These events will make you rise back from the dead/a post Thanksgiving food coma

Bucket List represents the inordinate 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. Take a break from pre-finals studying to look at our recommendations for this academic week below with the full list after the jump.

Recommended

• “The Upcoming Venezuelan Legislative Elections and their Aftermath” Monday, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Faculty Room, Low Library. Alejandro Grisanti, Luisa Palacios, Alejandro Velasco, Adrian Lajous. (RSVP)
• “The Legacy of Rape: Art, Law and Social Justice” Tuesday, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, 612 Schermerhorn Hall. Patricia Cronin,  Leora Kahn, Katherine Franke, Anna Di Lellio.
• “Documentary Film Screening on UN Peacekeeping” Wednesday, 2 to 4 pm, 707 IAB. Pierre-Olivier Francois.
• “On the Care and Feeding of Black Holes” Friday, 7:00-9:00 PM, Pupin Hall. Aleksey Generozov.

Monday, November 30th

• “Veterans and the Cold War: Between Pacifism and Anti-Communism” 1:00 to 2:30 pm, 411 Fayerweather. Angel Alcade, Csaba Bekes, Victoria Phillips. (RSVP)
• “The Upcoming Venezuelan Legislative Elections and their Aftermath” 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Faculty Room, Low Library. Alejandro Grisanti, Luisa Palacios, Alejandro Velasco, Adrian Lajous. (RSVP)

Tuesday, December 1st

• “The Legacy of Rape: Art, Law and Social Justice” 5:30 to 7:30 pm, 612 Schermerhorn Hall. Patricia Cronin,  Leora Kahn, Katherine Franke, Anna Di Lellio.

Wednesday, December 2nd

• “Documentary Film Screening on UN Peacekeeping” 2 to 4 pm, 707 IAB. Pierre-Olivier Francois.
• “Nomad Crossroads: Algerian Poetry Now” 6 to 8 pm, East Gallery, Buell Hall. Samira Negrouche, Pierre Joris, Omar Berrada.

Thursday, December 3rd

• “Greek Memory of German Violence: The Question of Reparations” 5:30 to 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Journalism School. Zoe Konstantopoulou, Jeffrey Olick.
• “International Security Policy: Alumni Panel on Middle East Issues” 6 to 8 pm, 1512 IAB. Rob Barocas, Ted Janis, Adam Scher, Jennifer Thaxton, Austin Long. (RSVP)
• “‘Islamic’ Art: Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures” 6 pm, 612 Schermerhorn. Nada Shabout, Zainab Bahrani.

Friday, December 4th

• “The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement” 6:30 to 8:00 pm, 106 Jerome Greene Hall. Robin Kelley, Abdul Rahim Al-Shaikh, Nadia Abu El-Haj.
• “On the Care and Feeding of Black Holes” 7 to 9 pm, Pupin Hall. Aleksey Generozov.

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