This week’s Bucket List is in honour of Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) and Japanese Manga

Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important 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 if you have a correction, please let us know in the comments.

Recommended

• “Ronald Reagan and the 2016 Presidential Election” Monday, 6:00-7:30 PM, 1501 IAB. Jacob Weisberg (RSVP).
• “The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust” Tuesday, 6:00-7:30 PM, East Gallery, Buell Hall. Lisa Leff (RSVP).
• “The Voices of Women Ambassadors on Peace and Security: Will a Woman Secretary-General Make a Difference?” Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Ambassador Kawar, Ambassador Mumokaite, Ambassador Velez, Ambassador Al-Thani, Elisabeth Lindenmayer (RSVP).
• “Front Lines and Fault Lines: Covering Race in the Obama Era” Thursday, 12:10-1:00 PM, 607B Pulitzer Hall. Jelani Cobb.
• “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture” Friday, 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Yukari Fujimoto, Hikari Hori.

Monday, March 7th

• “Ronald Reagan and the 2016 Presidential Election” 6:00-7:30 PM, 1501 IAB. Jacob Weisberg (RSVP).
• “Europe & America: The Way Ahead” 1:00-2:30 PM, 1501 IAB. David O’Sullivan, Adam Tooze.
• “How to Win Friends and Influence People: Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to London, 1932-43” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Gabriel Gorodetsky, Robert Jervis.

Tuesday, March 8th

• “New York, Global City: Recovery and Transformation Since the Great Recession” 1:00-2:00 PM, 1510 IAB. Rosemary Scanlon (RSVP).
• “Cuba’s Diaspora and Its Impact on the Homeland” 6:00-8:00 PM, Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor, Barnard Hall. Vincent Bloch.
• “The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust” 6:00-7:30 PM, East Gallery, Buell Hall. Lisa Leff (RSVP).
• “Lessons from Mumbai: Investigating Coordinated Terror” 12:30-2:00 PM, 1302 IAB. Sajid Farid Shapoo (Email defensesecurity@columbia.edu for RSVP).

Wednesday, March 9th

• “Russian Economic Sanctions and Energy Outlook” 12:30-1:45 PM, 1501 IAB. Ambassador Dan Fried, Richard Nephew (RSVP).
• “Current Intellectual Trends in China” 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Youyu Xu, Andrew Nathan.
• “The Voices of Women Ambassadors on Peace and Security: Will a Woman Secretary-General Make a Difference?” 6:00-8:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Ambassador Kawar, Ambassador Mumokaite, Ambassador Velez, Ambassador Al-Thani, Elisabeth Lindenmayer (RSVP).
• “Why Human Rights Watch Is Calling on Businesses to Pull Out of Israeli Settlements” 12:10-1:10 PM, 105 Jerome Greene Hall. Sarah Saadoun. 
• “Front Lines and Fault Lines: Covering Race in the Obama Era” 12:10-1:00 PM, 607B Pulitzer Hall. Jelani Cobb.
• “Fust & Schoeffer’s Canon Missae and the Invention of the Hybrid Book” 6:00-8:30 PM, 523 Butler. Eric White.

Thursday, March 10th

• “Foucault 13/13: The Hermeneutics of the Subject (1981-1982)” 6:15-8:45 PM, Heyman Center. Rosi Braidotti, Lydia Liu, Rosalind Morris (Email cm3325@columbia.edu to RSVP).
• “The New Emergency Powers: Religious Exemptions After Hobby Lobby” 4:30-6:00 PM, Case Lounge, Jerome Greene Hall. Noa Ben-Asher. 

Friday, March 11th

• “Empire and Legitimacy in Central and Inner Asia: Chinese and Russian Claims to Rightful Rule” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Joseph MacKay.
• “Ocean Acidification Impacts on Fisheries” 11:00-12:00 PM, 918 IAB. Bärbel Hönisch, Hauke Kite-Powell, Jon Hare (RSVP).
• “The Nuclear Disaster, Tsunami, and Manga: The Representation of Recent Disasters in Japanese Popular Culture” 12:00-1:30 PM, 918 IAB. Yukari Fujimoto, Hikari Hori.

RIP the First Lady via Teresa Zabala/The New York Times