Calendar of events
October 22-November 4, 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 22
Arts
4:30 p.m. Art museum lecture. “Of Veils and Mourning: Fazal Sheikh’s Widowed Images.” Eduardo Cadava. 101 McCormick.
Lectures
Noon. Near Eastern studies lecture. “The Journey of the Modern Turkish Novel.” Azade Seyhan, Bryn Mawr College. 202 Jones.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application science. “Scale Makes Things Interesting and Useful.” Craig Nevil-Manning, Google. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Shear-Induced Mixing.” Lai-Sang Young, New York University. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “The End-Permian Mass Extinction: How Bad Did It Get? A Review of the Latest Ideas on the World’s Worst Catastrophe.” Paul Wignall, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. 220 Guyot.
4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Xiaoyi Zhang, Institute for Advanced Study. 110 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Iraq: Cassandra’s Curse and Pandora’s Box.” Barbara Bodine. 16 Robertson.
6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Cutting, Casting, Stacking, Bending.” Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger, Barkow Leibinger Architects, Germany. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Tuesday, October 23
Arts
7:30 p.m. Visual arts film screening and lecture. Ernie Gehr, filmmaker. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Itzhak Perlman with Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “Attrition in Progresa Evaluation Rural Surveys.” Graciela Teruel Belismelis, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Mote lecture. “Writing Alien History: ‘Barbarian’ Historiography in Ancient China.” First of two. Nicola DiCosmo, Institute for Advanced Study. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. David Eisenbud, University of California-Berkeley. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Asset Selection and Under-Diversification With Financial Constraints and Income: Implications for Household Portfolio Studies.” Stathis Tompaidis, University of Texas-Austin. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
6 p.m. Alumni Association lecture. “One Revolution, Another Presidential Doctrine and the Cold War Winding Down: The U.S. and the Middle East, 1979-1991.” L. Carl Brown. 219 Burr.
Notices
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Greening Dining Group farmers market. Firestone Plaza.
Wednesday, October 24
Arts
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Kathleen Graber, poet, and Monique Truong, novelist. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
5:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures discussion. “An Evening With Tatiana Tolstaya.” Tatiana Tolstaya, novelist. 245 East Pyne.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Atelier workshop. Bernard-Marie Koltes: “Roberto Zucco.” Florent Masse, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Securing the Electronic Ballot.” Alex Halderman. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Remodeling Cellular Membranes During Bacillus Subtilis Sporulation.” Kit Pogliano, University of California-San Diego. 3 Thomas.
Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials lecture. “Identifying the Materials Limits of Chemically Amplified Photoresists.” Eric Lin, National Institute of Standards and Technology. 222 Bowen.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Probing Worms’ Brain and Behavior With Microfluidics.” Hang Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Controlling the Motion of Atoms and Molecules With Intense Light Fields.” Peter Barker, University College London. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Mote lecture. “Before the Manchu Conquest of China: The Great Enterprise Reconsidered.” Last of two. Nicola DiCosmo, Institute for Advanced Study. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. David Eisenbud, University of California-Berkeley. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion. “The Future of the Republican Party.” Nolan McCarty, moderator. 16 Robertson.
Thursday, October 25
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Atelier workshop. Bernard-Marie Koltes: “Roberto Zucco.” Florent Masse, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “LaTeX Fundamentals and Basics.” Cheryl Ponchin, TeX Users Group. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “A New Perspective on Influenza Evolution.” Sunetra Gupta, Oxford University. 10 Guyot.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Van Vu, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Classical philosophy colloquium. “Free Will in Aristotle?” Dorothea Frede, University of California-Berkeley. 201 Marx.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Cities as Battlespace: The New Military Urbanism.” Stephen Graham, Durham University, United Kingdom. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs/Madison program panel discussion. “Freedom’s Power: The True Force of Liberalism.” 104 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Random Walks on the Mapping Class Group.” Joseph Maher, Oklahoma State University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “50 Years of the BCS Theory.” Philip Anderson. A10 Jadwin.
Friday, October 26
Arts
4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading. Patrick McCabe, and Eoin McNamee, novelists. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology lecture. “Why Do We Feel So Afraid?” Joseph LeDoux, New York University. 0S6 Green.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Catalytic Organometallic Chemistry of Metal-Heteroatom Bonds.” John Hartwig, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. 324 Frick.
Sports
6 p.m. Field hockey vs. Virginia Commonwealth. 1952 Stadium.
[F] 7 p.m. Football vs. Cornell. Princeton Stadium.
7 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Clarkson. Baker Rink.
Saturday, October 27
Arts
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
Sports
1 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Cornell. Princeton Stadium.
4 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Cornell. Princeton Stadium.
4 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. St. Lawrence. Baker Rink.
Sunday, October 28
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Molière: “Tartuffe.” Daniel Fish, director. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 3 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra concert. “Russian Pathos and the Miracles of St. Nicholas.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Jon Pahl, Lutheran Theological Seminary. Chapel.
Monday, October 29
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Andrew Manze, violinist, and Richard Egarr, pianist. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Lev Kapitanski, University of Miami. 110 Fine.
Tuesday, October 30
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. “The Four Seasons.” Tango Buenos Aires. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
6 p.m. Alumni Association lecture. “Imperial Overstretch? The U.S. and the Middle East, 1991 to the Present.” L. Carl Brown. 219 Burr.
Notices
[G] 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Vendor Fair. Dillon Gym.
Sports
6 p.m. Field hockey vs. Monmouth. 1952 Stadium.
Wednesday, October 31
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Georgian State Dance Company. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Nanoelectronics and Plasma Processing: The Next 15 Years and Beyond.” Michael Lieberman, University of California-Berkeley. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
Friday, November 2
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. Boheme Opera New Jersey concert. Verdi: “La Traviata.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. “String Summit.” Sam Bush, mandolin and fiddle; Jerry Douglas, dobro; and Edgar Meyer, bass; with Time for Three. Matthews Theatre.
Sports
7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Dartmouth. Dillon Gym.
Saturday, November 3
Arts
1 p.m. Cotsen Children’s Library art workshop. “First of Octember.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone.
Notices
2 p.m. Friends of the Princeton University Library conference. “Writers, Editors and Literary Magazines, 1947-2007: A Conversation in Honor of the Hudson Review.” Keynote address by Dana Gioia, National Endowment for the Arts. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Sports
4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Harvard. Dillon Gym.
Sunday, November 4
Arts
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. “The Colors of Russia.” 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.
• “El Maestro Francisco Toledo: Art From Oaxaca, 1959-2006.” Through Jan. 6.
• “Ansel Adams, ‘Moonrise’: Print the Legend.” Oct. 26 through Jan. 13.
• “Inhabited Landscapes: Selected Works From the DuBois Schanck Morris Collection.” Through Jan. 20.
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:
• “El Taller de Gráfica Popular/The Workshop for Popular Art.” Through Feb. 10. Tours of exhibit at 3 p.m. 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.
• Student video installation show. Oct. 23-26. Opening reception 6 p.m. Oct. 23.
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 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.
