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Bucket List represents the 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 for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the list, or a correction, please leave them in the comments.

Recommended

• “Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy” Monday, 6:00-8:00 PM, Buell Hall East Gallery. Jean Cohen, Courtney Bender, Mamadou Diouf, Jeremy Kessler, Rosalind Morris, Gil Eyal. (RSVP)
• “Diplomatic (Mis)translation and Empire” 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Ryosuke Kobayashi.
• “Is Putin’s Popularity Real?” Tuesday, 5:00-6:30 PM, 1512 IAB. Timothy Frye.
• “Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan” Thursday, 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Yuka Kanno, Hikari Hori.

Monday, February 1st

• “Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy” 6:00-8:00 PM, Buell Hall East Gallery. Jean Cohen, Courtney Bender, Mamadou Diouf, Jeremy Kessler, Rosalind Morris, Gil Eyal. (RSVP)
• “Serbia: From its Embrace of LGBTI Human Rights to denial of war crimes” 6:15-7:45 PM, 1219 IAB. Goran Miletic.

Tuesday, February 2nd

• “Diplomatic (Mis)translation and Empire” 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Ryosuke Kobayashi.
• “Is Putin’s Popularity Real?” 5:00-6:30 PM, 1512 IAB. Timothy Frye.

Wednesday, February 3rd

• “Teachers’ Lounge” 12:00-1:00 PM, Butler 212.
• “Securing Independence by Intensifying Interdependence: The International Dimensions of Turkish and Iranian Industrialization Programs in the 1930s” 11:45-12:45 PM, 411 Fayerweather Hall. Ted Fertik.

Thursday, February 4th

• “Film Festivals as Social Space: Local Queer Activism and Community in Japan” 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Yuka Kanno, Hikari Hori.
• “Russian Regional Politics: Trends and Dead-ends” 12:15-1:45 PM, 1219 IAB. Rostislav Turovsky.
• “The Process of Purchasing a Property” 5:30-7:00 PM, 516 West 112th Street. (Register here)
• “Democracy and the Market: Are Liberal Institutions Sustainable in Latin America?” 6:00-7:15 PM, Faculty House (Room TBD). Andres Velasco, Sara Calvo.

Friday, February 5th

• “Modern Women in Local Tibetan History: The View from Biographical Sources” 1:30-3:00 PM, 918 IAB. Sarah Jacoby, Gray Tuttle.
• “Mapping Identity: The Challenges of Immigrant Culture” 6:00-7:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Dr. Krinka Vidakovic-Petrov.