Is this the landscape of a better world?

Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. This week, learn about what your professors were like in the sixties as political activists, and hopefully get them to tell a good story in class. Our recommendations are below, and the full list can be found after 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

• “Applied Geography for a Better World.” Monday 2:00-4:00 pm, Buell Hall East Gallery. Jack Dangermond. Register (Photo ID required at check-in).
• “What is a Moral University in the 21st Century?” Monday 6:15-7:30 pm, 517 Hamilton. Jeffrey Sachs. Register.
• “The Faculty’s Sixties: Professors and Politics, 1960-1975.” Wednesday 4:30-6:30 pm, Faculty House. Ellen Schrecker.
• “‘Islamic Art’: Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures.” Thursday 6:00-8:00 pm, 612 Schermerhorn. Nada Shabout, Zainab Bahrani.
• “A+RT Show.” 6:00-10:00 pm, Groundfloor Gallery (343 5th St., Brooklyn). Frances Cocksedge, Ira Dae Young Kim, Matthew Lafferty, Ava Ravich, Oscar Russakis.

Monday, March 30

• “A City for Children: Women, Architecture and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950.” 1:00-2:30 pm, 406 IAB. Marta Gutman. RSVP.
• “Applied Geography for a Better World.” 2:00-4:00 pm, Buell Hall East Gallery. Jack Dangermond. Register (Photo ID required at check-in).
• “The Concept of Artistic Transfer Applied to a Rural Thematic: A Comparison of Painting in the USSR and United States.” 12:00-1:00 pm, 1219 IAB. Juliette Milbach.
• “Modi as P.M.: A Preliminary Balance Sheet.” 4:00-5:30 pm, 208 Knox. Siddharth Varadarajan.
• “The Writing Lives Series.” 6:15-8:30 pm, 301 Pulitzer. Marilynne Robinson, Robert Hardies.
• “What is a Moral University in the 21st Century?” 6:15-7:30 pm, 517 Hamilton. Jeffrey Sachs. Register.

Tuesday, March 31

• “Conditions of Confinement and Mass Incarceration.” 8:30 pm, 602 Hamilton. Kathy Boudin, Five Mualimm-Ak, Christine Herrman, Susan Gottesfeld, Nicole Smith.
• “The Faculty’s Sixties: Professors and Politics, 1960-1975.” 4:30-6:30 pm, Faculty House. Ellen Schrecker.

Wednesday, April 1

• “Infrastructure and Citizenship: The Politics of Transportation Reform in Mexico City.” 1:00-2:00 pm, 115 Avery. Oscar Sosa.
• “Fascisms Across Borders: Day 1” 8:30 am-7:30 pm, Heyman Center. Various speakers and panels.
• “Word for Word: Literary Translation Exchange.” 7:00-9:00 pm, 501 Dodge. Various CU MFAs.
• “V-Day: One Billion Rising.” 1:00-2:00 pm, Low Plaza. Verna Eggleston. Register.

Thursday, April 2

• “‘Islamic Art’: Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures.” 6:00-8:00 pm, 612 Schermerhorn. Nada Shabout, Zainab Bahrani.

Friday, April 3

• “A+RT Show.” 6:00-10:00 pm, Groundfloor Gallery (343 5th St., Brooklyn). Frances Cocksedge, Ira Dae Young Kim, Matthew Lafferty, Ava Ravich, Oscar Russakis.

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