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