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 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. Have a gander, who knows what you’ll find!

Recommended:

Mon, Sept 27

  • “The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma” 208 Knox Hall, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Gucharan Das and Sheldon Pollock
  • “Screening of Slingshot Hip Hop” 603 Hamilton, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Students

Tues, Sept 28

  • “Barnard Career Development’s Kick Off Event: Jammin’ Java” Lehman Lawn, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Rozatones, Finotee, Various Other Artists
  • “Inter-Faith Vigil for Pakistan” Sundial, Low Plaza, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Students

Wed, Sept 29

  • “Ethnic Cleansing in the Partition of India” 707 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, Steven Wilkinson and Pavithra Suryanarayan
  • “Global Aid in Africa” Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Joseph Stiglitz and Louis Kasekende

Thurs, Sept 30

  • “The Impact of Immigration on the Distribution of American Well-Being” 801 IAB, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Gary Burtless
  • “The Weather of the Future” President’s Room, Faculty House, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Heidi Cullen

Fri, Oct 1

  • “The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: New START and Nuclear Posture Review” 1501 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, Elbridge Colby and Austin Long
  • “Martian Invasion: NASA’s Army of Exploratory Robots – And Free Stargazing” Pupin Hall (Follow Signs in Lobby), 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Jeff Andrews

The Full List:

Mon, Sept 27

  • “Disappearing Shanghai” 918 IAB, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, Qiu Xiaolong
  • “The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma” 208 Knox Hall, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Gucharan Das and Sheldon Pollock
  • “Lessons from Finland” Zankel Building, Milbank Chapel (TC), 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Pasi Sahlberg
  • “Screening of Slingshot Hip Hop” 603 Hamilton, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Students

Tues, Sept 28

  • “Turning Korea’s DMZ into a UNESCO World Heritage Site—An Option for Trust-Building?” 918 IAB, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, Seung-ho Lee
  • “Asymptotic-preserving Schemes for Boltzmann Equation and Relative Problems with Stiff Sources” 210 Mudd, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm, Shi Jin
  • “Barnard Career Development’s Kick Off Event: Jammin’ Java” Lehman Lawn, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Rozatones, Finotee, Various Other Artists
  • “Environmental Management” 102 Greene Hall, 4:20 pm – 6:00 pm, Steve Cohen
  • “The Punishment of Gaza—Book Release” 1501 IAB, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Gideon Levy
  • “Inter-Faith Vigil for Pakistan” Sundial, Low Plaza, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Students
  • “Bollywood Weddings” Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm, Kavita Ramdya

Wed, Sept 29

  • “The Challenge of Mass Incarceration” 509 Knox, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, Glenn C. Loury
  • “Ethnic Cleansing in the Partition of India” 707 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, Steven Wilkinson and Pavithra Suryanarayan
  • “The Promise of Peer Review” 555 Lerner Hall, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Vivian Siegel
  • “Global Aid in Africa” Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Joseph Stiglitz and Louis Kasekende

Thurs, Sept 30

  • “A Lingering Crusade: Developments in Global Policy on Illicit Drugs and Implications for Central Asia” 1109 School of Social Work, 6:30 am – 7:30 am, Various
  • “Family Ties: Migration, Remittances, and Welfare Policy in the Developing World” 707 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, David Andrew Singer
  • “The Impact of Immigration on the Distribution of American Well-Being” 801 IAB, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Gary Burtless
  • “The Weather of the Future” President’s Room, Faculty House, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Heidi Cullen
  • “Spinning Progressive Reform: Theodore Roosevelt and the Muckrakers” 801 IAB, 4:10 pm – 6:00 pm, David Greenberg
  • “Life Histories: Interrogating the Spaces of Activism and Social Change in South Africa” 270B IAB, 4:10 pm – 6:00 pm, Roxsana Sussewell
  • “Queer Awareness Month Opening Reception” Lerner Party Space, Lerner Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Barbara Hammer
  • “How the Sacred Foxes Came to Columbia: Anthropological Fieldwork, Synchronicity, and the Collecting Impulse” 403 Kent Hall, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Karen A. Smyers
  • “Nancy Holt: Sighlines, Artist Talk” Miller Theatre, Dodge Hall, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Nancy Holt and Alena Williams
  • “Conversations with Composers: Miya Masaoka and Vijay Iyer” 301 Philosophy Hall, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Fri, Oct 1

  • “Conference on Oral Health of the Medically Complex Patient” Faculty House, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Various
  • “Sergei Eisenstein’s Unpublished ‘Notes for a General History of Cinema’ World Premiere” 501 Schermerhorn, 9:00 am – 8:30 pm, Nico Baumbauch, Luka Arsenjuk, and More
  • “Religious Conflict and Accommodation in India” Heyman Center for the Humanities, 9:00 am – Oct 2, 6:00 pm, Various
  • “Cities and Eco-Crisis” Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Various
  • “The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: New START and Nuclear Posture Review” 1501 IAB, 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm, Elbridge Colby and Austin Long
  • “Searching for—and Finding—the Ideal Dataset” 270B IAB, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Greg Eirich
  • “Deep 3D Structure Within the Nankai Trough Convergent Margin and Implications for the Seismogenic Zone” Monell Building Auditorium, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Nathan Bangs
  • “Martian Invasion: NASA’s Army of Exploratory Robots – And Free Stargazing” Pupin Hall (Follow Signs in Lobby), 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Jeff Andrews