Calendar of events

October 16–22, 2006

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[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. The calendar is posted at www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/. Submissions for future calendars may be made electronically at the same location or by entering information in the University-wide Web-based events calendar at calendar.princeton.edu.

Monday, October 16

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty/School of Architecture films on “Ideas of Freedom.” Federico Fellini: “La Dolce Vita.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Improving Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis by Computational Modeling and Image Analysis.” David Axelrod, Rutgers University. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “One Sketch for All: A Sublinear Approximation Scheme for Heavy Hitters.” Anna Gilbert, University of Michigan. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Moffett seminar. “The Moral Organ.” Marc Hauser, Harvard University. 1 Robertson.

[G] 4:30 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “The Just University.” Stanley Katz. 328 Frist.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture on “Crossroads of Religion and Politics.” “Backlash: Are Evangelicals Disillusioned With Politics?” Laurie Goodstein, New York Times. 16 Robertson.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Katherine Newman, author of “Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market.” University Store.

Tuesday, October 17

Arts

4:30 p.m. Humanities film and discussion. Jean-Marie Straub: “The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp.” Maria DiBattista, Daniel Heller-Roazen, P. Adams Sitney and Michael Wood, moderator. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Dannielle Tegeder, painter, talking about her work. Room 219, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre solo acoustic concert. John Hiatt. Matthews Theatre.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Yesim Ustaoglu: “Bulutlari Beklerken.” 100 Jones.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “Internationalizing International Migration Policy.” Paul Demeny, Population Council. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Color of the Majority: Blacks and Mulattos in 18th-Century Portuguese America.” Silvia Lara, Northwestern University and UNICAMP, Brazil. 216 Burr. Buffet lunch served at Noon.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “New Transformations and Strategies Applied to Natural Product Synthesis.” Lawrence Williams, Rutgers University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/East Asian studies lecture. “Bioethics in East Asia: Where Lee Silver Gets It Right … and Wrong.” William LaFleur, University of Pennsylvania. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Sándor Kovács, University of Washington. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics physics seminar. “Ising Models With Long-Range Competing Interactions: Striped Nature of the Ground States.” Alessandro Giuliani. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Colonel Edward M. House: Wilson’s Karl Rove?” Godfrey Hodgson, University of Oxford. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/University Press/Stafford Little lecture, first of three. “Race, Religion and American Politics From Nat Turner to George W. Bush.” Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Human resources Benefits Fair. Spitzer Building, Plasma Physics Lab.

2 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Godfrey Hodgson, author of “Woodrow Wilson’s Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House.” University Store.

Sports

8 p.m. Men’s water polo vs. Bucknell University. DeNunzio Pool.

Wednesday, October 18

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Daniel Sullivan, the Juilliard School. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Chris Abani, poet and fiction writer; and Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet, reading their work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Renewable Energy From Phototrophic Microbes: Prospects and Challenges.” Matthew Posewitz, National Renewable Energy Lab. 222 Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Global Viral Diversity.” Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University. 3 Thomas Lab.

[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center discussion. “Grading as a Teaching Tool.” 328 Frist.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Computational Modeling of Malarial Parasite Protein Interactions Reveals Function on a Genome-Wide Scale.” Chris Stoeckert, University of Pennsylvania. 402 Computer Science.

[G] 2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation seminar. “Comparing Financial Systems: A Structural Analysis.” Sylvain Champonnois. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave. Registration for outside attendees required, call 258-0538.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030.” Emil Jacobs, Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “The Returns to Observable and Unobservable Skills Over Time: Evidence From a Panel of the Population of Danish Twins.” Ian Walker, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence.” Nuno Limao, University of Maryland. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Mote memorial lecture. “Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and Song Political Culture.” Ying-shih Yü. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Humanities/English lecture. “We Declare You Independent Whether You Wish It or Not: The Print Culture of Early Filibusterism.” David Shields, University of South Carolina. 2 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. International Center/School of Engineering talk and sword demonstration. “Martial Arts: Essence and Science.” Hsi Lee. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Robert Seiringer. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Two Optimization Problems Arising From Polling and Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes.” Jonathan Eckstein, Rutgers University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. University Press Club lecture. “Investigative Reporting.” David Remnick, New Yorker. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “National Security in the 21st Century.” Anne-Marie Slaughter and G. John Ikenberry. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/University Press/Stafford Little lecture, second of three. “Race, Religion and American Politics From Nat Turner to George W. Bush.” Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Human resources Benefits Fair. Multipurpose Rooms, Frist.

[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect lunch. Walter’s Soul Food buffet. Prospect House.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Oleg Grabar, author of “The Dome of the Rock.” University Store.

Thursday, October 19

Arts

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Ferid Boughedir: “Un été á la Goulette.” 100 Jones.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Peter Shaffer: “Equus.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Cone memorial concert, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Beethoven, Berlioz and Dvorak. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Electrochemical Synthesis of Inorganic Electrode Materials With Controlled Micro- and Nano-Structures.” Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/English/Moffett lecture. “Conspiracy, Dream and Power in Shakespeare.” David Bromwich, Yale University. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education lecture. “The Elements of Leadership.” Norman Augustine, retired Lockheed Martin chairman and chief executive officer. Auditorium, Friend Center.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Utopia as Method.” Frederic Jameson, Duke University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Commodities, Criminals, Victims, Transnational Workers: Reflections on Human Trafficking Across the Pacific Rim.” Kay Warren, Brown University. 219 Burr. Buffet lunch served at Noon.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Vorticity and the Phase Diagram of the Cuprate Superconductors.” Nai-Phuan Ong. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Gender and Policy Network lecture. “Putting Values Into Action: Mobilizing the Pro-Choice Majority.” Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/University Press/Stafford Little lecture, last of three. “Race, Religion and American Politics From Nat Turner to George W. Bush.” Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

[G] 1 to 3 p.m. University League welcome back tea. Convocation Room, Friend.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/Perelman Institute/Center for the Study of Religion colloquium on “The 700th Anniversary of the Expulsion of the Jews From France in 1306,” first of two days. 105 Bobst, 83 Prospect Ave. For information, visit www.princeton.edu/~judaic.

[G] 6 p.m. Chemical engineering/engineering biology open house. Auditorium, Bowen Hall.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. David Billington, author of “Power, Speed, Form: Engineers and the Making of the 20th Century.” University Store.

Friday, October 20

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Vijay Iyer Quartet. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Princeton and Harvard universities glee clubs. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Peter Shaffer: “Equus.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School biodefense seminar. “The Debate Over the Role of the Biological Weapons Convention in Today’s Biodefense Equation.” Donald Mahley, U.S. Department of State. 280 Icahn.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. “Conservation Laws for Conformally Invariant Lagrangian and Schroedinger Systems.” Tristan Riviere, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Engineering New Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease via Optimal Design and Physiologic Simulation.” Alison Marsden, Stanford University. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Explanation and Unification: A Case Study From Real Algebraic Geometry.” Paolo Mancosu, University of California-Berkeley. 1 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Princeton University Press inaugural Toni Morrison Lecture, first of two. “The Gifts of Black Folks in the Age of Terrorism.” Cornel West. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

9:20 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics 20th anniversary conference in honor of Joseph Raz’s “The Morality of Freedom.” Senate Chamber, Whig. For information, visit web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison.

9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Judaic studies/Perelman Institute/Center for the Study of Religion colloquium on “The 700th Anniversary of the Expulsion of the Jews From France in 1306,” last of two days. 105 Bobst, 83 Prospect Ave. For information, visit www.princeton.edu/~judaic.

3 to 6 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion symposium. “Neuroscience and Religion.” 101 McCormick.

Sports

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. McGill University. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Men’s and women’s swimming/Black/Orange Intersquad. DeNunzio Pool.

7 p.m. Sprint football vs. U.S. Naval Academy. Princeton Stadium.

Saturday, October 21

Arts

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Peter Shaffer: “Equus.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “I Love Lyrics.” Mary Cleere Haran. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Cone memorial concert, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Beethoven, Berlioz and Dvorak. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

10 a.m. Alumni Association pre-football lecture. “Marks of Distinction: Tales of Identity and Difference in the French Enlightenment.” Natasha Lee. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Princeton University Press inaugural Toni Morrison Lecture, last of two. “The Gifts of Black Folks in the Age of Terrorism.” Cornel West. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

7:30 p.m. Manna Christian Fellowship lecture. “Why Do Christians Go Public? The Legacy of Abraham Kuyper.” Max Stackhouse, Princeton Theological Seminary. Whig.

Notices

8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Graduate School/Graduate Student Government/Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Princeton Research Symposium. Convocation Room, Friend.

9 to 11 a.m. University-NOW Day Nursery open house. 171 Broadmead. For information, call 258-9600, or visit www.princetonol.com/local/unow.

Sports

Noon. Field hockey vs. Harvard University. 1952 Stadium.

[F] Noon. Football vs. Harvard University. Princeton Stadium.

4 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Harvard University. Lourie-Love Field.

7 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Harvard University. Lourie-Love Field.

Sunday, October 22

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

1 p.m. Alumni Association Nassau Hall and Maclean House 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Early Life in Nassau Hall.” Daniel Linke. Faculty Room, Nassau.

2 p.m. Alumni Association ceremonial opening of Maclean House gardens. Maclean House.

Notices

[FG] 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect brunch. Father’s Day in October. Prospect House.

11 a.m. Chapel service. Ron Sider, Evangelicals for Social Action. Chapel.

Sports

8:45 a.m. Women’s lacrosse/Princeton Tournament. Princeton Stadium.

2 p.m. Field hockey vs. American University. 1952 Stadium.

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.

“A Painting in Context: Pietro da Cortona’s ‘St. Martina Refuses to Adore the Idols.’” Through Jan. 21

“Fin de Siècle.” Through Jan. 14.

“Japanese Views of East and West: Imprinting the Other in Meiji Eves.” Through Jan 7.

“Front and Center: Figure Drawings by Pietro da Cortona and His Contemporaries.” Through Jan 21.

“Modernist Art: Prints, Drawings and Photographs.” Through Jan 14.

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. Lobby: “Student, Scholar, President: Robert F. Goheen at Princeton, 1936-2006.” Through Dec. 31.

Frist Campus Center

9 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 11 p.m.

Nassau Hall and Maclean House 250th anniversary celebration exhibition. “History of Nassau Hall.” 100 level. Oct. 21 through Nov. 4. Opening reception, Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday until 7:45 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Going Back in Orange and Black.” Through Dec. 31.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

Exhibition of student work. Oct. 17 through Oct. 27. Opening reception, Oct. 17, 6 to 8 p.m.

Women and Gender Studies

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

Exhibit of artworks by Lucy Graves McVicker. Through Oct. 31.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Employment Opportunities

jobs.princeton.edu.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. www.princeton.edu/frist.

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.

(No tours held afternoons of football games.)

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686. www.princeton.edu/prospecthouse.

Richardson Auditorium

Event information: 258-5000. www.princeton.edu/richaud.

Tiger Sportsline

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