Bucket List represents the immense intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. As we enter February, Black History Month, many of the following events will take you back in time (or forward). You can find our recommended events below, and the full list can be found after the jump. As always, if we left off anything noteworthy or made a mistake, please let us know in the comments. 

Recommended

  • “The Spotlight’s Harsh Glare: Rethinking Publicity and International Order.” Thursday 12:15-2 pm, 707 IAB. Allison Carnegie.
  • “Music, Fascism and the Holocaust.” Thursday 5:30-7:30 pm, Italian Academy. Barbara Faedda, Michael Beckerman, Harvey Sachs.
  • “We Can’t Breathe.” Friday 12:00-2:00 pm, Low Rotunda. Kathy Boudin, Kimberly Johnson, Dread Scott, more. Register.

Monday, February 2

  • “Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India.” 4:00-5:30 pm, 208 Knox Hall. Tariq Thachil.

Tuesday, February 3

  • “Exploring Many-body Physics with Ultracold Gases: From the 2D Bose Gas to the Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas” 12:00 pm, 705 Pupin. Tarik Yefsah.
  • “My Hummus is Bigger Than Your Hummus: Food and Politics in Israel.” 12:00 pm, 513 Fayerweather. Dafna Hirsch. Kosher lunch provided: RSVP.

Wednesday, February 4

  • “Stalin’s World: Geopolitics and Power.” 5:45-7:30 pm, 1501 IAB. Stephen Kotkin, David Remnick. Register.
  • “When did ‘Rights’ become Rights?: From the Wars of Religion to the Dawn of Enlightenment.” 5:30-7:30 pm, Maison Francaise. Dan Edelstein.

Thursday, February 5

  • “The Spotlight’s Harsh Glare: Rethinking Publicity and International Order” 12:15-2 pm, 707 IAB. Allison Carnegie.
  • “Music, Fascism and the Holocaust.” 5:30-7:30 pm, Italian Academy. Barbara Faedda, Michael Beckerman, Harvey Sachs.
  • “The Role of Agriculture in Brazilian Development.” 1:00-2:00 pm, 802 IAB. Jose Vieira Filho.
  • “The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815: Making Peace After Global War.” Day 1, 4:00-8:30 pm, Faculty House 4th Floor. Victoria de Grazia, Gideon Rose, more. Register.
  • Athena Film Festival (Feb. 5-8). Various events. Buy student passes/tickets.

Friday, February 6

  • “We Can’t Breathe.” 12:00-2:00 pm, Low Rotunda. Kathy Boudin, Kimberly Johnson, Dread Scott, more. Register.
  • “The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815: Making Peace After Global War.” Day 2, 9:00-5:30 pm, 1501 IAB. Jack Lewis Snyder, Larry Wolff, Charly Coleman, more. Register.