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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

• “Critical Caribbean Feminisms: Nicole Dennis-Benn and Erna Brodber.” Tuesday, October 9, 6 – 7:30 PM Diana Event Oval. RSVP here.
• “Disgusting Dorm Disasters: Ask a Clean Person Live at Barnard.” Tuesday, October 9. 7 – 8:30 PM. Milstein Center, LL001. Jolie Kerr.  RSVP here.
• “The American Voter Project: The Supreme Court Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh.” Wednesday, October 10. 6 – 7:30 PM. Miller Theater. Eric H. Holder Jr, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Adam Liptak. RSVP here.
• “Women Poets: Tarfia Faizullah, Catherine Barnett, and Mary Szybist.” Thursday, October 11, 7 PM. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall. Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall. Charlotte de Castelnau, Amy Chazkel and Natasha Lightfoot.

Monday, October 8

• “Historical Coordinates and the Future of China.” 12 – 1:3o PM. IAB, Room 918. Si Wu, Andrew Nathan.
• “Journalism, Power, and Fake News: A Perspective from Latin America.” 6:30 – 8 PM. Ella Weed Room, 223 Milbank Hall. Alejandra Matus.
• “Writing History from a Crime: The Violette Noziere Case.” 7 – 8:30 PM. Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall.  Anne-Emmanuelle Demartini, Stephane Gerson, Judith Surkis (in French with English translation). RSVP here.
• “The Land As Woman: The Afterlife Of A Poetic Metaphor In Women’s Modern Hebrew Poetry.” 6 – 7:30 PM.  Kent Hall, Room 617. Chana Kronfeld. RSVP here.

Tuesday, October 9

• “Does ASEAN Matter? A View from Within.” 12 – 1:30 PM. IAB, Room 918. Dr. Natalegawa.
• “World Leaders Forum: President of the UN General Assembly, 73rd Session H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.” 12 – 1 PM. Low Library Rotunda. RSVP here.
• “The Challenge for Business and Society: From Risk to Reward – A Book Discussion with Stanley Litow.” 6 – 7:30 PM. IAB, 1512. Stanley Litow, Ester R. Fuchs. 
• “Thought Leader Series: Reporting on Civil Rights and the Holocaust With Jelani Cobb.” 6 – 7 PM.
  Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor.
• “Diversity Dialogue: A Panel on the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in India (Section 377).”6:30 – 8:30 PM. IAB, Floor 6 Publique.  Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju, Professor Jessica Stern, Susan Sommer.
• “When the Gods Emerge from the Temples: Iconic Exhibition Value and Democratic Publicness in India.” 4:10 – 6 PM. Knox Hall, Room 208. Kajri Jain. RSVP here.

Wednesday, October 10

• “BACKPACK FULL OF CASH: Documentary Screening + Discussion.” 6:30 – 9 PM. Diana Event Oval. Dr. Alexandra Freidus, Dr. Erika Kitzmiller, Dr. Rachel Throop. RSVP here.
• “PowerTalk with Nathalie Molina Niño.” 6:30 – 8 PM. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall. RSVP here.
• “HeForShe #GetFree Tour Columbia: Gender Equality in STEM and Academia.” 10 – 11:30 AM. Low Library Rotunda. Mary Boyce, Helen Lu, Carol Mason, Dennis A. Mitchell. RSVP here.
• “Cracking the Nest Egg.” 12 – 1 PM. IAB, Room 1219. Sarah Wilson Sokhey.
• “Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World.” 6 – 7:30 PM.

Thursday, October 11

• “BOOK TALK: “The Road to Sleeping Dragon,” by Michael Meyer.” 12:10 – 2 PM. Social Work Building, Room C03. RSVP here.
• “Hands are for Holding.” 3:30 – 5:30 PM. Teachers College, Milbank Chapel.  Gibney dance company, discussion facilitated by Sexual Violence Response. 
• “Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism.” 4 – 6 PM. Heyman Center, Community Room. Jean Louise Cohen, Fred Cooper, Katharine Pistor, Emmanuelle Saada, Joshua Simon, and Gary Wilder.
• “Claude Lévi-Strauss, our contemporary.” 6 – 7:30 PM. Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall Emmanuelle Loyer, Emmanuelle Saada, Camille Robcis. RSVP here. 

Friday, October 12

• “Book Talk: Citizens, Red Tape and Digital Government.” 1 – 2 PM. IAB, Room 324. Ben Roseth, Emily Tavoulareas.
• “Book Launch: “A History of Russian Literature” By Kahn, Lipovetsky, Reyfman, and Sandler.” 4 – 6 PM. IAB, Room 1219. Andrew Kahn, Mark Lipovetsky, Irina Reyfman, Stephanie Sandler, Polina Barskova, Caryl Emerson, Olga Maiorova, Wes Williams
• “Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Chapter Presents: AOKaraoke!” 7 – 9 PM. Roone Arledge Auditorium. Tickets for $7, proceeds benefit the Arthritis Foundation.
• “Fellow Voices.” A Roundtable Discussion led by Barnard Speaking and Writing Fellows about the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation; participants can bring a passage to share or just their thoughts and emotions. 1:30 – 2:30 PM, Milstein Center, Cetner for Engaged Pedagogy.

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