Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “World Leader’s Forum: Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti” Monday, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Italian Academy, Laurent Lamothe
• “Kirill Medvedev: It’s No Good” Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, 1219 IAB, Kirill Medvedev, Keith Gessen
  

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Recommended

• “The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone” 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, 203 Butler, Daphne Koller
• “The United States as a Dishonest Broker Over Palestine” Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Faculty House, Rashid Khalidi
• “Scholars and Spies” Thursday, 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 301 Philosophy, Nicholas Dirks

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Recommended

• “Delacorte Lecture: Graydon Carter, Editor, Vanity Fair” Wednesday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Pulitzer Hall, Graydon Carter
• “Feminism in the Blogosphere” Thursday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 304 Barnard Hall, Lindy West, Heben Nigatu, Julie Zeilinger, Akiba Solomon

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Who’s Got Reservations? Journalism in Indian Country: A Discussion of Media and Its Role in Native America” Monday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, World Room, Pulitzer Hall, Chaske Spencer, Wab Kinew, Ray Cook, Adrienne Keene, Bill Grueskin
• “Food, Sex, and Smell: The Neurogenetics of Innate Behavior” Tuesday, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, 202 Altschul, Leslie Vosshall
• “Delacorte Lecture Series: Chris Hughes, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, The New Republic” Thursday, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, World Room, Pulitzer Hall, Chris Hughes

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Reconsidering ‘Opposition’: Historical, Activist, Literary, and Theoretical Perspectives” 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, Common Room, Heyman Center, Nitzan Lebovic, Manuela Bojadzijev, John Savage, Raef Zreik, Elias Khoury, Zvi Ben Dor, Gil Andijar
• “Kafka’s Messianic Animals” 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, Deutsches Haus, Judith Butler
  

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Women in Peace, Security, and Development: A Conversation with Inspiring Women Leaders at the UN” Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, 1501 IAB, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Lackshmi Puri, Leila Zerrougi, Zaina Bangurra
  
• “The Writing Lives Series: An Evening with Nick Hornby in Conversation with Saskia Hamilton” Wednesday, 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm, Rennert Auditorium, Kraft Center, Nick Hornby, Saskia Hamilton
• “Thinking Feminism at the Limits Keynote Address,” Thursday, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Faculty House, Judith Butler
• “Addressing Public Health System Challenges in Haiti” Friday, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 501 Schermerhorn, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sonia Erlich Sachs, Tatiana Wah, Florence Guillaume

Full List

Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “A Discussion on the Future of Europe” Monday, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Rotunda, Low Library, Anne Anderson, Kemal Dervis, George Papendreou, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Jan Svejnar
• “‘The Strangest’ Staged Reading Followed by Discussion with James Schamus” Wednesday, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Miller Theatre, Betty Shamieh, James Schamus
  
• “Delacorte Lecture: William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard” Thursday, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, World Room, Pulitzer Hall, William Kristol

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life” Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, 406 IAB, Barbara Fields
• “Bailouts and Ballots: The New Challenges to Democracy and the Case of Europe” Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Altschul Auditorium, IAB, George Papandreou
  
• “The Idea of Development: James K. Galbraith and Branko Milanovic on Global Inequality” Friday, 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm, Second Floor Common Room, Heyman Center, James K. Galbraith, Branko Milanovic

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “The International Criminal Court and the Fight Against Impunity for Atrocity Crimes” Tuesday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Italian Academy, Sang-Hyun Song
  
• “Reading Durkheim in America” Tuesday, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, East Gallery, Buell Hall, Karen Fields
• “The Writing Lives Series: Justin Torres and Marie Myung-Ok Lee” Tuesday, 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center, Justin Torres, Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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Recommended

• “The Arab Spring’s Tall Order: Security, Politics, Economics, and Civil Society” Monday, 12:10 pm – 1:10 pm, 105 Jerome Greene, Lotfi Maktouf
• “Mellon Visiting Artist Talk with Paul Muldoon”  Wednesday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Italian Academy, Paul Muldoon
• “Growing Up Digital” Thursday, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, James Room, Barnard Hall, Rosemarie Truglio (more…)

Recommended

• “Borders and Security in Israeli Diplomacy” Monday, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, 1512 IAB, Dore Gold
• “Second in Command: A Conversation with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Global Politics, Leadership, and His Role at the Top of the United Nations” Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, 1501 IAB, Jan Eliasson
• “Young Feminist Activism Today” Wednesday, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Event Oval, Diana Center, Lena Chen, Jessica Danforth, Sydney Mosely, Dior Vargas, Julie Zeilinger
• “The Whistleblower: Kathryn Bolkovac, Peacekeeping, and Human Trafficking in Russia” Thursday, 6:15 – 8:15 pm, 301 Pulitzer, Kathryn Bolkovac

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Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Failing States and Humanitarian Intervention: What Can and Should the International Community Do in Syria, Congo, Mali, and Afghanistan?” Monday, 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm, Altschul Auditorium, IAB, Jean-Marie Guehenno, Dipali Mukhopadhyay

Monday, December 10

• “The E-Voting Battle” 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center, David Dill
• “Failing States and Humanitarian Intervention: What Can and Should the International Community Do in Syria, Congo, Mali, and Afghanistan?” 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm, Altschul Auditorium, IAB, Jean-Marie Guehenno, Dipali Mukhopadhyay
• “Optical Control of High Tc Cuprates” 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm, 429 Pupin, Andrea Cavalleri
• “Education and Attitudes Towards Redistribution in the United States” 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm, 707 IAB, John Bullock
• “Chemistry Colloqium” 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, 209 Havemeyer, Angelo Cacciuto
• “Unfinished Thoughts: Religion, a Relevant Life, and Contradictions Along the Way” 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center, Joseph Gerson

Tuesday, December 11

• “ChemE Colloqiua” 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, 825 Mudd, Matteo Pasquali
• “Digging the Dirt: The Archaeological Imagination” 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 951 Schermerhorn Extension, Jennifer Wallace

Wednesday, December 12

Thursday, December 13

• “Self-Determination Rampant: U.S. Policy Intellectuals and Decolonization, 1955-1966″ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, 411 Fayerweather, Thomas Meaney

Friday, December 14

• “Life, the Universe, and Everything” 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Pupin, Lia Corales, Adrian Price-Whelan, Hassan Saktah

Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Power Dynamics in the UN: The Emergence of Regional Organizations and the Case of the European Union” Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, 15th Floor IAB, Nicholas Emiliou, Manjeev Singh Puri, Ioannis Vrailas, Luis Alfonso de Alba Gongora
• “Lifting the Veil: The Challenge of Covering Secret Government Activities” Thursday, 12:10 pm – 1:15 pm, 102 Jerome Greene, Scott Shane, Charles Savage (more…)

Bucket List represents the unbelievable 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. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Arts and State: Arts Policies and Practices in the United States and France” Tuesday, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, 417 IAB, Antonin Baudry, Rocco Landesman
• “World Energy Outlook 2012 with Maria van der Hoeven” Wednesday, 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Second Floor Seminar Room, Faculty House, Maria van der Hoeven 
• “University Lecture: A Discussion with Orhan Pamuk,” Thursday, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Low Rotunda, Orhan Pamuk

Recommended

• “Warming Arctic, Changing Planet” Monday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Low Rotunda, Julie Payette, Natalie Boelman, Kevin Griffin, Igor Krupnik, Stephanie Pfirman, Pierre Richard, Bruno Tremblay
• “A Conversation with William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York” Wednesday, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, 1501 IAB, William C. Dudley
• “Ignorance: How It Drives Science” Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Miller Theater, Stuart Firestein, Alondra Nelson, Carol Rovane, Joseph Slaughter, Pamela Smith