"Shadow Elites: How the World's New Influencers Challenge Democracy, Government, and the Free Market in the United States, Europe, and Beyond "
Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, co-sponsored by the European Union Program
Janine Wedel, George Mason University

219 Aaron Burr Hall  ·  12:00 p.m.– 1:20 p.m.

"What Are You Reading? Power, Prestige and the Business of Intellectual Production"
Program in South Asian Studies
Pavithra Narayanan, Washington State University - Vancouver
Aaron Burr Hall, 3rd Floor Atrium  ·  12:00 p.m.– 1:15 p.m.

A Familiar Presence: Muslims in Europe (16-18th c)
The Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
Brown Bag Lunch
Professor Lucette Valensi
202 Jones Hall  ·  12:00 p.m.– 1:30 p.m.

"Laughter and the Phenomenology of Communist Window Shopping"
Kruzhok Meeting (By Invitation Only)
Anna Katsnelson, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Discussant:  Daniil M. Leiderman, Art History, Princeton
245 East Pyne  ·  4:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.

"Who Killed Benazir Bhutto?"
Program in South Asian Studies
Owen Bennett-Jones, lecturer in the Council of the Humanities, Ferris Professor of Journalism
Aaron Burr Hall, 3rd Floor Atrium  ·  4:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.

History, Fiction, Myth: Some Moments in the Ancient Struggle
Richard Hunter, Cambridge University, Current Visiting Fellow Council of the Humanities

Sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Council of Humanities
219 Aaron Burr Hall  ·  4:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.