Bucket List represents the immense intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. This week’s events feature an array of interesting topics, from Spanish gay identities to morphology to stars. You can find our recommended events below, and the full list can be found below the jump. As always, if we’ve made a mistake or left anything noteworthy off the list, please let us know in the comments. 

Recommended

  • “The Syrian Crisis and the International Response.” Thursday, 6:15-8:00 pm, 1302 IAB. Grant Ennis.
  • “Eloy De La Iglesia and Emerging Gay Identities During the Spanish Transition.” Monday, 6:30 pm, 328 Milbank. Alberto Mira.
  • “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.” Monday, 12:15-2:00 pm, 1302 IAB. Sarah Chayes.
  • “Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul.” Tuesday, 4:10-6:00 pm, 101 Union Theological Seminary. Elizabeth Cline. Register.

Monday, February 9

  • “How to Teach Ethics: Views From Across Columbia.” 4:30-6:30 pm, 503 Hamilton. Bruce Kogut, Alissa Solomon, David Johnston, Alan Mittleman. Refreshments served. RSVP.
  • “Disruptive Innovation in New York City.” 6:00-7:00 pm, 1501 IAB. Dean Merit Janow, Kevin Ryan, Jeff Merritt. Register.
  • “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.” 12:15-2:00 pm, 1302 IAB. Sarah Chayes.
  • “Eloy De La Iglesia and Emerging Gay Identities During the Spanish Transition.” 6:30 pm, 328 Milbank. Alberto Mira.
  • “Naming the Aggressor: On Memory and Accusation in Holocaust Testimony.” 1:00 pm, 513 Fayerweather.  Hannah Pollin-Galay. Free kosher lunch served; RSVP.

Tuesday, February 10

  • “Strongly Interacting Photons.” 12:00 pm, 705 Pupin. Thibault Peyronel.
  • “Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City.” 1:00-2:30 pm, 406 IAB. Robert Snyder. RSVP.
  • “Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul.” 4:10-6:00 pm, 101 Union Theological Seminary. Elizabeth Cline. Register.

Wednesday, February 11

  • “Love and Flames: Legacies of Black Queer and Prison Abolitionist Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle.” 12:00 pm, 101 Barnard Hall. Che Gossett.
  • “Developments in the International Criminal Court: Israel and Palestine.” 6:30-8:30 pm, 105 Jerome Greene. Lori Damrosch, Katherine Franke, Claus Kress, Jamil Dakwar.

Thursday, February 12

  • “The Syrian Crisis and the International Response.” Thursday, 6:15-8:00 pm, 1302 IAB. Grant Ennis.
  • “A New Canaan in Nicaragua? A Caribbean Experiment in Black Freedom, 1818-1854.” 6:00 pm, Sulzberger Parlor. Justin Wolfe.
  • “Plasticity in Time: Morphology in the 20th Century.” 8:00 pm, Deutsches Haus (420 W. 116th). Eva Geulen.

Friday, February 13 

  • “New Developments in Gravity: Lecture and Stargazing.” 7:00-9:00 pm, Pupin. Rachel Rosen.