Unleash your inner astronaut this week

Bucket List represents the inordinate intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Foucault 13/13: Abnormal” Monday, 7:00-9:00 PM, Buell Hall. Veena Das, Pierre Rosanvallon, Emmanuelle Saada (To RSVP, send an email to cm3325@columbia.edu explaining your interest.)
• “Is Feminism Jewish?” Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 PM, 501 Schermerhorn Hall. Katha Pollitt, Vivian Gornick, Michelle Goldberg
• “Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality” Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 PM, 105 Jerome Green Hall. Katherine Franke, Mignon Moore, Kendall Thomas, Patricia Williams
• “Extreme Engineering Presents: The Real Top Gun” Thursday, 6:30-8:00 PM, Kraft Center Lower Level, Rennert Hall. Scott Altman (RSVP)

Monday, November 16th

• “The Disaster Profiteers How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer” 1:00-2:00 PM, 1512 (Kellog Center) IAB. John Mutter (RSVP)
• “Countries without Borders, Countries without Territory, and Digital Citizenships (E-Residency)” 1:15-2:45 PM, 1201 IAB. Taavi Kotka
• “Foucault 13/13: Abnormal” 7:00-9:00 PM, Buell Hall. Veena Das, Pierre Rosanvallon, Emmanuelle Saada (To RSVP, send an email to cm3325@columbia.edu explaining your interest)

Tuesday, November 17th

• “The Future of the Euro” 1:00-3:00 PM, Buell Hall East Gallery. Martin Sandbu, Mark Blyth, Anne Sibert, Adam Tooze (RSVP)
• “Editing the Genes of Embryos — CRISPR, Science, and Ethics” 6:15-7:30 PM, 602 Hamilton Hall. (RSVP)
• “Is Feminism Jewish?” 8:00-9:00 PM, 501 Schermerhorn Hall. Katha Pollitt, Vivian Gornick, Michelle Goldberg
• “What’s next after Moore’s law: quantum computing” 1:00-2:00 PM, 303 Mudd. John Martinis

Wednesday, November 18th

• “Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality” 4:30-6:30 PM, 105 Jerome Green Hall. Katherine Franke, Mignon Moore, Kendall Thomas, Patricia Williams
• “Antisemitism in France Today” 6:00-7:30 PM, East Gallery Buell Hall. Pierre Birnbaum

Thursday, November 19th

• “Extreme Engineering Presents: The Real Top Gun” 6:30-8:00 PM, Kraft Center Lower Level, Rennert Hall. Scott Altman (RSVP)
• “What’s Age Got to Do With It?” 12:00 PM, 101 Barnard Hall. Katherine Acey
• “The Body, the Immaterial, and the Greek Vase” 7:30-9:00 PM, 612 Schermerhorn. Milette Gaifman

Friday, November 20th

• “U.S. Energy Outlook: A Conversation with Adam Sieminski” 9:30-10:45 AM, 1512 IAB. Adam Sieminksi (RSVP)
• “Europe 1945 – 2015 from ‘Displaced Persons’ to ‘Asylum Seekers’” 12:30-2:00 PM, 2nd Floor Common Room, The Heyman Center. Ian Buruma, Abram de Swaan, Adam Tooze (RSVP)

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