Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for the week are below, followed by a full calendar of events. 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

• “Nonhuman Empire and Its Afterlives.” Tuesday, February 19, 4 – 6 PM. Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room. A panel featuring Parama Roy, Ezra Rashkow,  and Naisargi Dave, moderated by Rajbir Judge, examines the links between Southeast Asia and the non-human; non-human discourses have “called into question colonial and postcolonial imaginative circuits, political formations, and bodily registers” and created new modes of inquiry that the panel will explore. Register here.
• “Book Talk: James Clapper ‘Fact and Fears: Hard Truth from a Life in Intelligence.‘” Thursday, February 21, 12:10 – 2 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. Former Director of Intelligence James Clapper discusses his new book that details the intelligence communities successes and failures during his lengthy career and tackles some controversial questions in the intelligence sphere. Moderated by Peter Clement.
• “In Dialogue: Jewish Polish Relations During The Second World War.” Thursday, February 21, 6 – 7:30 PM. Low Library, Faculty Room 207.  Samuel Kassow and Piotr Wróbel talk about some contested issues in Polish-Jewish relationships in World War II, and the problems caused by differences in historical memory between the two groups.
• “Amend the 13th: A Conversation about Ending Legalized Slavery in the United States and Abolishing the Prison System As We Know It.” 1 – 3 PM. The Forum at Columbia University (605 W. 125th St), Auditorium. Sheena Wright, Kendall Thomas, and Mika’il DeVeaux talk about new ways to think about the criminal justice system, the connections between the system and race, and other issues around incarceration in America, and start a dialogue around the issues found in the system and the 13th Amendment specifically.

Student Event Spotlight

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• Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal is hosting an open panel/discussion on mental health in STEM on Monday, 6 – 7 PM. The event will feature a panel moderated by Karcia Sadowska (CC ’20, Neuroscience and Behavior), including Krystian Ganko (SEAS ’20, Chemical Engineering), Sameer Jain (SEAS ’19, IEOR), and Maya Talukdar (CC ’20, Biological Sciences and Computer Science) as well as an open forum.
• Glass House Rocks is this Thursday from 8 to 11 PM in Lerner! Come for free stuff, an auction for an airline ticket, performances by student groups, and of course your very own free T-shirt. This year’s theme is Living in a Fishbowl, which is definitely an accurate description of Lerner at least.

Monday, February 18

• “Book Talk: Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison.” 6:15 PM. Columbia School of Social Work, Room 311/312. Bruce Western (author), Adam Reich, Ronald B. Mincy, DeAnna Hoskins, Shamus Khan.
• “Enslaved Black Females in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Portraiture and Fugitive Slave Advertisements.” 6 – 8 PM. Schermerhorn Hall, Room 612. Charmaine Nelson. 
• “The Diamond Setter.” 1 – 2:30 PM. Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. Moshe Sakal.

Tuesday, February 19

• “Lives in Transition: LGBTQ Serbia.” 12 – 1:30 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Slobodan Randjelović, with a discussion moderated by Professor Tanya Domi. 
• “Is Liberalism Making the World Less Fair? Three Authors Discuss Their Recent Books on Investor vs. Human Rights in the Global Economy.” 12:10 – 1:10 PM. Jerome Greene Hall, Room 105. Samuel Moyn, Todd N. Tucker, Tonya Putnam, moderated by Brooke Guven. Pizza will be served
• “Have We Seen this Movie Before? China, Japan, Industrial Policy, and Trade Conflict.” 12:30 – 1:45 PM. Uris Hall, Room 303. Robert Dohner, moderated by Hugh Patrick. Register here; lunch will be served.
• “Envisioning Ukrainian Literature 2019: Versions and Demarcations.” 4:10 – 6:10 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Vasyl Makhno, Oleksiy Nikitin, Maria Rewakowicz, Yuri Shevchuk (Discussant), moderated by Mark Andryczyk
• “Beyond “The Beast”: Reporting on Central America’s Violence.” 6:30 – 8 PM. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. Daniel Alarcón in conversation with Óscar Martínez.
• “Power Talk with Farai Chideya.” 6:30 – 8 PM. Milbank Hall, Ella Weed Room. Registration required.
• “Molecular Death, Desire, and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriateness in the USA and Canada.” 5 – 7 PM. Schermerhorn Extension, Room 754. Dr. Kim Tallbear.
• “The Rise and Fall of the Brazilian Economy.” 1 – 2 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 802. Laura Carvalho. 

Wednesday, February 20

• “Points of Intersection: Covering Race & Migration.” 3 – 4:30 PM. Pulitzer Hall, Stabile Student Center. Óscar Martínez in conversation with Professor Jelani Cobb. (space limited to 50 students)
• “Book Launch | Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor.” 6 – 7:30 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. Johannes Urpelainen, Michelle Keane, moderated by Philippe Benoit.
• “North Macedonia: On the Precipice.” 6:15 – 7:15 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Reuf Bajrovic, Dimitar Bechev, Zhikica Pagovski, Elena Stavrevska, moderated by Tanya Domi.
• “Creative Writing Lecture: Katie Kitamura.” 7 – 8 PM (doors open 6:30 PMto Columbia Writing students, 6:45 PM for the general public). Dodge Hall, Room 501.
• “Film Screening & Discussion: In Spring.” 7 – 9 PM. Deutsches Haus (420 W. 116th Street). Dr. Yuri Shevchuk. The film will be shown with English subtitles.
• “Leadership and Elections: A Discussion of the 2008 Czech Presidential Election.” 11 AM – 12:50 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 324. Michael Kraus. 
• “Renaissance Consortium Lecture: The Moment of the Fall: A Challenge for Ethical Reasoning.” 6:15 – 8 PM. Schermerhorn Hall, Room 612. Joseph Koerner.

Thursday, February 21

• “Film Screening and Discussion: Love Hunter.” 6:15 – 7:15 PM. International Affairs Building, 12th Floor Atrium. Branislav Bala.
• “Complex Issues: A Strange New Beauty.” 6:30 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. Shelly Silver, Kadambari Baxi.  Seating is first come, first served. Registration doesn’t guarantee seating, so showing up early is advised.
• “A Colonial Geneology of the Modern State.” 4 – 6 PM. Fayerweather Hall, Room 411. Radhika Mongia. 
• “Religious Matters in Public Spaces.” 4 – 6 PM. Schermerhorn Extension, Room 457. Birgit Meyer.

Friday, February 22

• “Vietnam and China in the Longue Duree.” Friday, February 22 – Saturday, February 23. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. Find the schedule here and register for this international symposium here.
• “Women in Language: Defining Success.” 7 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. izi Majid, Victoria Bailey, Cusi Cram, Diana Fathi, Jessica Hecht, Morgan Jenness, Bonnie Kramen, Meropi Peponides ’13, Jillian Walker ’17, and Linda Winer.  RSVP here.
• “An Evening with Jodie Mack.” 6 PM. Altshul Hall, Lehman Auditorium.
• “From pottery to economy: The changing shape of interaction in Neolithic China.” 4:10 – 6 PM. Schermerhorn Extension, Room 951. Camilla Sturm.
• “Complaint as Diversity Work.” 5 – 7 PM. Fayerweather Hall, Room 411. Sara Ahmed.

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