It’s adventure time, c’mon grab your friends. We’ll go to very distant lands.

Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. Our recommendations for this short academic week are 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 Untold Story of Women in Iran” Thursday, November 5th, 6:00-8:30 PM Barnard Event Oval, The Diana Center. Nina Ansary, Richard Bulliet (RSVP)
• “The Other Global University: Against Educational Apartheids: Forum on the Past, Present, and Future” Friday, November 6th, 12:00 PM The Heyman Center, Second Floor, Common Room. Reinhold Martin, Mark Taylor, Davarian Baldwin, Noliwe Rooks

Thursday, November 5th

• “Innovation and Technology: Israel’s Solution to the Global Water Crisis” 12:00-1:00 PM 501A IAB. Seth Siegel 
• “Empire of Cotton: A Global History” 12:00-1:30 PM 406 IAB. Sven Beckert (for RSVP email lehmancenter@columbia.edu)
• “The Untold Story of Women in Iran” 6:00-8:30 PM Barnard Event Oval, The Diana Center. Nina Ansary, Richard Bulliet (RSVP)

Friday, November 6th

• “Profession as Identity: Specialists and their Seals in the Ancient Near East” 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Italian Academy, Level 5 Seminar Room. Serdar Yalcin
• “The Other Global University: Against Educational Apartheids: Forum on the Past, Present, and Future” 12:00 PM The Heyman Center, Second Floor, Common Room. Reinhold Martin, Mark Taylor, Davarian Baldwin, Noliwe Rooks
• “The Future of America’s Cyber Power” 3:00-4:15 PM 1501 IAB. Admiral Michael S. Rogers (RSVP)

Adventuring through the world via Shutterstock