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Monday, March 23

Arts

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Salaam Shalom/women and gender film screening and discussion. Ibtisam Mara’ana: “Lady Kul el-Arab.” In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. Uriel Abulof, moderator. 101 McCormick.

[F] 8 p.m. Chapel music/religious life organ concert. Todd Wilson. Chapel.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. John Williams, guitar. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. American studies workshop. “‘Man and Money Ready’: Challenge Dancing in Antebellum America.” April Masten, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 210 Dickinson. To RSVP: ksippl@princeton.edu.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Gliding Through the Spring Bloom: A New Approach for Studying Ocean Carbon Flux.” Mary Jane Perry, University of Maine. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Robert Strain. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Jansen Lecture Series. “Imagining Chushingura: Chushingura as a History of Storytelling.” First of two. Henry Smith, Columbia University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the New Administration.” William Burns, U.S. State Department. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

5 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “On the Evolution of Solutions to a Many-Body Schrödinger Equation.” Matei Machedon, University of Maryland-College Park. 110 Fine.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Switching On and Off.” Caroline Bos, UN Studio, Amsterdam. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

6:30 p.m. Gauss Seminars in Criticism. “The Mineralogy of Being.” First of three. Eleanor Kaufman, University of California-Los Angeles. 127 East Pyne.

8 p.m. Mathematics/Princeton University Press lecture. “Free Will and Determinism in Science and Philosophy.” First of six. John Conway. A02 McDonnell Hall.

Tuesday, March 24

Arts

7:30 p.m. Judaic studies film screening. Modi Bar-On and Anat Zeltser: “Tel Aviv.” 10 East Pyne.

8 p.m. Music recital. Matthew Rich, trombone. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “Migration, Social Disorganization and the Sexual Partners of Mexican Men: Implications for STD/HIV Risks.” Emilio Parrado, University of Pennsylvania. 300 Wallace.

4 p.m. Faith and Work Initiative/Center for the Study of Religion/Muslim life discussion. “A Muslim Perspective on the Executive Suite.” Sherif Nasr, siParadigm Diagnostic Informatics; and David Miller. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. American studies/law and public affairs/sociology panel discussion. “Caring Labor in International Perspective.” Viviana Zelizer, moderator. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Jansen Lecture Series. “Imagining Chushingura: The Okado Memorandum as Literature.” Last of two. Henry Smith, Columbia University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lectures. “How It Quickly Became: Tel Aviv’s Accelerated History.” Todd Hasak-Lowy, University of Florida. “Architecture From the Sand: A Critical Reflection.” Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Junecue Suh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. Cedric Villani, Institute for Advanced Study. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Office of the Dean of the College/University Center for Human Values/Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Lectures in Philosophy. “The Death of the Duel.” First of three. Kwame Anthony Appiah. McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. Princeton Slow Food lecture. "The Politics of Sustainable Eating." Josh Viertel, Slow Food USA. McCosh 50.

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. Women and gender/English/Miller lecture. “Eleanor Roosevelt: The Challenge and Future of Human Rights.” Blanche Wiesen Cook, City University of New York-John Jay College. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Health Care Sails Into a Perfect Storm: Can Obama Come to the Rescue?” Uwe Reinhardt. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. Music composer colloquium. Mikko Luoma, accordion. Cone Seminar Room, Woolworth.

Sports

3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Rutgers. Clarke Field.

Wednesday, March 25

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Avi Stein, Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy, New York. Chapel.

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

8 p.m. Music recital. Theo Beers, double bass. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Women in Research Computing.” Betty Leydon. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Computational and Experimental Studies of Gene Regulation.” Gary Stormo, Washington University. 3 Thomas.

Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Center for Complex Materials lecture. “Nanoscale Size Effects in Faceted Crystal Growth: Insights From Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Mark Asta, University of California-Davis. Auditorium, Bowen.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Reverse Engineering the Physical Mechanics and Forces Shaping Embryos and Organs.” Lance Davidson, University of Pittsburgh. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Rapid and Efficient Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen by Air-Sensitive Metalloenzymes: Implications for Life and Energy.” Frazier Armstrong, University of Oxford. 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Goodbye Spherical Symmetry: The Paradigm Shift and Challenges in Our Understanding of the End States of Stars.” Eric Blackman, University of Rochester. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Crossing of Experiences and Encounter of Rationalities in Francophone Africa.” Jean-Godefroy Bidima, Tulane University. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Campbell McGrath and Malena Mörling, authors. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Cedric Villani, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Office of the Dean of the College/University Center for Human Values/Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Lectures in Philosophy. “The End of Footbinding.” Second of three. Kwame Anthony Appiah. McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “March of the Jacobins: The Advance and Retreat of Political Secularism in the 20th Century.” Timothy Shah, Council on Foreign Relations. 16 Robertson.

6:30 p.m. Gauss Seminars in Criticism. “The Botany of Inertia.” Second of three. Eleanor Kaufman, University of California-Los Angeles. 127 East Pyne.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Temple. 1952 Stadium.

Thursday, March 26

Arts

4:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies film screening. Ela Troyano: “La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul.” 101 Friend Center.

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. “Time Has Come.” In Arabic with English subtitles. Jean-Claude Codsi, director. 100 Jones.

7 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Leonid Gaidai: “Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.” 10 East Pyne.

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

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “WebSpace for Academic File Management and Collaboration.” Mark Ratliff. Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Diversity in Drosophila.” Patricia Wittkopp, University of Michigan. 10 Guyot.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. Manfred Denker, Pennsylvania State University. 401 Fine.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Avoiding Small Subgraphs in Achlioptas Processes.” Po-Shen Loh. 224 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Transformation of the Internet.” Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “I Was (Almost) a Muselmann: Imre Kertész’s Fatelessness.” Hillis Miller, University of California-Irvine. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Pakistan’s Current Crisis.” Maleeha Lodhi, former Pakistani ambassador to the United States. 16 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Madison program lecture. “Nietzsche’s Critique of Compassion.” Clifford Orwin, University of Toronto. 138 Lewis Library.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Recurrence of Random Paths and Counting Closed Geodesics in Strata.” Maryam Mirzakhani. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Office of the Dean of the College/University Center for Human Values/Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Lectures in Philosophy. “Lessons and Legacies.” Last of three. Kwame Anthony Appiah. McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “Bringing the Cosmos to Earth: Recent Advances in Fusion and High-Energy Density Science.” Edward Moses, Livermore National Laboratory. A10 Jadwin.

Friday, March 27

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Nothing to Communicate: Gerhard Richter’s Abstract Paintings.” Alexander Bacon. Art museum.

[F] 8 p.m. Wildcats concert. “A Cappella Jam.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis dance performance. “Pleiades.” Berlind Theatre.

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

8 p.m. Music recital. Taotao Liu, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

10:15 a.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Perception, Reception and Reinvention of a Commodity: The Singer Sewing Machine in Colonial Sri Lanka.” Nira Wickramasinghe, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 211 Dickinson.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Smallpox Eradication: What It Taught Us or Did It?” D.A. Henderson, University of Pittsburgh. 280 Icahn.

2 p.m. Psychology lecture. “Bayesian Models of Human Learning and Inference.” Josh Tenenbaum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 0S6 Green.

[G] 2:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/Princeton Atelier/experimental theater workshop. “Playwriting.” Adriano Shaplin, Royal Shakespeare Company. Room 206, 185 Nassau St.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Knut Smoczyk, Leibniz University-Hannover, Germany. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Dynamics of Small-Scale Swimming C. Elegans: From Biomechanics to Phenotyping.” Josue Sznitman. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Nietzsche on Morality, Drives and Human Greatness.” Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “Mothers and Sons.” Colm Tóibín, author. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Notices

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Policy Research Institute for the Region conference. “The U.S.A. Financial Crisis: Problems and Solutions.” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. To register: www.princeton.edu/prior/events/conferences/the-usa-financial-crisis/index.xml.

1:30 p.m. Memorial service for Walter Kauzmann, the David B. Jones Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. Chapel.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s water polo vs. Iona. DeNunzio Pool.

Saturday, March 28

Arts

1 to 6 p.m. Art museum symposium. “Ernst Barlach: Image, Form, Text.” 101 McCormick. Reception follows. For more information: 258-3788.

[F] 10 a.m. Art museum Art for Families event. “Let’s Join the Party.” Art museum.

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

[F] 8 p.m. South Asian Students Association performance. “South Asian Dance Dimensions.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance senior thesis dance performance. “Pleiades.” Berlind Theatre.

8:30 p.m. Music recital. Emily Miller, viola. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Notices

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cotsen Children’s Library book convention. “Princyclopedia 2009: Alice in Wonderland.” Dillon Gym.

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Philosophy/Princeton-Rutgers Graduate Conference. 301 Marx. For more information: philosophy.princeton.edu/events.

Sports

11 a.m. Women’s water polo vs. Bucknell. DeNunzio Pool.

Noon and 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Yale. Clarke Field.

12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Softball vs. Yale. 1895 Field.

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Penn. Lenz Tennis Center.

4:30 p.m. Women’s water polo vs. George Washington. DeNunzio Pool.

Sunday, March 29

Arts

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

3 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Nothing to Communicate: Gerhard Richter’s Abstract Paintings.” Alexander Bacon. Art museum.

7:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. Reshef Levi: “Lost Islands.” In Hebrew with English subtitles.
10 East Pyne.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly. Chapel.

[F] 3 p.m. Friends of the Princeton University Library road show. Rotunda and Hyphen, Chancellor Green. For more information: www.fpul.org.

Sports

Noon and 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Brown. Clarke Field.

12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Softball vs. Brown. Class of 1895 Field.

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.
• “Memorable Encounters From Ho¯nen to de Kooning: In Honor of Yoshiaki Shimizu.” March 28 through Aug. 2.
• “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.
• “What Is a Thing?” Through June 28.

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.
• “Home: Reflections After a Fire.” Mixed media student exhibition. Katie Kinnear. March 25 through April 3.

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.

Women and Gender

Lounge, 113 Dickinson. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
• “Mosaic Art.” Rhonda Heisler. Through April 30.

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.