Plasmate Caeles

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 a correction, please leave them in the comments.

Recommended

• “The Alternative Folklore of the Region – Hard Mountain Rap, Vintage Feminism and Filthy Karpaty Hip Hop” Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Lucia Nimcova.
• “Salvaging Syria: A Talk with Ambassador Ghadbian (of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces)” Tuesday, 8:00-9:30 PM, 501 Schermerhorn Hall. Dr. Najib Ghadbian, Special Representative to the United Nations and the United States for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces.
• “Citizen Subject: A Conversation with Etienne Balibar” Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 PM, 2nd Floor Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities. Etienne Balibar.
• “Sounding China in the World: A Workshop on Musical Circulations to and from China from the Qing Dynasty Through the Present” Friday, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM, 701C Dodge Hall. (Speakers).
• “Coupling of Atmospheric Regions by Transient Plasmas” Friday, 2:00-3:00 PM, 214 Mudd Hall. Dr. Caitano L. da Silva.

Tuesday, November 29th

• “The Alternative Folklore of the Region – Hard Mountain Rap, Vintage Feminism and Filthy Karpaty Hip Hop” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Lucia Nimcova,
• “What Would it Mean to Understand Climate Change?” 3:30-5:30 PM, 2nd Floor Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities. Isaac Held, Philip Kitcher, Jonathan Weiner.
• “Immigration Reform & Latino Political Mobilization” 6:00 PM, Sulzerberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall. Silvia Pedraza.
• “United Nations Peacekeeping and Environment with Under Secretary-General Atul Khare” 6:00-8:00 PM, 1512 IAB. Under Secretary-General Atul Khare (RSVP).
• “Salvaging Syria: A Talk with Ambassador Ghadbian (of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces)” 8:00-9:30 PM, 501 Schermerhorn Hall. Dr. Najib Ghadbian, Special Representative to the United Nations and the United States for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces.

Wednesday, November 30th

• “Turning the Page: Reintegrating States After Sanctions” 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell, Peter Kucik, Richard Nephew (RSVP).
• “The Dynamics of Microtubule/Motor-Protein Assemblies” 3:00-4:00 PM, 750 Schapiro Hall (CEPSR). Michael Shelley.
• “Citizen Subject: A Conversation with Etienne Balibar” 6:00-8:00 PM, 2nd Floor Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities. Etienne Balibar.
• “Dan Hoyle’s THE REAL AMERICANS” 6:15 PM, 300 Pulitzer Hall. Dan Hoyle.
• “Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Journey” 7:00 PM, Cowin Auditorium, Teachers College. Mike Massimino.

Thursday, December 1st

• “Nietzsche 13/13: Lectures on Nietzsche” 10:00-11:00 AM, Warren Hall. Alain Badiou, Bruno Bosteels.
• “Differences in Aging Across Cultures: A Global Perspective” 12:00-1:00 PM, 411 Fayerweather Hall. Vegard Skirbekk.

Friday, December 2nd

• “Digital Caribbean III” 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, East Gallery, Buell Hall. (Speakers and RSVP).
• “Sounding China in the World: A Workshop on Musical Circulations to and from China from the Qing Dynasty Through the Present” 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM, 701C Dodge Hall. (Speakers).
• “Translating Art Education: The Beaux Arts between Paris and Cairo” 12:00-1:30 PM, 513 Fayerweather Hall. Dina Ramadan.
• “Coupling of Atmospheric Regions by Transient Plasmas” 2:00-3:00 PM, 214 Mudd Hall. Dr. Caitano L. da Silva.
• “The Intersection of Mythbusters, CSI, and Civil Engineering” 6:00-8:00 PM, 601 Fairchild Hall. Dr. Troy Morgan (RSVP).
• “Timbuktu: Movie Screening” 7:00-9:00 PM, 208 Knox Hall. Abderrahmane Sissako.
• “Life in the Universe” 7:00-9:00 PM, 301 Pupin Hall. Prof. Allyson Sheffield.