Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. Take a study break from midterms to check out interesting 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

  • “What We Talk About When We Talk About Food” Buell Hall East Gallery, Wednesday 6:00-7:30 PM. Priscilla Ferguson.
  • “University Senate Town Hall: Revisiting the Rules of University Conduct” Havemeyer 309, Friday 4:00-6:00 PM.
  • “The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve Learned–and Have Still to Learn–from the Financial Crisis” IAB 1501, Monday 6:00-7:00 PM. Martin Wolf.

Monday, October 13

  • “Stages of Inquiry: Falling Down A Funnel” Milbank Hall Ella Weed Room, 6:00 PM. Jim Clayburgh.
  • “Perspectives of Global Development 2014: Boosting Productivity to Meet the Middle Income Challenge” IAB 1501, 10:00-12:30 PM. Carl Dahlman.
  • “Discussion of “The Lost Khrushchev” with Author Nina Khrushcheva and Professor Jeffrey Sachs” Faculty House Presidential Room 1, 12:00-1:00 PM. Nina Khrushcheva, Jeffrey Sachs.
  • “The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve Learned–and Have Still to Learn–from the Financial Crisis” IAB 1501, 6:00-7:00 PM. Martin Wolf.

Tuesday, October 14

  • “How to Investigate a Closed Corporation with Steve Coll” Pulitzer Hall Lecture Hall, 6:00-7:00 PM. Steve Coll.

Wednesday, October 15

  • “Fractured Times: Disruptive Temporalities in Contemporary Art and Fiction” Casa Hispanica 201, 6:00-8:00 PM. Graciela Speranza, Andreas Huyssen, Liliana Porter.
  • “Putins Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? A Discussion with the Author” 1219 IAB, 12:30-2:00 PM. Karen Dawisha.
  • “Mexico-USA: Immigration, Drugs, and Prosperity” IAB 1501, 6:00 PM. Jorge Castaeda.
  • “What We Talk About When We Talk About Food” Buell Hall East Gallery, 6:00-7:30 PM. Priscilla Ferguson.

Thursday, October 16

  • “Cracking Down on Corruption: Lessons from International Experience” Jerome Greene Hall Room, 5:00-6:30 PM. Adam Graycar.
  • “Justice in the Home: Domestic Work Past, Present, and Future” Diana Center Event Oval, All-day. Conference.
  • “Narrative Humility: Medical Listening and Oral History” Knox 509, 6:00-8:00 PM.
  • “Europe’s Crisis: Economic and Political Perspectives” IAB 1501, 2:00-3:30 PM. Martin Wolf, Victoria de Grazia, Jan Svejnar.

Friday, October 17

  • “Global Muckraking Conference” IAB 1512, 10:00-6:00 PM. Conference.
  • “University Senate Town Hall: Revisiting the Rules of University Conduct” Havemeyer 309, 4:00-6:00 PM.
  • “Strategic Communications Workshop: The New Digital Consumer in a Multi-device World” Northwest Corner Building 501, 6:00-8:00 PM. Alex Lirtsman.