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Monday, March 9

Lectures

Noon. Geosciences lecture. “Understanding Deformation in the Deep Earth Though Texture and Anisotropy.” Lowell Miyagi, University of California-Berkeley. 220 Guyot.

Noon. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/translation and intercultural communication lecture. “On the Language of Oracles.” Emily Pillinger. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “End-to-End Learning for Natural Language Processing.” Ronan Collobert, NEC Laboratories. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Capture and Storage of CO2 Via In-Situ Mineral Carbonation in Mantle Peridotite.” Peter Kelemen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Mihai Tohaneanu, University of California-Berkeley. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Doing Research on Managing Cultural Heritage in China.” Luca Zan. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Music/musicology colloquium. “Music and Melancholy.” Michael Steinberg, Brown University. Cone Seminar Room, Mendel Music Library, Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Women and gender/English lecture. “Modernist Re-Orientations: Imagining Homoerotic Desire in the Nearly Middle East.” Joseph Boone, University of Southern California. McCosh 60.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Princeton University Press/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics lecture. “Congress and the Presidency: Dissonance in Their Electoral Bases?” First of three. David Mayhew, Yale University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Tuesday, March 10

Arts

3 p.m. Music violin master class. David Kim. 102 Woolworth.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern Studies film screening. Biket Ilhan: “Kayikçi (The Boatman).” In Turkish with English subtitles. 100 Jones.

8 p.m. Composers’ Ensemble concert. The New York Virtuoso Singers. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Lewis Center for the Arts/visual arts lecture. Chris Martin, painter. Room 219, 185 Nassau St.

Noon. Population research lecture. “The Well-Being of Mexicans: Evidence From the Mexican Family Life Survey.” Graciela Teruel Belismelis, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Magnolia Terrace Group in the Later Han Dynasty and Their Literary Activities.” Jun Chen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Morality and Power in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Yoram Peri, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs panel discussion. “Justice After Bush: Should Former Administration Officials Be Prosecuted?” Charles Fried, Harvard University; Scott Horton, Harper’s Magazine; and Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Compactified Jacobians and Abel Maps for Singular Curves.” Eduardo Esteves, National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, Brazil. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “The Idea of the Antipodes.” Matthew Boyd Goldie, Rider University. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Poullada lecture. “Sacred Spaces and Profane Boundaries: Afghanistan and the World in Modern Times.” First of three. Robert Crews, Stanford University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Modeling the Forward Surface of Mortality.” Rudiger Kiesel, Ulm University, Germany. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. Russian and Eurasian studies/Davis Center for Historical Studies/Slavic languages and literatures lecture. “Hypnosis, Amnesia and an Antifascist School: Retrieving a Lost Script of the German War Experience in Stalingrad.” Jochen Hellbeck, Rutgers University. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Princeton University Press/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics lecture. “What Happens to White House Legislative Proposals?” Second of three. David Mayhew, Yale University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

2 to 4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences town hall meeting. "Astro2010 Decadal Survey." 400 Jadwin. To register: www.astro.princeton.edu/astroevents/decadal/index.php.

Wednesday, March 11

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Adrienne Pavur, Montclair, N.J. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Graduate School/Graduate Student Government performance. “Stage Hypnosis Show.” Pete Hummon. Theater, Frist.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Geosciences lecture. “Complex Behavior in Aeolian Dunes.” Ryan Ewing, University of Texas-Austin. 220 Guyot.

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Princeton’s Broadcast Center: First Cuts.” David Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Center for Complex Materials lecture. “Lithographically-Patterned, Self-Assembling and Chemo-Mechanical Devices.” David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University. Auditorium, Bowen.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security lecture. “Enforcing a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.” Ward Wilson. Second Floor, 221 Nassau St.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “The Smaller, the Messier, the Faster: The Impact of Molecular Noise on Reactions at Nanoelectrodes.” Katharina Krischer, Technical University of Munich, Germany. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “When Going Underground, Remember the Sunscreen.” Joseph Formaggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Gendered Utopias in Chinese Porcelains and English Women’s Writings of the 17th Century.” David Porter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. History/Davis Center for Historical Studies/Center for Human Values lecture. “Writing Genocide: Historians and the Fate of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.” Ronald Suny, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Venezuela as a Metaphor.” Enrique Krauze, historian. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Sheila Kohler and Wang Ping, authors. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Kannan Soundararajan, Stanford University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Poullada lecture. “Sacred Spaces and Profane Boundaries: Afghanistan and the World in Modern Times.” Second of three. Robert Crews, Stanford University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program lecture. “China’s Place in Western International Law: A Historical Perspective.” Teemu Ruskola, Institute for Advanced Study. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Princeton University Press/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics lecture. “Reform as a Property of the System.” Last of three. David Mayhew, Yale University. 16 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Council of the Humanities/Center for African American Studies lecture. “Monk and Nellie: A Love Story.” Robin Kelley, University of Southern California. 101 McCormick.

5:30 p.m. Rare books and special collections/classics lecture. “Roman Paintings in the Luxor Temple.” Susan Auth, independent scholar. 106 McCormick.

Thursday, March 12

Arts

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. Mustapha Hasnaoui: “When A Woman Sings.” In Arabic with English subtitles. 100 Jones.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Electronic Grantsmanship.” Joe Broderick. Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Chemical Communication Among Plants and Insects.” Consuelo DeMoraes, Pennsylvania State University. 10 Guyot.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Protein Quantification Across Hundreds of Experiments: Efficient Algorithms for LC-MS Data Analysis.” Zia Khan. 402 Computer Science.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Random Walks With Memory and Statistical Mechanics.” Thomas Spencer, Institute for Advanced Study. 401 Fine.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Inverse Littlewood-Offord Theory, Smooth Analysis and the Circular Law.” Van Vu, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Congruence Subgroup Problem for Mapping Class Groups.” Ben McReynolds, University of Chicago. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Poullada lecture. “Sacred Spaces and Profane Boundaries: Afghanistan and the World in Modern Times.” Last of three. Robert Crews, Stanford University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “Exploring Strongly Correlated Quantum Matter in Artificial Crystals of Light.” Immanuel Bloch, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “North Korea’s Refugees: A Window Into North Korea and a Source of Humanitarian Concern.” Marcus Noland, Petersen Institute for International Economics. 16 Robertson.

Friday, March 13

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Cycles: Time and Movement in Selected Works From ‘Outside In.’” Gregory Seiffert. Art museum.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis production. “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Music recital. Brittany Haas, fiddle. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

10:15 a.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Music and the German Nation.” Celia Applegate, University of Rochester. 211 Dickinson.

Noon. Geosciences lecture. “Cyclicity in the Sedimentary Rock Record of Mars.” Kevin Lewis, California Institute of Technology. 220 Guyot.

Noon. Judaic studies lecture. “Jews Tell Christian Stories: Two Examples From Medieval Germany.” Elisheva Baumgarten, Institute for Advanced Study. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Bioterrorism, Counterterrorism, Science and Foreign Policy: Challenges at the Intersection With National Security.” Marc Ostfield, U.S. Department of State. 280 Icahn.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Claude LeBrun, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 314 Fine.

Notices

[F] 8 to 11:30 a.m. American Council of Education Network Women of Color Breakfast. “Modeling and Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Age of Globalization.” Carmen Twillie Ambar, Cedar Crest College. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. To register: gaba@ucc.edu.

Sports

7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Harvard. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, March 14

Arts

[F] 10 a.m. Art museum Art for Families event. “Cupid Needs a Favor.” Art museum.

[F] 3 p.m and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Mulgrew Miller and Trio. Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

9:30 p.m. Princeton plasma physics Science-on-Saturday lecture. “Outbreak of Contact Lens-Related Fusarium Keratitis in 2006: A Lesson in Microbial Keratitis and Contact Lens Care.” David Chu, New Jersey Medical School. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

Sports

3 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Penn State. 1952 Stadium.

Sunday, March 15

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 3 p.m. McCarter Theatre cabaret performance. “Colored Lights.” KT Sullivan. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. “Folklore, Village Life and Nationalism.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

7:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. Ibtisam Mara’ana: “Three Times Divorced” and “Paradise Lost.” In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. 10 East Pyne.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

2:30 p.m. Friends of the Princeton University Library book collectors meeting. Bruce Willsie, alumnus. West Classroom, Firestone Library.

Wednesday, March 18

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Music/Musica Alta concert. Nicholas Lockey, harpsichord, and John Burkhalter, recorder. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Controlling Dust During Lunar Exploration Missions.” Carlos Calle, Kennedy Space Center. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

Thursday, March 19

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Sugars and Proteins.” Ben Davis, University of Oxford. 324 Frick.

Notices

9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Index of Christian Art/history/art and archaeology conference. “Art and Thought in the Middle Ages: A Conference in Honor of Willibald Sauerländer.” First of two days. 101 McCormick. To register: rdunham@princeton.edu.

Friday, March 20

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Revisiting Wangchuan.” Michelle Lim. Art museum.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert. “Slavic Fire.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Index of Christian Art/history/art and archaeology conference. “Art and Thought in the Middle Ages: A Conference in Honor of Willibald Sauerländer.” Last of two days. 101 McCormick. To register: rdunham@princeton.edu.

Sports

[F] 3 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Albany. 1952 Stadium.

Saturday, March 21

Arts

2 p.m. Art museum family event. “American Art: What’s the Story?” Art museum. To register: 924-9529 ext. 240.

[F] 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

Sunday, March 22

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Shakespeare: “Twelfth Night.” Rebecca Taichman, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 3 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra concert. “Westminster Conservatory Showcase.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. 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.

Office of Religious Life

Worship and meditation activities. web.princeton.edu/sites/chapel/religioushome.html.

Prospect House

Noon. Mondays and Thursdays. “Communal Table” informal lunch and discussion for faculty and staff. Tap Room.

Exhibits

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
• “Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach’s Images of ‘The Nibelungen’ and ‘Faust.’” Through June 7.
• “Outside In: Chinese x American x Contemporary Art.” Through June 7.

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:
• “Egypt Unveiled: The Mission of Napoleon’s Savants.” Through May 10. Tour at 3 p.m. April 26.
Milberg Gallery:
• “Beauty and Bravado in Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights From the Gillett G. Griffin Collection.” Through June 7.

Lewis Center for the Arts

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Visual arts student painting exhibition. Ruthie Schwab and Mary Margaret O’Toole. Through March 13.

Murray-Dodge

Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• “What Is Peace?” Through Dec. 1.

Office of International Programs

Firestone Lounge, Rockefeller College, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “International Eye.” Student photo exhibition. Through March 31.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday until 8 p.m.
• “‘The Best Old Place of All’: Treasures From the Princeton University Archives.” Through Jan. 29. Saturday viewing of University charter: May 30, 9 a.m. to noon; Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

School of Engineering and Applied Science

EQuad Café. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Photo exhibition from Beijing Olympics air-quality study.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “Bought and Sold: Faces of Modern-Day Slavery.” Kay Chernush, photographer. Through March 27.

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

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 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1 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.