8:00 pm
Concert
La Cumbiamba eNeYe, an evening of Colombian folk music
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall

Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University Concerts, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures.
www.princeton.edu/richaud/

12:00 noon
Near Eastern Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage"
Frist Campus Center, Multi-purpose Room C, B-Level

Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Princeton University
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

4:30 pm
Converation with a Maya Leader and Anthropologist
58 Prospect Ave., Rm. 107

Jacinto Arias, Visiting Fellow, Council of the Humanities.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, Department of Anthropology, and the Council of the Humanities.

12:15 pm
PLAS Tuesday Luncheon Seminar Series
"Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment "
58 Prospect Ave., Rm. 107

Joao Biehl, Princeton University
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies

4:30 pm
Lecture Series: Intellectuals and War
010 East Pyne

Carlos Altamirano (Argentina)
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages & Cultures.

6:00 pm
Hellenic Studies Workshop
"Public History and the Discourse of Empire: Venice during the War of the Morea, 1684-1699"
Humanities Program Building, Rm. 103

Anastasia Stouraiti, Princeton University;
Molly Greene, Princeton University, respondent.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies

4:30 pm
The World View of Al-Qaeda
"Enemies on the Inside, Enemies on the Outside: Internal versus External Jihad -- the Controversy on the Takfir"
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall

Matti Steinberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

4:30 pm
"Japan, East Asia, and the UN: How has Iraq Re-Scrambled Them?"
234 Frist Campus Center

Jeff Laurenti, UN Foundation
Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program

12:00 noon
PIIRS Lunch Seminar
"Human Rights and Basic Services: A Research Agenda"
012 Bendheim Hall

Varun Gauri, The World Bank
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.
To download a copy of the paper, click here.

4:30 pm
"Being Maya: Dilemmas of a Modern Maya Leader"
105 Computer Science Bldg.

Jacinto Arias, Visiting Fellow, Council of the Humanities.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, the Department of Anthropology, and the Council of the Humanities.

6:30 pm
Israeli Film Series
"Silence of the Sirens"
East Pyne 010

Motti Lerner - director, peace activist, and political playwright.
This film tells the story of the last 10 days before the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The drama depicts the process of decision making which led up to the war. "Silence of the Sirens" was the winner of the Best Israeli T.V. Drama, 2004.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies.

2:00-5:00 pm
Study Abroad Fair
Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room

Explore the growing number of opportunities for foreign study in Latin America and the Caribbean.

12:00 noon
Globalization and Domestic Politics Lunch Seminar
"Institutions, Power and Ideas in East Asian Financial Regionalism"
012 Bendheim Hall

Randall Henning, Institute for International Economics, Washington
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.

12:15 pm
PLAS Tuesday Luncheon Seminar Series
"Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Immigrants"
58 Prospect Ave., Rm. 107

Douglas Massey, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.

4:30 pm
"Media and Conflict: War Reporting in Iraq, Israel, and Other Hotspots"
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall

Marjorie Miller, Los Angeles Times.
Gary Bass, Princeton University, moderator.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

4:30 pm
Lecture Series: Intellectuals & War in Latin America
"La ultima revolucion del siglo XX"
010 East Pyne

Sergio Ramirez (Nicaragua).
Deborah Yashar, Ruben Gallo, Miguel Centeno, Stanley Stein, Yansi Perez, Princeton University, discussants.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, the Department of History, and the Davis Center.

4:30 pm
The World View of Al-Qaeda
"The Variety of Enemies Within: Muslim Regimes, the Shi'a Muslim Brethren and Other Salafi Movements and the Shi'a"
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall

Matti Steinberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, and the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination.

12:00 noon
Democracy and Development Lunch Seminar
"State-Directed Development"
012 Bendheim Hall

Atul Kohli, Princeton University, presenter
Miguel Centeno, Princeton University, discussant
Reservation required. Contact Prerna Singh (prernas@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.
To download a copy of the paper, click here.

7:30 pm
Arab Film Series
"The Nights of the Jackal" (Syria, 1990)
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Film by Abdulatif Abdulhamid; in Arabic with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies

3:00 pm
"The Man & the Myth: Che Guevara and The Motorcycle Diaries"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Eduardo Elena, Princeton University.
Tickets will be distributed for a free screening of The Motorcycle Diaries.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.

4:30 pm
Workshop -- Neoliberalism: Historical Perspectives and Critical Possibilities
"Neo-Liberalism and the Crisis of Global Capitalism: Opportunities, Challenges, Hazards" (Keynote address)
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

William Robinson, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, Society of Fellows, Department of Anthropology, Davis Center for Historical Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.
Continues Saturday, October 16

10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Workshop -- Neoliberalism: Historical Perspectives and Critical Possibilities.
58 Prospect Ave., Rm. 107

Ethel Brooks, Rutgers University;
Kaushik Ghosh, Universitiy of Texas, Austin;
Biju Mathews, New York Taxi Workers Alliance;
William Robinson, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Roger Rouse, University of California, Davis;
Veronica Schild, University of Western Ontario;
Han Yuhai, Beijing University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, Society of Fellows, Department of Anthropology, Davis Center for Historical Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.
Open to the public; no charge.

2:30 pm
Film screening, The Motorcycle Diaries
Garden Theatre, Nassau Street, Princeton

5:00 pm
"The Persistence of the Palestine Question"
Friend Center, Convocation Room

Joseph Massad, Columbia University.
Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society and the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

7:00 pm
Israeli Film Series
"Columbia: The Tragic Loss"
East Pyne 010

Directed by Naftaly Gliksberg. 2004.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies

12:00 noon
Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series
"Islam and Constitution-Making in Afghanistan & Iran"
Frist Campus Center, Multi-purpose Room C

Said Arjomand, Princeton University
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies

4:30 pm
"Palestinian and Israeli Missed Opportunities "
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Philip Mattar, former Fellow, US Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

4:30 pm
"Iraq, the War on Terror, and the Marginalization of American Foreign Policy "
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall

Sherle Schwenninger, World Policy Institute.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and The Progressive Review.

4:30 pm
"Chinese-Christian Funerals in 17th c. China: A Case of Grafting of Rituals"
234 Frist Campus Center

Nicolas Standaert, University of Leeuwen, Belgium
Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program

12:00 noon
PIIRS Lunch Seminar
"The Evolution of Inequality in the Age of Globalization"
012 Bendheim Hall

James K. Galbraith, University of Texas - Austin
Reservation required. Contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu) to reserve a seat and lunch.
To download a copy of the paper, click here.

6:00 pm
"Shades of Blue: Decoding Santiago Calatrava's Design for the Athens Olympic Stadium "
Humanities Program Bldg., Rm. 103

Jilly Traganou, University of Thessaly
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies

4:30 pm
60 Years Later: Critical Books of the 20th Century
"An Examination of F. A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Robert George, Harold James, and Stephen Macedo, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Council of the Humanities, the University Center for Human Values, and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

4:30 pm
The World View of Al-Qaeda
"Against World Order: Chaos as an Instrument"
Bowl 2, Robertson Hall

Matti Steinberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, and the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination.

4:30 pm
"Roles of Race and Hybridity in Chicana Critical Discourse"
211 Dickinson Hall

Rafael Perez-Torres, University of California, Los Angeles.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies, Program in African American Studies, Dept. of English, and the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures.

12:00 noon
"Secularism and Integration"
Bowl 1, Robertson Hall

Blandine Kriegel, Adviser to French President Jacques Chirac.
Sponsored by the Center for French Studies, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

4:30 pm
"La philosophie de Michel Foucault"
210 Dickinson Hall

Blandine Kriegel, Adviser to French President Jacques Chirac.
Sponsored by the Center for French Studies, the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

7:30 pm
Panel Discussion
"Afghanistan - Her Elections and Future"
Bowl 016, Robertson Hall

Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghan Ambassador to the United States;
Robert Finn, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan;
Michael Schmunk, German Institute for International and Security Affairs;
Mufit Ozdes, former Ambassador of Turkey to Afghanistan.
Sponsored by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the Program in Near Eastern Studies.

9:00 pm
Iranian Film Series
"Mystic Iran: The Unseen World"
McCosh 64

Directed by Aryana Farshad, 2003.
Sponsored by the Program in Near Eastern Studies.