Calendar of events
October 8-14, 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 8
Arts
6:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Sergei Eisenstein: “October.” 100 Jones.
Lectures
Noon. Near Eastern studies lecture. “Sources for the Contemporary Revival of Georgian Religious Music.” John Graham. 202 Jones.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Graphical Models for Social Networks.” Anna Goldenberg, University of Pennsylvania. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Modeling Complex Brain Dynamics.” Carlos Brody. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences seminar. “India’s Northward Drift and Collision With Asia: Evolving Faunal Response.” Sunil Bajpai, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee. 220 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Anthropology/Center for the Study of Religion/Center for African American Studies lecture. “Uncertain Understandings: Three Decades of Engaging with Chewong (Malaysia) and Lio (Indonesia).” Signe Howell, University of Oslo, Norway. 219 Burr.
4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy lecture. “The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet.” Daniel Solove, George Washington University. 105 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Politics lecture. “The Rise and Fall of Italian Jewry From 1839-1939 and the Revival of Italian Judaism in Italy and Israel.” Dan Vittorio Segre, University of Lugano, Italy. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Health and Wellbeing panel discussion. “Improving Health in Poor Countries: What Works?” Anne Case, moderator. 16 Robertson.
Tuesday, October 9
Arts
4:30 p.m. /@rts lecture. Fabian Mercaccio, artist. Room 219, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center lecture. “Body Talk in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen,” first of two. Jiang Wen: “Body Visible.” Jerome Silbergeld. 101 McCormick.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
11 a.m. Alumni Association lecture. “Three Presidents, Two Doctrines: U.S. and the Middle East, 1947-1963.” L. Carl Brown. 101 McCormick.
Noon. Latin American studies lecture. “Cuba in Castro’s Wake.” José Buscaglia, State University of New York-Buffalo. 216 Burr.
Noon. Population research lecture. “Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation.” John Iceland, University of Maryland. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Rahul Pandharipande. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Religion in Reform-Era China: A Political Economic Approach.” Fenggang Yang, Purdue University. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “Sin: The Early History of an Idea,” first of three. Paula Fredriksen, Boston University. McCosh 10.
Wednesday, October 10
Arts
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Jodi Picoult, novelist. McCosh 50.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Podcasting: Why and How.” David Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials lecture. “Liquid Crystalline Nonlinear Optical Metamaterials.” I.C. Khoo, Pennsylvania State University. 222 Bowen.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Identification of Novel Structured RNAs Using Local Multiple Alignment and Homology Search.” Zasha Weinberg, Yale University. 402 Computer Science.
4:15 p.m. Computer science lecture. “Probabilistic Graphical Models and Algorithms for Integrative Bioinformatics.” Eric Xing, Carnegie Mellon University. 105 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. American studies lecture. “Before Robertson and O’Reilly: Cold War Extremism and the Legacy of Billy James Hargis.” Heather Hendershot, City University of New York-Queens College. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
4:30 p.m. International economics lecture. “A ‘New Trade’ Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations.” Ralph Ossa, London School of Economics. 103 Bendheim Center for Finance, 26 Prospect Ave.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Perverse Coherent Sheaves on a Blowup Surface.” Hiraku Nakajima, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion. “The Cuban Missile Crisis in Retrospect.” Stanley Katz, moderator. Keynote by Theodore Sorensen, former adviser to President Kennedy. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
5:30 p.m. Classics/Princeton Society of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “Beloved Beasts: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies.” Salima Ikram, American University in Cairo. 10 East Pyne.
8 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Evolution and Design: At the Crossroads of Science and Religion.” Kenneth Miller, Brown University. McCosh 50.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “Sin: The Early History of an Idea,” second of three. Paula Fredriksen, Boston University. McCosh 10.
Notices
3 to 5 p.m. Whitman College open house.
4 to 5 p.m. University League Nursery School open house. 171 Broadmead.
Thursday, October 11
Arts
4:30 p.m. Tang Center lecture. “Body Talk in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen,” last of two. Jiang Wen: “Naming the Beast.” Jerome Silbergeld. 101 McCormick.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Concerts performance. Ivan Moravec, piano. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
[G] 9:55 a.m. Computer science lecture. “Fixing the Electronic Voting Mess.” Ed Felten. 105 Computer Science.
[G] 11 a.m. Computer science lecture. “ZebraNet and Beyond: Developing Networks in Developing Regions.” Margaret Martonosi. 105 Computer Science.
[G] 11:30 a.m. Computer science lecture. “Image Analysis to Help Authenticate Paintings by Van Gogh.” Ingrid Daubechies. 105 Computer Science.
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “An Introduction to MatLab.” Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Darwinian Medicine: Why We Have Allergies.” Paul Sherman, Cornell University. 10 Guyot.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory lecture. “Eddy Heat Flux in the Southern Ocean: Response to Variable Wind Forcing.” Andy Hogg, Australian National University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Random Walks on Young Diagrams and Limit Transitions.” Grigori Olshanski, Dobrushin Lab, Moscow, and the University of Pennsylvania. 401 Fine.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Eli Berger. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “New Methodologies for Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Silicon Bond Forming Reactions Using Anionic Transition Metal Complexes as Active Catalytic Species.” Jun Terao, University of Osaka, Japan. 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “The Spanish Monster.” Natasha Staller, Amherst College. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Judaic studies/Perelman Institute lecture. “Baghdad Yesterday, A Memoir of a Secular Arab-Jew.” Sasson Somekh, Tel Aviv University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Sparse Graphical Models and the U.S. Senate.” Laurent El Ghaoui, University of California-Berkeley. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “A New Accelerator for Advanced Research and for Cancer Therapy.” Ken Peach, Oxford University and University of London. A10 Jadwin.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “Sin: The Early History of an Idea,” last of three. Paula Fredriksen, Boston University. McCosh 10.
Notices
[G] Noon. Princeton Varsity Club lunch-eon with the coaches. Roger Hughes, Kristen Holmes-Winn, Kathy Sell and Fred Samara. 1956 Lounge, Princeton Stadium.
Friday, October 12
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Tigerlilies concert. “Lil Jam.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Claude LeBrun, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 314 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Bright Extreme Ultraviolet Laser Beams: An Enabling Tool for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Applications.” Carmen Menoni, Colorado State University. 222 Bowen.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “Early Irish Law and Its Legacy.” Angela Gleason. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Notices
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gardner Magic Project conference. “Magic, Russian Modernism and the Avant-Garde.” Palmer House.
Sports
7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Yale. Dillon Gym.
Saturday, October 13
Arts
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Lydia Diamond: “Stick Fly.” Shirley Jo Finney, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Concert Jazz Ensemble performance. “Three or Four Shades of the Blues.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
Noon to 6 p.m. South Asian Students Association Mela festival. Scudder Plaza.
Sports
1 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Columbia. Princeton Stadium.
4 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Columbia. Prince-ton Stadium.
4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Brown. Dillon Gym.
Sunday, October 14
Arts
F 3 p.m. University Concerts performance. “Arrangements Have Been Made.” Richardson Chamber Players. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
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.
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.
Woodrow Wilson School
Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “Philani.” Photo exhibition by Joan Needham and Kate Somers. Through Oct. 26.
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 Undergrad-uate 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.
