4:00 pm
"Afghanistan and the West After Eight Years: Which War Are We Fighting?"
McCormick 101

Reinhard Eroes, German Aid for Afghan Children.
Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society, the Davis International Center and the Program in Near Eastern Studies.

7:15 pm
Hebrew Film Series
"And You Shall Take a Wife"
010 East Pyne Hall

Directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz (2004), in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"Beyond Translation: Esperanto and the Curse of Babel"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Esther Schor, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.

12:00 pm
Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Neoliberal Reforms, Regulatory Change and the Informal Economy in Turkey"
202 Jones Hall

Basak Kus, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

12:00 pm
Women and Gender Graduate Works-in-Progress Colloquium
"Behind the Veil: Fadela Amara and the Battle over French-Muslim Women's Bodies"
127 East Pyne

Riaz Tejani, Princeton University.
Sponsored by Program in Women's Studies.

4:30 pm
Islam, Modernity, and South Asia - Seminar Series
"Muslims in India Today: Towards Marginalisation?"
202 Jones Hall

Christophe Jaffrelot, Centre for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po, Paris.
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies, the Transregional Institute, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion, and sponsored in part by a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James A. Moffett '29.

4:30 pm
Luce Speaker Series on Religion, Democracy, and Conflict
"Separation of Religion and State around the World: How to Measure It, Who Has It, and How It Influences Politics and Society"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Jonathan Fox, Bar Ilan University (Israel).
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Center for the Study of Religion,

4:30 pm
"Conflict Prevention or Peacekeeping?"
Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium

Romeo Dallaire, retired Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda and former Canadian Senator.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Canadian Studies Program, and the University Center for Human Values.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"Tales from the Field: Saving Lives in Afghanistan"
012 Bendheim Hall

Reinhard Eroes, German Aid for Afghan Children.
Sponsored by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination.
Rsvp to cordovil@princeton.edu.

12:00 pm
Persian Lunch Talk
"Women in Iran Before and After the June 12 Elections" (in Persian)
202 Jones Hall

Sevil Cakir
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

4:30 pm
Kwartler Family Lecture
"Is Israeli-Palestine Peace Possible?"
East Pyne 010

Gershon Baskin, Israeli/Palestine Center for Research and Information.
Sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies.

4:30 pm
Oil, Energy and the Middle East
"Causes and Consequences of the Oil Shock of 2007-2008"
100 Jones Hall

James Hamilton, University of California, San Diego.
Sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Institute for Transregional Study.

4:30 pm
"Scandinavia's Bog People and their Cultural Context"
215 Aaron Burr Hall

Hans Christiani Petersen, University of Southern Denmark.
Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology.

8:00 am
Indaba
“A Generation Speaks: Negotiating Coloured Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Janette Yarwood, Monmouth University.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.

12:00 pm
Work-in-Progress Lunch Seminar
“Latin American Literature Looking East”
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Gustavo Guerrero, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.

4:30 pm
“Undermining Enemies: Negative Balancing and Strategic Choices of China, the U.S., and Russia after the Cold War”
Robertson Hall, Bowl 1

Kai He, Utah State University.
Sponsored by the China and the World Program.

4:30 pm
“Some Historical Thoughts on the Yale-Peru Dispute on the Machu Picchu Collections: Through the Looking Glass”
219 Aaron Burr Hall

Richard Burger, Yale University.
Hosted by Brian Just, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.

4:30 pm
"Everyday in Sixteenth Century Korea: A Reading of One Man's Diary"
202 Jones Hall

Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University.
Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program.

5:00 pm
Arabic Film Series
"Daresalam"
McCormick 101

Directed by Issa Serge Coelo (2000), in Arabic with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

7:30 pm
Turkish Film Series
"Beynelmilel (The International)"
010 East Pyne

Directed by Muharrem Gulmez (2006), in Turkish with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

1:30 pm
Hellenic Studies 30th Anniversary Conference
"Renaissance Encounters: Greek East and Latin West"
106 McCormick Hall

Various speakers.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, the Council of the Humanities, Department of Art and Archaeology, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Department of French and Italian, University Center for Human Values, Department of History,
Department of Classics, Index of Christian Art, Program in Medieval Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Center for the Study of Books and Media.
To view the conference program, click here.
Continues Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14.

4:30 pm
Project on Democracy and Development
"Ethnic Boundaries and Infectious Disease: Explaining Government and Citizen Responses"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Evan Lieberman, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the University Center for Human Values, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Princeton AIDS Initiative.

4:30 pm
Unexpected Properties Lecture Series
"Arbitraging Japan: Traders as Critics of Capitalism"
219 Aaron Burr Hall

Hirokazu Miyazaki, Cornell University.
Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton Environmental Institute, Program in Latin American Studies, and Program in Law and Public Affairs.

8:00 pm
Hellenic Studies 30th Anniversary Concert, in Honor of Stanley J. Seeger '52
"Cappella Romana"
Princeton University Chapel

Alexander Lingas, Artistic Director.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, the Department of Music and the Lewis Center for the Arts.
To view the concert program, click here.

9:00 am
Hellenic Studies 30th Anniversary Conference
"Renaissance Encounters: Greek East and Latin West"
101 McCormick Hall

Various speakers.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, the Council of the Humanities, Department of Art and Archaeology, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Department of French and Italian, University Center for Human Values, Department of History,
Department of Classics, Index of Christian Art, Program in Medieval Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Center for the Study of Books and Media.
To view the conference program, click here.
Continues Saturday, November 14.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"The Liberty of the Post-Moderns? Market and Civic Freedom within the EU"
301 Marx Hall

Richard Bellamy, University College, London.
Sponsored by the University Center for Human Values and the European Union Program.
RSVP required. Contact Susan Winters (suewint@princeton.edu).
To download a copy of the paper, click here.

7:00 pm
South Asia Film Society, film screening
"Dil Chahta Hai"
Rocky-Mathey Theater

Directed by Farhan Akhtar (2001).
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies and the South Asian Students Association.

9:00 am
Hellenic Studies 30th Anniversary Conference
"Renaissance Encounters: Greek East and Latin West"
106 McCormick Hall

Various speakers.
Sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, the Council of the Humanities, Department of Art and Archaeology, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Department of French and Italian, University Center for Human Values, Department of History,
Department of Classics, Index of Christian Art, Program in Medieval Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Center for the Study of Books and Media.
To view the conference program, click here.

7:15 pm
Film Screening
"Voices from El-Sayed"
101 McCormick Hall

Directed by Oded Adomi Leshem (2008), in Hebrew, Arabic and Sign Language with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"Translating Unfinished Texts"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Karen Emmerich, Columbia University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.

12:00 pm
Brown Bag Lunch Series
"Public Visibility of Religion in Modern Turkey and Turkish Islam in the Netherlands"
102 Jones Hall

Bulent Senay, Turkish Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

4:30 pm
Luce Speaker Series on Religion, Democracy, and Conflict
"Religion, Rationality, and Violence"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Monica Duffy Toft, Harvard Universitiy.
Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Center for the Study of Religion,

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"The Power of Governments Versus the Power of Movements in the Middle East and South Asian Conflict Zones"
102 Jones Hall

Michael Crawford, U.K. Foreign Service (retired).
Sponsored by the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.
Reservation required. Contact Joyce Slack (jslack@princeton.edu).

4:30 pm
The Caucasus: Zones of Contestation
"A Golden Age in the Combat Zone? Building Churches in Early Medieval Armenia"
219 Aaron Burr Hall

Christina Maranci, Tufts 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.

4:30 pm
“The Making of a New Israel Lobby: How Mainstream American Jews are Finding a New Voice on Middle East Policy”
Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium

Jeremy Ben Ami *84, J Street.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affiars, Center for Jewish Life, Davis International Center, Program in Near Eastern Studies, and Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination.

8:00 am
Indaba
“Post-Conflict Reconciliation”
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in African Studies.

4:30 pm CANCELLED
"Sharia Law and Perspectives on Israel"
Whig Senate Chamber

Nonie Darwish, human rights activist and author.
Sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society and Tigers for Israel.
Princeton University ID required for admittance.

4:30 pm
Unexpected Properties Lecture Series
"Mushrooms and the History of the World"
219 Aaron Burr Hall

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton Environmental Institute, Program in Latin American Studies, and Program in Law and Public Affairs.

5:00 pm
The Kurt Weitzmann Lecture
"Discovering Early Byzantine Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Art, Archaeology and Conservation"
101 McCormick Hall

Elizabeth Bolman, Temple University.
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology.

7:30 pm
Arabic Film Series
"Marrakech Inshallah"
McCormick 101

Directed by Steffen Pierce and Christian Pierce (2007), in Arabic with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

12:00 pm CANCELLED
Islam, Modernity, and South Asia - Seminar Series
"Kashmir: Fading Insurgency?"
202 Jones Hall

Salman Haidar, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies, the Transregional Institute, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion, and sponsored in part by a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James Moffett '29.

12:00 pm
Islamic Studies Colloquium
“Why Did Religious Affiliation Matter in the Medieval Islamic Administrative Corps?”
102 Jones Hall

Luke Yarbrough, Princeton University.
Lev Weitz, Princeton University, discussant.
Sponsored by the Department of Religion and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.

4:30 pm
“Pakistan's Strategic Culture and International Security”
333 Wallace Hall

Alexander Evans, Nuffield College, Oxford.
Sponsored by the Research Program in International Security.

8:00 pm
Walter E. Edge Lecture
“The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World”
McCosh 50

Romano Prodi, Brown University; former prime minister of Italy and former president of the European Commission.
Sponsored by the Princeton University Public Lecture Series.

7:00 pm CANCELLED
South Asia Film Society, film screening
"Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi"
Rocky-Mathey Theater

Directed by Sudhir Mishra (2005).
Sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies and the South Asian Students Association.
Dinner at 6:30 pm before the film.

7:15 pm
Hebrew Film Series
"Restless"
010 East Pyne Hall

Directed by Amos Kollek (2008), in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
"A Future for Translation Studies"
216 Aaron Burr Hall

David Bellos, Princeton University.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.

12:00 pm
Luncheon Seminar
“Talking to the Ottoman Empire: 'British' Dragomans in the Nineteenth Century”
216 Aaron Burr Hall

Judy Laffan, The University of Queensland.
Sponsored by the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication.

4:30 pm
“U.S.-China Relations and the Issue of Climate Change”
Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium

Kenneth Lieberthal, Brookings Institution.
Sponsored by the China and the World Program.