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SEPTEMBER 2009 CALENDAR
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
2:00 pm
Unity Reggae Fest
Fields Center, 58 Prospect St. |
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Live reggae band Jah Guid.
Sponsored by the Fields Center and Community House.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"Translation and Emotion"
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Constanze Guthenke, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.
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12:00 pm
Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Propaganda in the Middle East"
202 Jones Hall |
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Bernard Lewis, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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4:30 pm - CANCELLED
Luce Speaker Series on Religion, Democracy, and Conflict
"Religion and Politics: Continuities from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic"
216 Aaron Hall |
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Karen Barkey, Columbia University.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Center for the Study of Religion.
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7:30 pm
"A Peoples' Peace: 'Two-State Solution,' Two Roads Not Taken" (lecture in Hebrew)
202 Jones Hall |
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Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
4:30 pm
The Caucasus: Zones of Contestation
"Can the Caucasus Have a History?"
219 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Charles King, Georgetown University.
Sponsored by the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Davis Center for Historical Studies, the Council for the Humanities, the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James A. Moffett '29.
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4:30 pm
"Gulf Culture Wars: Liberals, Islamists, and the Urban-Bedouin Divide"
100 Jones Hall |
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Kristin Smith Diwan, American University School of International Service.
Sponsored by the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.
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4:30 pm CANCELLED
"The European Union: From Local Player to Global Actor"
016 Robertson Hall |
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Peter Balazs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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6:00 pm
"Public Portraits and Poems of Late Antique Corinth"
Scheide Caldwell House, Rm. 103 |
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Amelia R. Brown '99, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies and the Program in the Ancient World.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
8:00 am
Indaba
“Spatial Ecology of Yellow Baboons”
216 Aaron Burr Hall
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Catherine Markham, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.
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12:00 pm
Brown Bag Lunch Talk
"Effects of the Economic Crisis: A View from Turkey"
102 Jones Hall |
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Ibrahim Turhan, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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12:00 pm
Work-in-Progress Lunch Seminar
“Pulled Out of the Closet?: International Women's Year and the Event of the Mexican Lesbian”
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Jocelyn Olcott, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.
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4:00 pm
"Building Global Peace: Turkish Regional Foreign Policy"
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Ticket required for admission. Tickets will be available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis at Richardson Auditorium on Monday, Sept. 21 from 6:00-8:00pm. Government-issued photo ID required to obtain ticket.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
12:00 pm
Islamic Studies Colloquium
“Islamic Law, Society, and the Jurisprudence of Doubt, 7th-9th Centuries”
102 Jones Hall |
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Intisar Raab, Princeton University.
Mairaj Said, Princeton University, discussant.
Sponsored by the Department of Religion and Department of Near Eastern Studies.
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4:30 pm
"A Sustainable Building Revolution: Chinese-Style"
Friend Center, Convocation Room |
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Zhang Yue, United Nations Environment Program, Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative.
Sponsored by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
8:00 pm
PLAS Music of Latin America Series
“Musica Ficta in Concert: Xacaras, Chaconas, and Folias from 17th Century Latin America and Spain”
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
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Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies and Princeton University Concerts.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"St. Jerome's Letter to Pammachius"
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Lawrence Venuti, Temple University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.
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12:00 pm
Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Azerbaijan and the Changing Regional Environment"
202 Jones Hall |
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Elin Suleymanov, Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
8:00 am
Indaba
“Sobrados, Screens & Shrines: Dialogues of Cultures & Artistic Media in Southwest Nigeria”
216 Aaron Burr Hall |
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Adedoyin Teriba, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.
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4:30 pm
“Lessons from a Long War: Engagement in the Broader Middle East”
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall |
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Ryan Crocker M.C.F. '85, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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