One of the greatest perks of an Ivy League education is having all sorts of guest lecturers and talks hosted right on campus. Yet many of these great talks are not publicized enough. Enter Bucket List, a new weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like Bwog has, how special our campus is. Our recommendations for this week are below; the full list is after the jump. Dig around, who knows what you’ll find!

• February 22: “The Iranian Revolution after 31 Years: Domestic Challenges and Regional Implications ” and “Transportation, Environment, and Energy Systems”
• February 23: “Citizen Complaints and Popular Accountability under Authoritarianism,” “US Special Forces – Global Capabilities,” and “A Talk with Marc Levy”
• February 24: “Afro-Latinas in the Americas: History and Culture of an Invisible Majority,” “A Man Escaped – Religion on Film,” “Philosophy Forum: History, Philosophy and Method,” and “The Great American University”
• February 25: “Recovering from the Great Recession: Barnard’s Economic Experts Weigh In,” “Strangers in Paradise: Religion, Politics and Identity in New Immigrant Communities in the U.S.,” “Along Those Lines: An evening of dance in five parts,” “Make Music, Not Emissions,” and “NAKatar”
• February 26: “After Communism: Achievement and Disillusionment Since 1989,” “Obama in Latin America,” “The Pasts and Futures of Ethnic Whiteness,” and “Black Heritage Month Fashion and Culture Show”
• February 27: “Feminism and Climate Change” and “Lunar Gala 2010: Muse”

Monday, February 22

• “Indonesia’s Oligarchy in Comparative Perspective,” 918 IAB, 12 pm – 1:30 pm, Jeffrey Winters
• “The Iranian Revolution after 31 Years: Domestic Challenges and Regional Implications,” 707 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2 pm, David Menashri
• “Transportation, Environment, and Energy Systems: From Transportation Emissions Control to Public Health – Are We Doing the Right Thing and Doing it Right?,” A South Conference Room, Hogan Hall, 12:30 pm – 2 pm, H. Oliver Gao
• “Georgian Strategy Towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” 1512 IAB, 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Temur Yakobashvili, Lincoln Mitchell, Alexander Cooley
• “The Center on Global Governance – Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs,” 101 Greene Hall, Under Secretary Robert Hormats
• “The Tenure and Non-Tenure Process,” Physicians and Surgeons Center, Medical Center, 3 pm – 5 pm, Claude Steele and Anne L. Taylor
• “Por Una Nueva Cartografia de Vanguardia: Apuntes Desde Una Sala de Redaccion,” 201 Casa Hispanica, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Viviane Mahieux
• “Merce Cunningham and His Legacy as a Teacher,” 307 Barnard Hall, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Mary Lisa Burns, Nancy Dalva, Patricia Lent, Robert Swinston
• “Undergraduate History Conference,” 310 Fayerweather, 8 pm – 10 pm, Emma Hulse, Alice Kessler Harris, Andrew Tillet-Saks, Jefferson Decker, Ester Murdukhayeva, Susan Pedersen
• “Historia, Arte, Musica, y Mas!!,” Satow Room, Lerner Hall, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Dominican Students Association

Tuesday, February 23

• “Afghanistan: The Human Factor,” Third Floor Lecture Hall, Journalism Bldg, 12:30 pm – 2 pm, Vanessa Gezari, Jason Motlagh, Nir Roden, Jon Sawyer, Dr. Hasson Abbas
• “Reconstructions of Fiqh Among Indonesian Traditionalist Muslims,”1512 IAB, 3 pm – 5 pm, Martin van Bruinessen
• “Deciphering Denial – State, Modernity, and the 1915 Armenian Ethnic Cleansing,” 801 IAB, 4 pm – 6 pm, Fatma Gocek
• “Novel Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena in Liquid Crystalline Systems,” 824 Mudd, 4 pm – 5 pm, Nicholas Abbott
• “Triumphant Arts: The Monuments of the Flavians,” Casa Italiana, 4:10 pm – 5:25 pm, Francesco De Angelis
• “Citizen Complaints and Popular Accountability under Authoritarianism – Evidence from Pre-1989 Eastern Europe and Post-1978 China,” 701 Greene Hall, 4:20 pm – 6:10 pm, Martin K. Dimitrov
• “Energy for Development,” 102 Greene Hall, 4:20 pm – 6:10 pm, Vijay Modi
• “Writing the Outsider: Perspectives from Spain, Ella Weed Room,” Milbank Hall, 6 pm – 8 pm, Sonia Velazquez
• “A Talk with Marc Levy,” Buell Hall, Maison Francaise, 6 pm – 7 pm
• “US Special Forces – Global Capabilities,” 1501 IAB, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Major General Michael S. Repass

Wednesday, February 24

• “Theater and Revolution in Theory and Practice,” Buell Hall, Maison Francaise, 12 pm – 2 pm, Gerald Garutti
• “Who Belongs? Religion, National Identity and Immigrant Integration in Denmark and Sweden,” 801 IAB, 12 pm – 2 pm, Panel
• “Ukraine’s Presidential Race: Outcomes and Prospects,” 1219 IAB, 12 pm – 2 pm, Balery Kuchinsky, Alexander Motyl, Adrian Karatnycky
• “The Paradox of Post-Abortion Care: Health Professionals and the Medicalization of a Quasi-Legal Practice in Senegal,” 208 Knox Hall, 12 pm – 2 pm, Siri Suh
• “Afro-Latinas in the Americas: History and Culture of an Invisible Majority,” 179 Dodge Hall, 5 pm – 8 pm, panel
• “The Great American University,” 1501 IAB, 6 pm – 8 pm, Jonathan R. Cole
• “Figures of Insolvency: Literature and Financial Crisis in Latin America, 1890 – 1929,” 201 Casa Hispanica, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Ericka Beckman
• “A Man Escaped – Religion on Film,” 323 Milbank, 8 pm – 10:30 pm, Joshua Dubler
• “Philosophy Forum: History, Philosophy and Method,”716 Philosophy, 8 pm – 10 pm, student generated discussion
• “Duo Orfeo: Rabi-Warner Concert Series,” Faculty House, 12:15 pm – 1 pm, Vita Wallace, Ishmael Wallace perform “What a Neigborhood! by Jacob Goodman and Juan Maria Solare
• “Without Borders: Sin Fronteras,” 569 Lerner, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Haitian and Dominican performances
• “Blinded by Open Arms Film Screening,” Roone Cinema, 8 pm – 10 pm

Thursday, February 25

• “Thailand’s Crisis – Who Cares About the Economy?,” 918 IAB, 12 pm – 1:30 pm, Duncan McCargo
• “Managing Population and Drought Risks Using Many-Objective Water Portfolio Planning Under Uncertainty,” 924 Mudd, 12 pm – 1 pm, Patrick Reed
• “The Current Status of Freedom of the Press in Serbia,” 1510 IAB, 12 pm – 1:30 pm, Ljiljana Smajlovic
• “Recovering from the Great Recession: Barnard’s Economic Experts Weigh In,” James Room, Barnard Hall, 12:30 pm – 2 pm, panel
• “Identifying Tropical Cyclone Precursors in Rainfall Data,” 214 Mudd, 3 pm – 4 pm, Carl Schreck III
• “Debating the History of the People’s Republic of China – A 60-Year History or 30-Year History?,” 820 Schermerhorn, 4 pm – 6 pm, Wang Hui
• “Use of Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Code and Biokinetic Models to Simulate Count Rates in Gamma Cameras Following Acute Intakes of Radioactive Materials,” 214 Mudd, 4:10 pm – 5:15 pm, Robert Anigstein
• “A Public Conversation with Sir Brian Urquhartm Undersecretary-General of the UN,” 1501 IAB, 6 pm – 8 pm
• “Strangers in Paradise: Religion, Politics and Identity in New Immigrant Communities in the U.S.,” Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall, 7 pm – 9 pm Lois Ann Lorentzen
• “BSO Crossroads: Medicine and Education,” 203 Math Bldg, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm, panel
• “Dia De La Bandera,” Lerner Party Space, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Pablo Piccato
• “La Americana Documentary Screening,” Satow Room, Lerner Hall, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• “Along Those Lines: An evening of dance in five parts,” Lerner Black Box Theater, 8 pm – 10 pm, runs through Feb 27
• “Make Music, Not Emissions,” 604 114th St., 9 pm – 12 am, music of Tony Gong, Sarah Dooley, open mic
• “NAKatar,” Lerner C555, 9 pm – 10 pm, Notes and Keys

Friday, February 26

• “After Communism: Achievement and Disillusionment Since 1989,”Faculty House, 6, ALL DAY, Panel
• “The ‘Woman Pigeon’: Mobility, Domesticity, And Discourses of Civilization in the Trading Ports of Canton and Macau,” 754 Schermerhorn Extension, 12:30 pm – 2 pm, Eugenia Lean, Rachel Van
• “Obama in Latin America,” 1510 IAB, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, Robert A. Pastor
• “The Pasts and Futures of Ethnic Whiteness,” 457 Schermerhorn Extension, 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm, Yiorgos Anagnostou
• “Theater and Revolution in Theory and Practice,” Buell Hall, Maison Francaise, 1 pm – 5 pm, Garald Garutti
• “Regional Biomass Utilization for Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Local Air Quality Improvement,” 833 Mudd, 3 pm – 6 pm, X. Tony Bi
• “The Complex Down Dip Evolution of the Nankai Seismogenic Zone Offshore SW Japan,” Monell Auditorium, Lamont-Doherty, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Nathan Bangs
• “Black Heritage Month Fashion and Culture Show,” Roone Auditorium, 6 pm – 8 pm

Saturday, February 27

• “Feminism and Climate Change,” Barnard Hall, all day, panel with Majora Carter and Joni Seager
• “The Morningside Post: Now for Policy Making in a Digital Age,” 1501 IAB, 9 am – 5:30 pm, panel
• “Columbia Women’s Business Society Conference,” Low Library, 10 am – 5:30 pm, panel
• “Lunar Gala 2010: Muse,” Roone Auditorium, 6 pm – 7 pm, Chinese Students Club performances