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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. Submissions for future calendars may be made online using our calendar submission form.

Monday, March 30

Arts

8 p.m. Latin American studies/Rockefeller College/Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures film screening. Paulo Caldas: “Baile Perfumado.” Portuguese with English subtitles. Theater, Holder.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Reliability of Predictive fMRI Brain State Decoding Models.” Melissa Carroll. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Landscapes Within Antarctica’s Polar Deserts: Clues to Changing Climates on Earth and Mars.” David Marchant, Boston University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Landau Damping.” Cedric Villani, Institute for Advanced Study. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing/ Woodrow Wilson School/Mahmoud lecture. “The Transformational Nature of the AIDS Response.” Peter Piot, Gates Foundation. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Musicology colloquium. “Why Is the Bolshoi Theater Closed? … And Other Questions About Ballet and Opera in Russia Today.” Leonid Maximenkov. Cone Seminar Room, Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. School of Engineering and Applied Science/Princeton Environmental Institute/Gilbert lecture. “From Information Technology to Energy Technology: Entrepreneurial Opportunities for the Next Decade.” Tom Siebel, Siebel Systems. 10 Guyot. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Nuclear Weapons: Getting Past Russia and the NPT and on to Zero.” Jan Lodal, former White House official. 16 Robertson.

5 p.m. Hindu life/religious life discussion. “Chai and Chat: Living Hinduism — Reconciling American Culture and Hindu Faith.” Vineet Chander. West Room, Murray-Dodge.

5:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Baldwin lecture. “Race in the Renaissance?” Anthony Grafton.
101 McCormick.

6:30 p.m. Gauss Seminars in Criticism. “The Leaping of Objects.” Last of three. Eleanor Kaufman, University of California-Los Angeles. 219 Burr.

8 p.m. Mathematics/Princeton University Press lecture. “The Paradox of Kochen and Specker.” Second of six. John Conway. A02 McDonnell Hall.

Notices

[F] 4 to 9 p.m. Campus recreation spin class charity event. Dillon Gym. To register: sc6@princeton.edu.

[G] 4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.

Tuesday, March 31

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. The English Concert. Harry Bicket, conductor. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. American studies lecture. “‘Two Turntables and a Microphone’: The Curious Proto-History of D.J. Technology.” Emily Thompson. 210 Dickinson.

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

Noon. Population research lecture. “Educational Assortative Mating in Two Generations.” Robert Mare, University of California-Los Angeles. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. Ancient world lecture. “Bones and History.” Peter Garnsey, University of Cambridge. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “An Eyewitness Account of the Long March: The Unpublished Memoirs of Missionary Arnolis Hayman.” Anne-Marie Brady, University of Canterbury, United Kingdom. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Poet Taha Muhammad Ali and the Palestinian Century.” Adina Hoffman, essayist and biographer. 105 Chancellor Green.

4:30 p.m. Madison program lecture. “Higher Education: What Makes It ‘Higher’?” Daniel Robinson, University of Oxford. 120 Lewis Library.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Nicolas Templier, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics physics seminar. “Warped Convolutions: A Novel Tool in the Construction of Quantum Field Theories.” Detlev Buchholz, University of Goettingen, Germany. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “The Language of the Manuscripts of Gower’s ‘Confessio Amantis’: Some New Perspectives.” Jeremy Smith, University of Glasgow, Scotland. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “Defending Shallow Interpretation.” First of three. George Wilson, University of Southern California. McCosh 28.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Future of the Multilateral Trading System.” Jeff Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics. 16 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Public Lecture Series/Vanuxem lecture. “Mirages of Equality: Progress of Women in Science at MIT, 1971-2009.” Nancy Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. McCosh 10.

Wednesday, April 1

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Eric Plutz. Chapel.

8 p.m. Chapel music/religious life concert. Jazz Vespers Ensemble, Anthony Branker, director; with Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, director. Chapel.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Embedded Microcomputers for Teaching Measurement, Control and Programming.” Michael Littman. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Probing Neural Circuits With Genetic Mosaics.” Liqun Luo, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 3 Thomas.

Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Center for Complex Materials lecture. “Optoelectronic Conjugated Macromolecules and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes: From Materials Syntheses to Device Applications.” Liming Dai, University of Dayton. Auditorium, Bowen.

2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance lecture. “Equilibrium Subprime Lending.” Guillaume Plantin, London School of Business. 103 Bendheim Center for Finance, 26 Prospect Ave.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering/Saville lecture. “Structure and Dynamics of Confined Fluids.” Thomas Truskett, University of Texas-Austin. Convocation Room, Friend.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Highlights of 50 Years of Fusion Research.” Dale Meade. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “What Hath God Wrought: Religion in the Transformation of America, 1815-1848.” Daniel Walker Howe, University of California-Los Angeles. 120 Lewis Library.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Greek Trials From Homer to Demosthenes.” Gerhard Thuer, University of Graz, Austria.
161 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Changing Shadows of Giuseppe Castiglione.” Marco Musillo, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Who Is the Macho Who Wants to Kill Me? Gender, (Homo)Sexuality and Revolutionary Masculinity.” James Green, Brown University. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies Spanish-language lecture. “El Sueño de la República Produce Cursis.” Álvaro Enrigue, author. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs lecture. “International Law Challenges for the Obama Administration: From Closing Guantanamo to Engaging the International Criminal Court.” John Bellinger, former legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Robert Pinsky, poet. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “On a Conjecture of De Giorgi.” Ovidiu Savin, Columbia University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “Le Grand Imagier on Review.” Second of three. George Wilson, University of Southern California. 201 Marx.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Off to a Green Start: Obama’s Record on the Environment.” Frances Beinecke, Natural Resources Defense Council. 16 Robertson.

5 p.m. Hindu life/religious life lecture. “God of Gods: The Bhagavad Gita’s Case for Monotheism.” Ravi Gupta, College of William and Mary. 106 McCormick.

7:30 p.m. Sociology film screening and discussion. Ken Loach: “Bread and Roses.” Patricia Fernandez-Kelly. 101 McCormick.

Sports

4:30 p.m. Softball vs. Hofstra. 1895 Field.

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

Thursday, April 2

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance play. Tony Kushner: “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. (Part One).” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre comedy show. Lewis Black. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Princeton Shakespeare Company/Theatre Intime play. William Shakespeare: “King Lear.” Laura Fletcher, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

8 p.m. University Concerts performance. Nash Ensemble of London. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology lecture. “The Productive Browser.” Wayne Bivens-Tatum. Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Genetics and Evolution of Hybrid Incompatibilities in Drosophila.” Daven Presgraves, University of Rochester. 10 Guyot.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences. “Reconstructing Mammalian Gene Family Evolution.” Craig Nelson, University of Connecticut. 402 Computer Science.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Large Deviations of the Current and Phase Transitions.” Thierry Bodineau, Institute for Advanced Study. 401 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Ancient world lecture. “Cicero on Property and Justice.” Peter Garnsey, University of Cambridge. 161 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Best of Strangers.” Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. Council of the Humanities/French and Italian lecture. “Freedom and the Sacred: The Dialogue Between Ariosto and Tasso.” Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University. 321 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Daoist State in Qing China.” Vincent Goosaert, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Hindu life/religious life panel discussion. “The Tightrope: Walking the Line Between Academia and Practice.” 10 East Pyne. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. History/Davis Center for Historical Studies/Center for Human Values lecture. “Humanitarianism and Ambivalence: The Obligations Toward Ex-Child Soldiers.” Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Bordered Floer Homology: Bimodules and Computations.” Robert Lipshitz, Columbia University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Council of the Humanities lecture. “Rape, Rupture and Rapport: On Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Talk To Her.’” Last of three. George Wilson, University of Southern California. McCosh 28.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “Collective Animal Behavior: Theoretical Speculations and Empirical Groundings.” Irene Giardina. Sapienza University of Rome. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections: An Opportunity and a Challenge.” Francesc Vendrell. 16 Robertson.

7 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute/religion, diplomacy and international relations lecture. “Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Religious Crisis.” Eboo Patel, President’s Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships. McCosh 10.

Notices

[G] 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Healthier Princeton event. “Princeton Start! Walking.” Dillon Gym. To register: sc6@princeton.edu.

6 p.m. Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education Innovation Forum. 104 Computer Science.

[F] 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Campus recreation Zumba class charity event. Dillon Gym. To register: sc6@princeton.edu.

8 p.m. Religion/Center for African American Studies/University Center for Human Values conference. “Religion in the Civil Rights Movement.” First of three days. 101 McCormick. To register: www.princeton.edu/religion/civilrights.

Sports

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

Friday, April 3

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Liu Dan and the Art of Rock Painting.” Jun Hu. Art museum.

[F] 7:30 p.m. Ballet Folklórico performance. “Raices.” Theater, Frist.

8 p.m. Hindu life/religious life program. “Kalaanjali: An Interactive Evening of Music, Dance and Art.” Princeton Hindu Satsangam, Princeton South Asian Theatrics and Kalaa. Common Room, Rockefeller.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance play. Tony Kushner: “Angels in America: Perestroika (Part Two).” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Amos Lee. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Princeton Shakespeare Company/Theatre Intime play. William Shakespeare: “King Lear.” Laura Fletcher, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

10:15 a.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Islam and the Making of Medieval Jewry.” David Wasserstein, Vanderbilt University. 211 Dickinson.

Noon. Psychology lecture. “The Mirror Mechanism and Its Role in Social Cognition.” Giacomo Rizzolatti, University of Parma, Italy. 0S6 Green.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Saga of Anthrax.” Victor Sidel, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 280 Icahn.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Jeff Kahn, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “The Technology of Magic and the Magic of Technology.” William Kalush, Conjuring Arts Research Center. 222 Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “How Information Technology Accelerates Competition.” Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. Hindu life/religious life lecture. “Hindu Leaders in North America?” Deepak Sarma, Case Western Reserve University. West Room, Murray-Dodge.

8 p.m. Lutheran Campus Ministry/Presbyterian Campus Ministry/Seaton lecture. “Work, Passion, Service: Finding One’s Way in the Recession.” Christopher Thomforde, Moravian College. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Policy Research Institute for the Region/Woodrow Wilson School conference. “Emergency Preparedness in the Region: What Have We Done and What Is Still Needed?” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. To register: www.princeton.edu/prior/events/conferences/emergency-preparedness-in/index.xml.

8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Religion/Center for African American Studies/University Center for Human Values conference. “Religion in the Civil Rights Movement.” Second of three days. 101 McCormick. To register: www.princeton.edu/religion/civilrights/.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Project on Democracy and Development conference. “Democracy and Development in the Middle East.” First of two days. 219 Burr. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~piirs/projects/Democracy&Development/calendar.html.

Sports

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Men’s and women’s track and field. Sam Howell Invitational. Weaver Track and Field Stadium.

2 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Yale. Lenz Tennis Center.

Saturday, April 4

Arts

10:30 a.m. Princeton University Friends of Music children’s concert. Nash Ensemble of London. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 2 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance play. Tony Kushner: “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Part One).” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. Ballet Folklórico performance. “Raices.” Theater, Frist.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Get the Led Out. Matthews Theatre.

8:30 p.m. Davis International Center/Consortium of International Student Organizations International Festival opening ceremony. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts dance performance. Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance play. Tony Kushner: “Angels in America: Perestroika (Part Two).” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Princeton Shakespeare Company/Theatre Intime play. William Shakespeare: “King Lear.” Laura Fletcher, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Notices

8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Religion/Center for African American Studies/University Center for Human Values conference. “Religion in the Civil Rights Movement.” Last of three days. 101 McCormick. To register: www.princeton.edu/religion/civilrights/.

9:15 a.m. to noon. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Project on Democracy and Development conference. “Democracy and Development in the Middle East.” Last of two days. 219 Burr. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~piirs/projects/Democracy&Development/calendar.html.

7 p.m. Hindu life/religious life formal dinner and lecture. “Hinduism in the 21st Century.” Uma Mysorekar, Hindu Temple Society of North America. Rotunda, Chancellor Green. To RSVP by April 3: hindu@princeton.edu.

Sports

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Men’s and women’s track and field. Sam Howell Invitational. Weaver Track and Field Stadium.

Noon. Women’s tennis vs. Brown. Lenz Tennis Center.

Sunday, April 5

Arts

[F] 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “The Odyssey Experience.” Matthews Theatre.

3 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Liu Dan and the Art of Rock Painting.” Jun Hu. Art museum.

[F] 3 p.m. Princeton University Friends of Music concert. Nash Ensemble of London. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

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

Sports

1 p.m. Women’s water polo vs. Maryland. DeNunzio Pool.

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.” 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. 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. Through March 31. Wilcox Hall Commons, Wilson College, April 1-30. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “International Eye.” Student photo exhibition.

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.
• “Guns In America.” Kyle Cassidy, photographer. Through May 1.

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.