Calendar of events
October 1-7, 2007
[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 1
Arts
7 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies documentary film festival. Andrés Di Tella: “Fotografias.” Discussion with director follows. Theater, Frist.
Lectures
Noon. Ecology and evolutionary biology/science, technology and environmental policy seminar. “Parasites, People and Poverty: Infectious Diseases and Millennium Development Goals.” Robert May, Oxford University. 300 Wallace.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “A Critical Look at Mesh-Tying and Contact Algorithms in Computational Mechanics.” Panos Papadopoulos, University of California-Berkeley. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences seminar. “Inverse Scattering of Broadband (Seismic) Data: New Opportunities for Imaging and Understanding Interfaces in Earth’s Deep Interior.” Rob van der Hilst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 220 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. English/creative writing lecture. “‘Writing With Movement’: Enscrolled Time in Narrative Cinema.” Garrett Stewart, University of Iowa. McCosh 28.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science and global security lecture. “The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Future of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance Relationship.” Lee Tae-sik, South Korean ambassador to the United States. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Tuesday, October 2
Arts
4:30 p.m. Art museum/humanities roundtable. “Beloved Daughters: Perspectives.” Joel Smith, moderator. 101 McCormick. Reception follows in art museum.
4:30 p.m. European cultural studies/law and public affairs/Judaic studies film screening. Christian Delage: “Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes.” Discussion with director follows. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies documentary film festival. Rachel Boynton: “Our Brand Is Crisis.” Theater, Frist.
7 p.m. Davis International Center/vice president for campus life/Whitman College film screening. Vida Zaher Kadem: “Return to Afghanistan.” Discussion with director follows. Theater, Whitman.
7 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies documentary film festival. Alejandro Landes: “Cocalero.” Discussion with director follows. Theater, Frist.
Lectures
Noon. Latin American studies lecture. “Crime, Insecurity and Democratic Values in Central America.” Ricardo Córdova Macías, University of California-Berkeley. 216 Burr.
Noon. Population research lecture. “The Estimation of Unwanted Fertility.” John Casterline, Ohio State University. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. Classics/Prentice lecture. “The Mind of an Ass and the Impudence of a Dog: A Scholar Gone Bad.” Cynthia Damon, University of Pennsylvania. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. English/humanities lecture. “Marriage, Success and Democracy: Three American Keywords.” Annabel Patterson, Yale University. McCosh 28.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Abelian Varieties Not Isogenous to Jacobians.” Bjorn Poonen, University of California-Berkeley. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Optimal Investment Strategies Under Partial Information and Bounded Shortfall Risk.” Ralf Wunderlich, Zwickau University of Applied Sciences, Germany. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Espionage Industrial Complex: Costs of Privatizing Intelligence Post-9/11.” Patrick Radden Keefe, Century Foundation. 16 Robertson.
Notices
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Greening Dining Group farmers market. Firestone Plaza.
Sports
7:30 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Rutgers. Princeton Stadium.
Wednesday, October 3
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Marvin Mills, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Kensington, Md. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Barbara Ehrenreich and John McPhee, nonfiction writers. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Judaic studies/comparative literature reading. “Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492.” Peter Cole, poet and translator. 10 East Pyne.
7 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies documentary film festival. Camila Guzmán: “El Telón de Azúcar” and Santiago Alvarez: “¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!” Theater, Frist.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “In Search of Control: Protein Folding, Self-Assembly and Molecular Chaperones.” Hays Rye. 3 Thomas Lab.
Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials lecture. “Organic Transistors: Towards Ambient Electronics.” Takao Someya, University of Tokyo. 222 Bowen.
12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing/development studies lecture. “Poor, Hungry and Stupid: Numeracy, Malnutrition and Poor Relief in England, 1780-1850.” Joachim Voth. 300 Wallace.
1:30 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Protein Dynamics From Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy.” Thomas Spiro, University of Washington-Seattle. 324 Frick.
2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. “New Results on the Hartree-Fock-Bogolubov Approximation for Many-Fermion Systems.” Volker Bach, University of Mainz, Germany. 343 Jadwin.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Driven Assembly of Macromolecules, and Its Application for Nanofabrication.” Juan de Pablo, University of Wisconsin-Madison. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Electronic Voting: Danger and Opportunity.” Edward Felten. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. International economics seminar. “Product Creation and Destruction: Evidence and Price Implications.” Christian Broada, University of Chicago. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Madison Program/Center for the Study of Religion panel. “Debating Immigration.” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “The Project.” Yung-Ho Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
[G] 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Employee health fall faculty and staff blood drive, first of two days. Call 258-5035 to register. Multipurpose Rooms A and B, Frist.
Sports
4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Cornell. Dillon Gym.
7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Columbia. Dillon Gym.
Thursday, October 4
Arts
5 p.m. Humanities/Belknap lecture. Ian McEwan, novelist, reading and discussing his work. McCosh 50.
7 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies documentary film festival. João Moreira-Salles: “Santiago.” Discussion with director follows. Theater, Frist.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Energy, Information and Size Trade-Offs in Neurons.” Jeremy Niven, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 10 Guyot.
12:30 p.m. Science and global security lecture. “The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and the Inter-Korean Summit: New Challenges in Bridging Differences Among the Six Parties.” Gilbert Rozman. Second floor, 221 Nassau St.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Rate of Convergence of Geometric Symmetrizations.” Bo’az Klartag. 401 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “From H Atoms to Donuts: Two Places Where Chemistry Meets Physics.” Brent Koplitz, Tulane University. 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education workshop. “Entrepreneurship in Government.” Julian Lange, Babson College, and Craig Benson, former New Hampshire governor. Auditorium, Bowen.
4:30 p.m. Ethics and public affairs seminar. “Integrating Immigrants.” Eamonn Callan, Stanford University. 301 Marx.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Flavor and Mass in the LHC Era.” James Olsen. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “It’s REAL! Racism, Discrimination, Color Blindness and the Future of Racial Stratification in America.” Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. Politics lecture. “The Great Debate: The Federalist Response to the Anti-Federalist Challenge.” Thomas Pangle, University of Texas-Austin. 6 Friend.
Notices
[G] 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Employee health fall faculty and staff blood drive, second of two days. Call 258-5035 to register. Multipurpose Rooms A and B, Frist.
Friday, October 5
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. Alexander Bacon. Art museum.
[F] 8 p.m. Latin American studies concert. Chango Spasiuk Ensemble. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
9 p.m. Religious life silent film screening with organ accompaniment. “Phantom of the Opera.” Michael Britt, organist. Chapel.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology lecture. “Broad or Narrow Focus of Attention: How Does It Determine What We See?” Anne Treisman. 0-S-6 Green.
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Luis Silvestre, Courant Institute. 314 Fine.
3 p.m. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Templeton Foundation panel. “Budapest: The Golden Years.” 219 Burr.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Catalytic Methods for the Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Organic Molecules.” Shannon Stahl. 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Philosophy colloquium. Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts. 2 Robertson.
Notices
All day. Freshman Parents Weekend. See www.princeton.edu/pr/event/fpw.
Saturday, October 6
Arts
[F] 10 a.m. Art museum children’s lecture. “Art for Families: The Lady in the Hat.” Maryann Belanger. Art museum.
11 a.m. Alumni Association pre-football lecture. “Bring the Pain: The Politics of Black Comedy and Satire in the Post-Civil Rights Era.” Daphne Brooks. 101 McCormick.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
8 p.m. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Templeton Foundation panel. “Living in von Neumann’s World: Scientific Creativity, Technology Advancement and Civilization’s Accelerating Dilemma of Power.” McCosh 50.
Notices
All day. Freshman Parents Weekend. See www.princeton.edu/pr/event/fpw.
1 p.m. Community and regional affairs/human resources/athletics Community and Staff Day. Princeton Stadium.
Sports
Noon. Men’s water polo vs. U.S. Naval Academy. DeNunzio Pool.
[F] 3:30 p.m. Football vs. Hampton. Princeton Stadium.
6 p.m. Men’s water polo vs. Bucknell. DeNunzio Pool.
Sunday, October 7
Arts
[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
3 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Obliterating the World: Yayoi Kusama and the Postwar Avant-Garde.” Alexander Bacon. Art museum.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
4 p.m. Davis International Center/Middle East Society lecture. “Swimming up the Tigris: Real-Life Encounters in Iraq.” Barbara Nimri Aziz, independent scholar and writer. Convocation Room, Friend.
Notices
All day. Freshman Parents Weekend. See www.princeton.edu/pr/event/fpw.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Alison Boden. Chapel.
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.
• “Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh.” Through Jan. 6.
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.
Main Gallery:
• “To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration,
1541-1880.” Through Oct. 21.
Milberg Gallery:
• “El Taller de Gráfica Popular/The Workshop for Popular
Art.” Through Feb. 10. Tours of exhibit at 3 p.m. Oct. 21, Dec. 9 and Feb. 10.
Frist Campus Center
200 level. Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
• “Arnold Guyot Bicentennial Exhibit.” Through Oct. 26.
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.
• “Capturing China, 1913-1929: Photographs, Films and Letters of Diplomat John Van Antwerp MacMurray.” Oct. 5 through Jan. 18.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
• Exhibit of student work. Through Oct. 12.
Women and Gender
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
• “Limitless Potential.” Chinese calligraphy by Seow-Chu See. Through Nov. 4.
Et cetera
Art Museum
Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.
Athletic Ticket Office
Tickets and information: 258-3538.
Employment Opportunities
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
Weekday tours leave from Undergraduate Admission Reception Area, Clio. Saturday and Sunday tours leave from Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 11:15 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-3060.
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.
