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Calendar of events

April 9–15, 2007

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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. The calendar is posted at www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/. Submissions for future calendars may be made electronically at the same location or by entering information in the University-wide Web-based events calendar at calendar.princeton.edu.

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Monday, April 9

Lectures

4:30 p.m. Visual arts/theater and dance/Council of the Humanities illustrated lecture. “Out of a Corner of the ’60s.” Yvonne Rainer, dancer and filmmaker. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

10 a.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Looking Into the Heart of Darkness: A Reporter in North Korea.” T.R. Reid, Washington Post. 202 Jones.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “A Subgrid-Scale Turbulence Model for Simulating Compressible Astrophysical Flows.” Paul Woodward, University of Minnesota. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics seminar. “Dispersive Shock Waves in Homogeneous and Periodic Systems.” Jason Fleischer. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “The Future of Sea Ice: Are Models Getting It Right?” Dirk Notz, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Propagation of Singularities for the Wave Equation on Singular Spaces.” Jared Wunsch, Northwestern University. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs lecture. “Global Legal Pluralism.” Paul Schiff Berman, University of Connecticut. 301 Marx.

5:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/James Baldwin lecture. “Shakespeare Imagines Race: Venice and the ‘Barbarous Ethnickes.’” Leonard Barkan. 101 McCormick.

6 p.m. Architecture lecture. “Things That Keep Me Up at Night.” Elizabeth Diller. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

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Tuesday, April 10

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts/theater and dance/Council of the Humanities illustrated lecture. “From Dance to Film to Dance to Video: Demolition and Recycling.” Yvonne Rainer, dancer and filmmaker. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty film screening. Michelangelo Antonioni: “Zabriskie Point.” 16 Robertson.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Mary Chapin Carpenter. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Contemporary European politics and society/Center for French Studies/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Le Capitalisme d’Heritiers: Labor Relations and Economic Performance in France.” Thomas Philippon, New York University. 12 Bendheim.

Noon. Population research lecture. “Was There a Revolution? Kinship and Inequality Over the Very Long Term in Liaoning, China, 1749-2004.” Cameron Campbell, University of California-Los Angeles. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Youth Gangs in Central America: A Transnational Security Threat?” Geoff Thale, Washington Office on Latin America. 216 Burr.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Toward a Thermo-Haline Model of Sea Ice.” Dirk Notz, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

3 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. “Iwasawa Theory and Non-Abelian Class Field Theory.” Kazuhiro Fujiwara, Nagoya University, Japan. 314 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “From Protostars to Planets to Debris Around Young Suns.” Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology. 145 Peyton.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Is Chinese Law Really Different?” Donald Clarke, George Washington University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Jacob Lurie, Harvard University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Reliable Methods for Rare Event Estimation.” Paul Dupuis, Brown University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Physics seminar. “Other Things I Wish They Had Told Me About Shor’s Algorithm.” David Mermin, Cornell University. A9 Jadwin.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Vanuxem lecture. “Stem Cell Challenges in Biology and Public Policy.” Douglas Melton, Harvard University. McCosh 50.

Sports

3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Monmouth. Clarke Field.

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Wednesday, April 11

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Michael Britt, St. Margaret Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, Maryland. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Hans Magnus Enzensberger, poet and essayist. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. Chapel music concert. Jazz Vespers Ensemble, Anthony Branker, director; and Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, director. Chapel.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with Pinchas Zukerman, viola. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Digital Photography Roundtable.” Denise Applewhite, David Hopkins, Lorene Lavora and Doug Dixon. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Host Factors Promoting or Restricting Retrovirus Replication.” Stephen Goff, Columbia University. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:15 p.m. Development studies lecture. “Schooling as a Lottery: Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa.” David Lam, University of Michigan. 300 Wallace.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Detangling Scrambled Genes and Genomes.” Laura Landweber. 402 Computer Science.

12:45 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “Microbial Energy Conversion at the Energy Bioscience Institute.” Stephen Long, University of Illinois. 10 Guyot.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. David Gamarnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 224 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory, and moduli seminar. Samuel Grushevsky. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Development of a Biomimetic Lung Surfactant.” Annelise Barron, Northwestern University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Finance and Efficiency: Do Bank Branching Regulations Matter?” Jean Imbs, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Institute for International and Regional Studies/Center for Human Values panel discussion. “Forward Ever, Backward Never: A Panel Discussion on the 50th Anniversary of Ghana’s Liberation.” 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies lecture. “Buddhist Laymen and Tea During the Tang Dynasty.” James Benn, McMaster University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Spectral Gap and Effective Equidistribution.” Manfred Einsiedler, Ohio State University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Study of women and gender lecture. “Crossing the Bridge: Reflections on Women and Leadership.” Nannerl Keohane. 106 McCormick.

6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Discriminations.” Jeffrey Kipnis, Ohio State University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. Center for Theoretical Physics lecture. “All the Best Ways to Pack Spheres.” John Conway. A10 Jadwin.

Sports

3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Softball vs. Lehigh. 1895 Field.

7 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Temple. 1952 Field.

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Thursday, April 12

Arts

Noon. Chapel music organ concert. Scott Myers, Juilliard School. Procter Hall, Graduate College.

[F] 8 p.m. Center for the Creative and Performing Arts/music/Council of the Humanities play. Alexander Pushkin: “Boris Godunov.” Tim Vasen, director. Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Atelier play. Moliere: “Le Malade Imaginaire.” Florent Masse, director. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. To reserve tickets, e-mail lecentre@princeton.edu.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Scholarly Papers With MS Word: Subdocuments, Master Documents and Control!” Jeanne Mrak. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Long-term Ecosystem Dynamics in Serengeti: Lessons for Conservation and Society.” Anthony Sinclair, University of British Columbia. 10 Guyot.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Quantum Random Walks on Integer Lattices.” Robin Pemantle, University of Pennsylvania. 401 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Buddhist studies workshop. “Unorthodox Icons, Heretical Rituals: Constructing the Perfect Body in Medieval Japan.” Lucia Dolce, University of London. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Remarks on the Psychopathic Pattern of Terrorism.” Hans Magnus Enzensberger, poet and essayist. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Lessons Learned: Military Government in Israel as a Precursor to Occupation, 1948-1982.” Shira Robinson, University of Iowa. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/theater and dance/Faber lecture. “Between Two Worlds: Ansky’s ‘The Dybbuk’ and Japanese Theater Aesthetics.” Zvika Serper, Tel Aviv University. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs lecture. “Umpires, Ideologues and Justices: How to Evaluate Supreme Court Nominations.” Christopher Eisgruber. 301 Marx.

4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Taplin lecture. “Negotiating the Post-Kyoto Climate Change Framework.” Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. 222 Bowen. Reception to follow.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/Faber lecture. “Meyerhold and his World (1929-1940).” Leonid Maximenkov, independent scholar. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “High Technology and National Security.” David McCormick, deputy national security adviser to President Bush. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. Physics/Hamilton lecture. “Spooky Actions at a Distance?” David Mermin, Cornell University. A2 McDonnell.

Notices

8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center for Theoretical Physics workshop, first of two days. “Packing Problems, Classical Ground States and Glasses.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine. For more information: www.pctp.princeton.edu/pctp/packing.html.

G Noon. Athletics/Varsity Club luncheon with the coaches. Bill Tierney, Chris Sailer, Gail Ramsay and Scott Bradley. 1956 Lounge, Princeton Stadium.

3 to 5:30 p.m. Chemistry/Bristol-Myers Squibb symposium. 324 Frick. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~chemdept/news/seminars.html.

4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Latin American studies/Spanish and Portuguese/history conference, first of three days. “Toward a New History of Latin American and Caribbean Intellectuals.” 219 Burr. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~plas.

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Friday, April 13

Arts

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. C.K. Williams, poet. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

6.30 p.m. Pace Center/Princeton Environmental Institute/Graduate Student Government film screening and discussion. “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Chris Paine, director. McCosh 10.

[F] 8 p.m. Center for the Creative and Performing Arts/music/Council of the Humanities play. Alexander Pushkin: “Boris Godunov.” Tim Vasen, director. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “Lunar Sea.” Momix dance troupe. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. South Asian Students Association variety show. “Sangam.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Contemporary European politics and society/European Union Program/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “The Social Construction of Strategy: How European Elites Agreed on a Market, a Currency and a Constitution.” Nicolas Jabko, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, France. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science and global security/Carnegie biodefense seminar. “Emerging Exotic Diseases of Food-Producing Animals: Global Implications.” James Roth, Iowa State University. 280 Icahn.

2 p.m. Mathematics symplectic geometry seminar. “Moduli Spaces of Folded Holomorphic Maps.” Jens von Bergmann, University of Notre Dame. 214 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Xiuxiong Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Models of Viral Infections.” Alan Perelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Against Truthmakers.” Helen Beebee, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/comparative literature lecture. “The Ambivalence of Poison and Medicine: From Shen Kuo’s ‘Mengxi Bitan’ to Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet.’” Zhang Longxi, City University of Hong Kong. 202 Jones.

Notices

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center for Theoretical Physics workshop, last of two days. “Packing Problems, Classical Ground States and Glasses.” A10 Jadwin. For more information: www.pctp.princeton.edu/pctp/packing.html.

9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures symposium. “Boris Godunov.” McAplin Auditorium, Woolworth. For more information: silvertone.princeton.edu/boris/symposium.html.

9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Latin American studies/Spanish and Portuguese/history conference, second of three days. “Toward a New History of Latin American and Caribbean Intellectuals.” 219 Burr. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~plas.

Sports

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Dartmouth. Lenz Tennis Center.

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Saturday, April 14

Arts

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Center for the Creative and Performing Arts/music/Council of the Humanities play. Alexander Pushkin: “Boris Godunov.” Tim Vasen, director. Berlind Theatre.

3:30 p.m. Cotsen Children’s Library performance. “Masks, Mime and Imagination.” Reed Steele, Young Audiences New Jersey. Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Completely Hollywood (Abridged).” Reduced Shakespeare Company. Matthews Theatre.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tang Center/Art and Archaeology/Buddhist studies symposium, first of two days. “Re-presenting Emptiness: Zen and Art in Medieval Japan.” McCosh 50. For more information: web.princeton.edu/sites/TangCenter/zenandart/.

9 a.m. to noon. Slavic languages and literatures discussion (in Russian). “Boris Godunov.” Graduate Seminar Room, Mendel Music Library, Woolworth. For more information: silvertone.princeton.edu/boris/symposium.html.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Latin American studies/Spanish and Portuguese/history conference, last of three days. “Toward a New History of Latin American and Caribbean Intellectuals.” 219 Burr. For more information, see www.princeton.edu/~plas.

Sports

Noon. Women’s lacrosse vs. Harvard. 1952 Field.

Noon and 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Columbia. Clarke Field.

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Harvard. Lenz Tennis Center.

3 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Harvard. 1952 Stadium.

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Sunday, April 15

Arts

[F] 3 p.m. McCarter Theatre ballet. “Sleeping Beauty.” Moscow Festival Ballet. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. “Of Lamps and Legends.” Jeffrey Solow, cello. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

4 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/rare books/Trask lecture. “The Exploration of the Great Rivers of Africa.” Pasquale Scaturro, geophysicist. 101 Friend. Simulcast in 104 Computer Science.

Notices

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

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tang Center/Art and Archaeology/Buddhist studies symposium, last of two days. “Re-presenting Emptiness: Zen and Art in Medieval Japan.” McCosh 50. For more information: web.princeton.edu/sites/TangCenter/zenandart/.

Sports

Noon and 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Columbia. Clarke Field.

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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.

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Exhibits

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

“Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Nahua Art and Ritual of Ancient Southern Mexico.” Through April 28.

“History, Identity or None of the Above: Regarding African American Art.” Through May 13.

“Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church.” Through June 10.

“Pop Art at Princeton: Permanent and Promised.” Through Aug. 12.

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.

Milberg Gallery: “Boris Godunov.” Through Sept. 4. Tours of exhibit at: 6 p.m. April 12; 3 p.m. April 14-15; 2 p.m. June 2; 11 a.m. Sept. 2.

Main gallery: “To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880.” April 15 through Oct. 21.

International Center

Frist Campus Center 100 level. Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

“Ashraya Institute for Children, Pune, India.” Photographs by Julia Neubauer. Through April 20.

Latin American Studies

Second- and third-floor galleries, Burr. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“Documenting Social Movements and Civil Society: Princeton University Library’s Latin American Ephemera Collection.” Through June 4.

Murray-Dodge

Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“What’s Sacred? Princeton Views.” Through June 5.

Office of Religious Life/Frist Campus Center/Pace Center

Frist Campus Center 100 level. Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

“Focus on Katrina: Photos from the Gulf by Princeton Students, Faculty and Staff.” Through April 15.

School of Engineering and Applied Science

EQuad Café. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Lessons From Hurricane Katrina.” Photographs of the Mississippi coast by Yin Lu “Julie” Young and colleagues. April 11 through May 11. Opening reception, 4 to 5 p.m. April 11.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Wednesday until 7:45 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Tune Every Harp and Every Voice.” Through July 27.

Visual Arts

Lucas Art Gallery, 185 Nassau St. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Senior thesis exhibition. Christina McMillan, mixed media and installation artist, and Derek Whitworth, photographer. Through April 13.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends. “Print, Paper and Collage.” Betsy Miraglia, freelance artist. Through April 30.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“After Utopia.” Photographs by Elidor Mehilli. Through April 27.

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Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

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