Spooking it up

Hip Hop and Politics powers us through our last week of ~the spook~. 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 Events

  • Discussion: “Migration Challenges to Human Rights in Europe” with Dr. Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe. Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. IAB, Room 1219.
  • “Fight the Power: A Global Conversation Exploring Hip-Hop and Social Consciousness”. Wednesday, October 25, 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern.
  • “Power Talk with Athena Distinguished Fellow Jehmu Greene” Wednesday, October 25, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Barnard Hall, Held Lecture Hall.
  • “A History of Echoes: Memory and Militant Sound Investigations” Thursday, October 26, 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Knox Hall, Room 509.
  • “The Second New York International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition and Reception” Friday, October 27, 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Kent Hall, East Asian Library.

Monday, October 23

  • “The Futures of Asia: Voices of the Next Generation” 12:00 – 1:30 pm. IAB, Room 1512.
  • Book Talk: “We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria” 12:15 – 2:00 pm. IAB, Room 1302.
    “Mustang: Deniz Gamze Erguven, 2015” 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Buell Hall, East Gallery.

Tuesday, October 24

  • “Human Rights Education in Mexico: The Role of Law Schools” 12:00 – 1:00 pm. IAB, Room 802.
  • “Joshua Rubin and Vasko Dukovski” 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Miller Theater.

Wednesday, October 25

  • “Whitney Laemmli – Measured Movements: Weimar Germany, Labanotation, and the Choreography of Corporate Life” 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Garden State Plaza, Paramus, NJ.
  • “Sustainability and the Sharing Economy” 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Low Library, Rotunda.
  • “Tka Kigawa: Piano Music of berio, Galuppi, and Marco Stroppa” 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Italian Academy.

Thursday, October 26

  • “Investment Arbitration for Debt Disputes: Undermining Human Rights Compliance?” 12:10 – 1:10 pm. Jerome Greene Hall, Room 105.
  • “Addressing the Global Displacement Crisis” 4:00 – 5:30 pm. Allan Rosenfield Building, Room 532.
  • “Does Neuroscience need behavior to understand brain-behavior relationships?” 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Room 201.
  • “The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay” 5:10 – 7:00 pm. IAB, Room 403.
  • “Rendered History: Reclaiming the Truth of War in the Former Yugoslavia” 6:00 – 8:00 pm. IAB, Room 1219.
  • “Goldberg Variations” 8:00 – 10:00 pm. Miller Theater.
  • “Swagger: Olivier Babinet, 2016” 7:00 – 9:30 pm. Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Friday, October 27

  • “Memory Laws: Criminalizing Historical Narrative” all-day, through Saturday. IAB, Room 1219.
  • “South-South: Materiality and Embodiment in Greater Asia and Africa Conference” 4:30 pm, through Saturday. IAB, Room 918.

Saturday, October 28

  • “Conference on the Indian Economy with Keynote Address by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog & Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture by Kay Panda, Member of Parliament, India” all-day. IAB, 15th floor.