Dancing, as she gets criticized by the New York Times

Dancing, as she gets criticized by the New York Times

Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. Get back into the learning groove after Bachannal. Our recommendations are below, and the rest of the 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 

  • “The Steps Women Take: Why Gender Matters in Infrastructure Development.” Monday, 1:00-2:00 pm, 801 IAB. Lily Brent.
  • “Team Dance: The Dance Critics of the New York Times.” Monday, 7:00 pm, 304 Barnard. Alistair Macaulay, Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert, Siobhan Burke.
  • “Beyond Piketty (and Before the Deluge): Natural Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” Tuesday 6:00-7:30 pm, Buell Hall East Gallery. Claude Henry, Geoffrey Heal, Peter Kelemen, Stephen Cassell.
  • “On Exterminability: The Affective Culture of Settler-Colonialism Today.” Thursday 4:10 pm, 963 Schermerhorn Ext. Ghassan Hage.

Monday, April 6 

  • “Meet a Yiddish Celebrity Event.” 8:00-9:00 pm, Deutsches Haus (420 W. 116 St.). Daniel Kahn. Free dessert.
  • “Beyond Compliance: Promoting a Community That Cares About Changing Sexual Assault.” 6:00-8:00 pm, Ella Weed Room (Milbank). Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodleys.
  • “The Steps Women Take: Why Gender Matters in Infrastructure Development.” 1:00-2:00 pm, 801 IAB. Lily Brent. 
  • “Team Dance: The Dance Critics of the New York Times.” 7:00 pm, 304 Barnard. Alistair Macaulay, Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert, Siobhan Burke.
  • “Tropical Architecture in the Service of Tropical Agriculture: Systems-Building and Foreign Aid in Post-Independence Nigeria.” 6:00-8:00 pm, Stronach Center (Schermerhorn 8). Itohan Osayimwese.
  • “Is Phlogiston Real? A Case for Pluralism in Science.” 3:30-5:00 pm, Davis Auditorium (Schapiro/CEPSR). Hasok Chang.

Tuesday, April 7

  • “Beyond Piketty (and Before the Deluge): Natural Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” 6:00-7:30 pm, Buell Hall East Gallery. Claude Henry, Geoffrey Heal, Peter Kelemen, Stephen Cassell.
  • “Recession and Austerity in Europe: Gender Equality Jeopardized?” 1:00-2:00 pm. Hélène Périvier.

Wednesday, April 8

  • “Islam and the Global City.” 6:00-8:00 pm, Casa Hispanica. Marta Ferrer, Eliana Kanefield, Zead Ramadan, Jess Rodriguez-Velasco, Sarah Sayeed.
  • “Tupac Amaru Rebellion, 1780-1783: An Atlantic Revolution?” 4:00-5:30 pm, 802 IAB. Dr. Charles Walker.

Thursday, April 9 

  • “The Writing Lives Series.” 6:15-8:30 pm, Sulzberger Parlor. Colm Toíbín, Roy Foster.
  • “On Exterminability: The Affective Culture of Settler-Colonialism Today.” 4:10 pm, 963 Schermerhorn Ext. Ghassan Hage.

Friday, April 10

  • “The Logic of Rebel Strategies in Civil Wars.” 12:00-2:00 pm, 1302 IAB. Barbara Walter.

Saturday, April 11 

  • “Diversity, Race and Justice—A Luta Continua The Demand for Moral and Ethical Accountability at Columbia, 1985-2015.” 1:00-5:00 pm, 614 Schermerhorn Ext. Samuel Roberts, Columbia Prison Divest, more. Schedule.

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