Calendar of events
April 7-13, 2008
[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.
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Monday, April 7
Arts
6:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Larisa Sadilova: “From Lilia, With Love (S liubov’iu, Lilia).” 100 Jones.
Lectures
12:15 p.m. Mathematics group actions seminar. Kariane Calta, Vassar College. 224 Fine.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences. “Why Computing Climate Is Hard: It’s the Science, Stupid.” Geoff Vallis. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Water Information Networks and Efficiency in Irrigation Systems.” Iven Mareels, University of Melbourne, Australia. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Earthquake Modeling: From Fault Friction to Seismic Hazard.” Eric Dunham, Harvard University. 220 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Love and Reason.” Michael Kochin, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
4:30 p.m. Madison program lecture. “The Free Man and Free Government in Political Theory.” Ellis Sandoz, Louisiana State University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Anthropology/Center for the Study of Religion/Center for African American Studies lecture. “Magic, Science and Religion: A Reappraisal and the Self-Reflexive Approach.” Thomas Hauschild, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin. 219 Burr.
5:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures lecture. “Two Kinds of Theater: Natasha’s Visit to the Opera in Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ and Young Krull’s First Visit to the Theater in Thomas Mann’s ‘Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man.’” Horst-Jürgen Gerigk, Heidelberg University, Germany. 245 East Pyne.
6 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/science, technology and energy policy lecture. “Climate Change and Your Career: Profitable, Business-Led Solutions to the Climate and Oil Problems.” Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute. McCosh 50.
6:30 p.m. Gauss seminars in criticism. “The Body of Cinema: Hypnoses, Emotions, Animalities.” First of three. Raymond Bellour, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Faculty Room, Nassau.
Tuesday, April 8
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “No Margin for Error: Exceptional Outcomes in Education and Employment Among Immigrant Children in the U.S.” Patricia Fernandez-Kelly. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation finance seminar. “Does Financial Regulation Matter? Market Volatility and the U.S. 1933/34 Acts.” Chenggang Xu, London School of Economics. Library and conference room, Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Of Closures and Openings: Thinking Space After the ‘End of History.’” Susana Draper. 216 Burr.
3:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Pricing American Contingent Claims by Stochastic Linear Programming.” Mustafa Pinar. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences lecture. “Observing Saturn’s Rings With Cassini.” Phil Nicholson, Cornell University. 145 Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “History in Translation: Reading Thucydides through Eleftherios Venizelos’ Translation.” Emily Greenwood, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Recalling Japan: A Poetics of Memoir.” John Nathan, University of California-Santa Barbara. 302 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute/contemporary European politics and society/European Union program lecture. “EU Policy: Kosovo, Serbia and Turkey.” Dusan Sidjanski, European Commission. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Photon Localization and Dicke Superradiance: A Crossover to Small World Networks.” Erick Akkermans, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. 343 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering film screening and lecture. Agnes Handwerk and Harrie Willems: “Wolfgang Doeblin, A Mathematician Rediscovered.” Harrie Willems, filmmaker. 4 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Iran Under Ahmadinejad.” Ali Ansari, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “From Foreign Student to Technocrat to Minister: Changing Perspectives on Development.” Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia’s minister of finance. 16 Robertson.
7 p.m. Chemistry/Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “Writing an Effective Scientific Research Proposal.” Judith Swan. 124 Frick.
7:30 p.m. Alumni Association lecture. “Technology and Policy for Living in a Greenhouse.” Robert Socolow. 10 East Pyne.
8 p.m. Council on Science and Technology/Evnin lecture. “The Dark Side of the Universe.” Neta Bahcall. A02 McDonnell.
8 p.m. Public Lectures Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “The Bible and American Fiction: Melville, Faulkner and Bellow.” First of three. Robert Alter, University of California-Berkeley. McCosh 50.
Sports
3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Monmouth. Clarke Field.
7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. East Stroudsburg. Dillon Gym.
[F] 8 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Penn. 1952 Stadium.
Wednesday, April 9
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Kathy McNeil, St. Mary’s Abbey, Morristown, N.J. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Gary Shteyngart and Rick Moody, fiction writers. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Collaboration Tools at Princeton.” Steven Sather. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Imaging the Signals and Mechanics That Build Embryos.” Scott Fraser, California Institute of Technology. 3 Thomas.
12:15 p.m. Development studies/Center for Health and Wellbeing lecture. “Chronically Misinformed: Information and Chronic Disease in Delhi.” Jeffrey Hammer and Jishnu Das, World Bank. 300 Wallace.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Internal Representation of Environment in Regulatory Networks.” Saeed Tavazoie. 105 Computer Science.
2:45 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation finance seminar. Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics, France. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave. Registration required for outside attendees; e-mail <neukirch@princeton.edu>.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. Bumsig Kim, Korea Institute for Advanced Study. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials.” Ravi Kane, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “The Risk Content of Exports: A Portfolio View of International Trade.” Andrei Levchenko, International Monetary Fund. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “The Global Design Effort for the International Linear Collider.” Barry Barrish, California Institute of Technology, and Masaaki Yamada. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “Drawing for World Revolution.” Maria Gough, Stanford University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Chinese Reactions to World War I: Seen From Global Historical Perspectives.” Dominic Sachsenmaier, Duke University. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Marc Levine, Northeastern University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion. “Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s and What That Means in 2008.” 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Architecture as Physiological Climate.” Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahm Architects, Paris. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
6:30 p.m. Gauss seminars in criticism. “The Body of Cinema: Hypnoses, Emotions, Animalities.” Second of three. Raymond Bellour, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. 10 East Pyne.
7 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Council of the Humanities/comparative literature discussion. “Dominican Tolkiens: Diasporic Nerdiness and the Quest for the Divine.” Junot Díaz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Albert Raboteau; and Emily Raboteau, City College of New York. 101 McCormick. Reception and book signing to follow.
8 p.m. Public Lectures Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “The Bible and American Fiction: Melville, Faulkner and Bellow.” Second of three. Robert Alter, University of California-Berkeley. McCosh 50.
Notices
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education/technology licensing/Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network forum. “Innovation Forum.” 101 Friend. To register, e-mail <slanders@princeton.edu>.
Sports
3 and 5 p.m. Softball vs. Rutgers. 1895 Field.
Thursday, April 10
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis play. Roger Q. Mason: “Orange Woman, A Ballad for a Moor.” Kemati Porter, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Chanticleer a cappella group. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Xythos.” Janet Temos. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Averaging Points Two at a Time.” David Moulton, Institute for Defense Analysis-Center for Communications Research, Princeton. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Managed Fear: Contemplating Sickness in a World of Bureaucratized Risk.” Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “The Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palestinae and the Intriguing History of Baron Plato von Ustinov.” Hannah Cotton, Hebrew University, Israel. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute/religion, diplomacy and international affairs lecture. “What’s Special About Religious Disputes?” Kwame Anthony Appiah. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “On the Renormalized Volume of Quasifuchsian Manifolds.” Jean-Marc Schlenker, Toulouse School of Economics, France. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “High Temperature Superconductors for the Electric Power Grid.” Alex Malozemoff, American Superconductor Corp. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. “Intersections: Defining the Cultural Dynamic of North China in the Sixth Century.” Annette Juliano, Rutgers University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East.” Daniel Kurtzer. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. Public Lectures Series/Princeton University Press/Trask lecture. “The Bible and American Fiction: Melville, Faulkner and Bellow.” Last of three. Robert Alter, University of California-Berkeley. McCosh 50.
Notices
[F] Noon. Princeton Varsity Club lunch and discussion. Bill Tierney, Chris Sailer, Bob Callahan and Trina Salcido. 1956 Lounge, Princeton Stadium. To RSVP, e-mail <kgale@princeton.edu>.
Friday, April 11
Arts
7:30 p.m. Art museum after-hours event. “An Educated Eye.” Art museum.
[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis play. Roger Q. Mason: “Orange Woman, A Ballad for a Moor.” Kemati Porter, director. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
2 p.m. Mathematics symplectic geometry seminar. “Mirror Symmetry of Fano Toric A-model and Landau-Ginzburg B-model.” Yong-Geun Oh, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 314 Fine.
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Spyros Alexakis. 314 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Modeling of 20th-Century Climate Change.” Venkatachalam Ramaswamy. 222 Bowen.
4:30 p.m. Buddhist studies workshop. “Filling the Missing Link: Simha Bhiksu and Zongmiâ’s Construction of an Indian Transmission Line for Chan Buddhism.” Peter Gregory, Smith College. Room 137, 1879.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Re:Activators.” Jurgen Mayer, J. Mayer H. Architects, Berlin. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/School of Engineering/Princeton Environmental Institute colloquium. “The Grand Challenges: Energy, Development and Global Health.” First of two days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. For more information: <www.princeton.edu/~pcpia>.
Sports
2 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Dartmouth. Lenz Tennis Center.
Saturday, April 12
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Victor Goines, director; and University Concert Jazz Ensemble, Anthony Branker, director. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Chapel music/Milbank concert. “Mozart Requiem.” University Chapel Choir. Penna Rose, director. Chapel.
[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis play. Roger Q. Mason: “Orange Woman, A Ballad for a Moor.” Kemati Porter, director. Berlind Theatre.
Notices
9:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Philosophy/classics conference. “Princeton-Rutgers Ancient Philosophy Graduate Conference.” First of two days. 10 East Pyne. For more information: <www.princeton.edu/~classics/conferences/2008/ancientphil/Call.htm>.
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/School of Engineering/Princeton Environmental Institute colloquium. “The Grand Challenges: Energy, Development and Global Health.” Last of two days. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. For more information: <www.princeton.edu/~pcpia>.
Sports
Noon. Women’s tennis vs. Harvard. Lenz Tennis Center.
Sunday, April 13
Arts
[F] 11 a.m. McCarter Theatre interactive play. “The Odyssey Experience.” Matthews Theatre.
Notices
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Philosophy/classics conference. “Princeton-Rutgers Ancient Philosophy Graduate Conference.” Last of two days. 10 East Pyne. For more information: <www.princeton.edu/~classics/conferences/2008/ancientphil/Call.htm>.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Gary Dorrien, Union Theological Seminary. 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.
• “An Educated Eye: Princeton University Art Museum Collections.” Through June 15.
• “Early Warhol in Context.” Through June 8.
• “Invoking the Comic Muse: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Parody of ‘The Sacred Grove.’” Through June 8.
Cotsen Children’s Library
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
• “The Art of Having Fun: Père Castor’s Activity Books.” Through June 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.
Main Gallery:
• “Numismatics in the Renaissance.” Through July 20. Tour at 3 p.m. June 1.
Milberg Gallery:
• “Notre Livre: ‘À Toute Épreuve.’ A Collaboration Between Joan Miró and Paul Éluard.” Through June 29.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Senior thesis exhibitions by Carlos Jiménez Cahua and Roxanne Martinez, photographers. April 8-11. Opening reception at 6 p.m. April 8.
Murray-Dodge
Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• “What Is Family? Princeton Views.” Through Dec. 1.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Open to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.
• “Times They Are A-Changin’.” Through July 15.
University League
Second floor, 171 Broadmead. Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 6 p.m.
• “Seeking Paths.” Ifat Shatzky, painter. April 12-13.
Women and Gender
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• “Wonder Lands.” Jessie Krause, painter. Through May 1.
Woodrow Wilson School
Bernstein Gallery, Robertson. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• “Art of the Times (Times Four).” Through May 16.
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.
University Ticketing
Ticket information: 258-9220. www.princeton.edu/utickets.
