Sametz, artistic director. Marquand-Mather Gallery, Art Museum. Reception follows. Registration required, call 258-3043.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.

Notices

10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Classical philosophy colloquium, last of two days. “Plato and Aristotle: Rhetoric and Ethics.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

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

Sports

9 a.m. Men’s swimming/Princeton Diving Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

Weekly

Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

9:30 a.m. Sundays, basement, Murray-Dodge. 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.

“Between Image and Concept: Recent Acquisitions in African American Art.” Through Feb. 26.

“Chantal Akerman: ‘25ème ècran (25th Screen)’” Through Feb. 26.

“The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art From the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.” Through Jan. 15.

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. Milberg Gallery:

“Wonderful Stories for Pictures: Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators.” Through March 26. Main Gallery:

“The Lure of the Library: The Friends at 75.” Through April 16.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Olden St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“1945: A World United and Divided.” Through Jan. 31.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

Work from visual arts painting classes. Through Dec. 1.

Women and Gender Studies

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

“Clouds and Spirits.” Art by Ruane Miller. Through Dec. 22.

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 (for Matthews and Berlind Theatre events), 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.theatreintime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

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