Who will take the Iron Throne…we mean the chambers of Congress?

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

• “‘Blue Wave’ or ‘Red Wedding?’ Trend and Mirage in the 2018 Midterm Elections.” Monday, October 15, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Diana Event Oval. Michael Miller, Jessica Huseman. 
• “#MeToo and Big Brother in China.” Wednesday, October 17, 4 – 5:30 PM. IAB, Room 918. Leta Hong Fincher and Lu Pin.
• “Inaugural Ambedkar Lectures 2018.” Thursday, October 18 – Saturday, October 20. Etienne Balibar, Nahum Chandler, Gopal Guru, Gayatri Spivak, Debjani Ganguly, Anupama Rao, Sudipto Mondal, Gaiutra Bahadur. More information about each day’s events and registration information here.

Monday, October 15

• “Celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of Pita Amor.” 6:30 – 8:30 PM. IAB, 15th floor.  Carmen Boullosa, Beatriz Espejo, Michael K. Schuessler, Jean Graham Jones. RSVP here (closed).
• “Stabilitocracies in the Balkans 2018: The Relationship of Turkey and Serbia and the Case for Human Rights.” 12 – 1:30 PM. IAB, Room 1219. Goran Miletic, Sinan Gökçen, Ivana Randjelovi, Tanya Domi.
• “Dreamcatching: Can India and China Be Friends?” 12 – 1 PM. IAB, Room 1501. Ambassador Nirupama Rao. 
• “Tyler Jost,”National Security Institutions And Interstate Crisis“” 4:30 – 6 PM. IAB, Room 918.
• “Written in the Dark and Brought to Light: Afterlives of the Siege Poetry.” 6 – 7 PM. Milbank Hall, Ella Weed Room. Polina Barskova. 
• “Imagine There’s No Country: The Remarkable Life and Art of Jan Yoors and His Love for the Roma People.” 6 – 8 PM. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. Debra Dean. 

Tuesday, October 16

• “Earth at Risk: Natural Capital and the Quest for Sustainability.” 6 – 7:30 PM. Maison Française, Buell Hall Claude Henry, Stephen Heintz, Gavin Schmidt, Scott Barrett. RSVP here.
• “Book Talk: Soviet Americana: The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists by Sergei Zhuk.” 12 – 1 PM. IAB, Room 1219.
• “Book Talk. Catholics on the Barricades: Poland, France, and “Revolution,” 1891-1956, by Piotr Kosicki.” 2 – 4 PM. IAB, Room 1201. RSVP information here.
• “From the Faculty Lounge: Power and Political Networking.” 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall. Kimberly Marten, Shayoni Mitra, Linda Bell.
• “Professor Shohamy to speak at Beyond the Brain Event:”Are We Making The Right Decision” with Michele Ganeless.” 6:30 – 8 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts. Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. RSVP here.

Wednesday, October 17

• “An Evening With Vladimir Kara-Murza and Keith Gessen.” 6 – 7:30 PM. IAB, 7th Floor Lindsay Rogers Room.
• “The Wild West Through European Eyes.” 6 – 8:30 PM. Butler Library, Room 523. Elizabeth Leake, Henrik Rehr, Mark Siegel.
• “Ukraine at the Epicenter of the World Storm: The First Results.” 12 – 1 PM. IAB, Room 1219. Ambassador Yuriy Scherbak.
  
• “Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with WE NYC.” 6 – 8:30 PM. Faculty House. Nathalie Molina Niño. RSVP here.
• “Why Policy Matters: Access, Equity, and Voting in the U.S.” 6 – 8 PM. IAB, Room 1501. Mayor Michael Nutter, Jonathan Brater, Farai Chideya, Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Irene Jor, Chiraag Bains.
• “Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge.” 6:15 PM. Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room. Wael Hallaq, Mamadou Diouf, Rashid Khalidi, Sudipta Kaviraj, Islam Dayeh.

Thursday, October 18

• “Japan’s Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of China.” 4 – 5:30 PM. IAB, 918. Dr. Ambaras. 
• “WeRobotics: Drones and AI for Social Good.” 1 – 2 PM. IAB, Room 801. Sonja Betschart.
• “Image and Counter-Image: Dreaming Borders, Unthinking Migration: A Workshop with Professor Stefania Pandolfo and Filmmaker Leila Kilani.” 12 – 2 PM. Knox Hall, Room 208. RSVP here.
• “Black-Palestinian Solidarity 1968 / 2018.” 6 PM. Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium. Robyn Spencer, Hamzah Baig, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Nora Akawi, Lila Abu-Lughod.

Friday, October 19

• “President Bollinger’s 17th Annual FUN RUN 5K Run/Walk.” Check in 7:30 AM. Starting point, College Walk. RSVP here.
• “Yugoslavia, a Century Later: Why Did the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Form a Union in 1918?” 6 – 7 PM. IAB, 1219. Dejan Djokić. 
• “Film Fridays: Divide and Conquer with Alexis Bloom.” 6 – 8:30 PM. Pulitzer Hall, 3rd Floor.
• “Columbia University Senate Meeting.” 1:15 – 3:15 PM. Jerome Green Hall, Room 106.
• “Shaping Contemporary Culture in Russia: Yeltsin Center and the New Perspectives From Ekaterinburg.” 12 – 1 PM. IAB, Room 1219. Dina Sorokina, Lyudmila Telen, Anna Selyanina, Evgeny Grigoryev.
• “Material Documents, Bureaucratic Reason, and the Formation of Political Subjectivities.” 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM. Knox Hall, Room 208. See conference schedule here for full list of events and speakers.
• “Making Art, Making Meaning in Fifteenth-Century Flanders.” 9 AM – 3:30 PM. Fayerweather Hall, Room 513. RSVP here.
• “Digital Serlio Symposium.” 9 AM – 5 PM. Maison Française, Buell Hall. RSVP here.
• “Imagining Everyday Life: Engagements with Vernacular Photography.” Friday, October 19, 5: – 7:30 PM -Saturday, October 20, 10:30 AM – 6:30 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts. Full program here and registration here.

hopefully the midterms are less bloody via Rob Obsidian (Flickr)