We really hope this ISN'T what Robins James is lecturing on later this week.

We really hope this ISN’T what Robins James is lecturing on later this week.

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. We have combined “This Week In The Arts” with Bucket List this week, meaning art events are contained below as well. 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

  • “Presence with Rare Encounters: Pending Futures and the Chinese (non)engagement in the Tajik Pamirs” Monday, 6:00-7:30 PM, 1201 IAB. Martin Saxer.
  • “Rainy Days and Precious Things: Tangibility and Historicity in the ‘Cradle of Brazil’” Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 PM, 457 Schermerhorn. John Collins, Katharina Blank.
  • “The American Way of Warfare: Science, Liberalism, and the Quest for Humanity in Conflict” Wednesday, 12:15-2:00 PM, 1302 IAB. Michael John Williams (RSVP).
  • “Oral History in the Age of Black Lives Matter” Thursday, 6:00-8:00 PM, 509 Knox Hall. Paul Ortiz.
  • “Is the ‘Post-‘ in Post-Identity the same as the ‘Post-‘ in Post-Genre?: Race & Pop Music Aesthetics” Friday, 12:15-2:00 PM, 622 Dodge Hall. Robin James.

Monday, March 21st

  • “An Approach for Analyzing Policy Processes: Case Study on Fracking” 6:00-7:00 PM, 207 Low Library. Tanya Heikkila (RSVP).
  • “Presence with Rare Encounters: Pending Futures and the Chinese (non)engagement in the Tajik Pamirs” 6:00-7:30 PM, 1201 IAB. Martin Saxer.
  • “The UN@70 – Expectations, Challenges, and Shortfalls” 6:00-8:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Elisabeth Lindenmayer (RSVP).

Tuesday, March 22nd

  • “Allochronism, Space and Sexuality in India: Cities, Sex Workers, and LGBTQ Subjects” 4:00-5:00 PM, 754 Schermerhorn Extension. Svati Shah.
  • “Istanbul and the Modern Slavic Woman: Mobility and Cosmopolitanism” 4:00-6:30 PM, 523 Butler. Valentina Izmirlieva, Turkan Olcay, Tanya Chebotarev.
  • “Rainy Days and Precious Things: Tangibility and Historicity in the ‘Cradle of Brazil’” 6:30-8:00 PM, 457 Schermerhorn. John Collins, Katharina Blank.

Wednesday, March 23rd

  • “The Water Crisis Next Door: Unraveling a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Newark” 12:10-1:10 PM, Jerome Greene Hall. Brendan O’Flaherty, Matthew Boxer.
  • “The American Way of Warfare: Science, Liberalism, and the Quest for Humanity in Conflict” 12:15-2:00 PM, 1302 IAB. Michael John Williams (RSVP).
  • “Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, ‘Ukraine’s Priorities at the UN Security Council'” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. His Excellency Mr. Volodymyr Yelchenko.
  • “Columbia University School of the Arts presents John Ashbery (poetry reading and Q&A)” 7 PM (6:45 PM doors open), Room 51, Dodge Hall

Thursday, March 24th

Friday, March 25th

  • “America’s Water: Innovation at Work” 8:30 AM -12:00 PM, Faculty House. Upmanu Lall, Jon Freedman, Ali Zaidi, Pramod Khargonekar (RSVP).
  • “Is the ‘Post-‘ in Post-Identity the same as the ‘Post-‘ in Post-Genre?: Race & Pop Music Aesthetics” 12:15-2:00 PM, 622 Dodge Hall. Robin James.
  • “View from the Trenches: Jina Moore, Global Women’s Rights Reporter at Buzzfeed” 3:30-4:30 PM. 607B Pulitzer Hall. Jina Moore, Lydia Namubiri.

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