ART EXHIBITIONS:

Jim Dine: Selected Prints 1996–2006

An exhibition of 47 prints, two livres d'artiste, and a recently published portfolio highlighting the technical innovation and deeply personal imagery of the Pop Art master's printmaking oeuvre.

October 2–December 8, Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00–6:00 PM, Amie and Tony James Gallery

Anna Vivante: Vanitas

An exhibition of 46 black and white photographs juxtaposing images of human and animal skulls with living organisms and objects whose intriguing formal affinities invite prolonged contemplation.

Through October 27, Monday–Saturday, 12:00–6:00 PM, Exhibition Hallway

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1

Iberian Instrumental Traditions: The Piano

A lecture-recital with pianist and scholar Adam Kent exploring the Spanish keyboard repertoire with works by Soler, Albéniz, Mompou, Halffter, and others; discussion to follow, moderated by Antoni Pizá (Foundation for Iberian Music)

3:00 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Democratization in the Baltic States

Rolandas Paksas, former President of Lithuania (European Union Studies Center)

5:30 PM, Room 9206

Artistas visuals de Argentina y derechos de autor bajo la Mirada antropológica: Avances de una investigación en curso

Andrea Quadri, Ph.D. Candidate in anthropology, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies)

6:30 PM, Skylight Room (9100)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2

Annuitized Wealth and Liquid Asset Spend-down in Retirement

David Love, Columbia University (Economics)

11:45 AM, Room 5383

Community Meeting

4:00 PM, Skylight Room (9100)

Fall 2007 Open House & Book Celebration

This open house also celebrates publication of the book The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba and the United States, by Laird W. Bergad, director of the Center for Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies. (CLACLS)

4:00 PM, Room 5419

Pop Art and Poetry: Jim Dine & Vincent Katz in Conversation

Jim Dine, internationally renowned artist; Vincent Katz, poet and critic; moderated by Diane Kelder, curator of the current exhibition Jim Dine: Selected Prints 1996–2006 (Center for the Humanities)

6:30 PM Martin E. Segal Theatre

Perspectivas sociolingüísticas sobre la emigración

Mauro Fernández, Universidade de A Coruña (Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages)

6:30 PM, Room 4116

Recital by Bradley Brookshire, Harpsichord

(Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

7:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

Harmonizing Global Labor Standards—Do Workers Really Benefit?

A talk in the Global Governance Seminar Series by Gemma Adaba, representative to the UN, International Trade Union Confederation (Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)

12:00 PM, Room 9204

Rationalism and Necessitarianism

Martin Lin, Rutgers University (Philosophy)

4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207

The Face of Presidential Politics

With Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; Tavia Nyong'o, NYU; Jennifer Senior, New York Magazine; Gary Younge, columnist for The Nation and author; Ruth O'Brien, Graduate Center (Center for the Humanities)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4

Music in Midtown: A Program of Chamber Music

Featuring the Music Salon of Winnaretta Singer; Princesse Edmond de Polignac with Sylvia Kahan, narrator and piano; Mary Thorne, soprano; Olivier Fluchaire, violin; Ronald Arron, viola and Edward Arron, cello. (Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

1:00 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

John Jesurun/Philoktetes/SoHo Rep

An evening with New York director and playwright John Jesurun discussing his upcoming production of Philoktetes at New York's SoHo Rep Theatre; earlier in the day, films and videos by Jesurun will be screened, 2–5 pm (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5

Rage, Folie, & Désespoir: Excess and the Passions in Early Modern France (1550–1715)

A conference sponsored by the French Interdisciplinary Group for Seventeenth-Century Studies, Henri Peyre French Institute, and the Ph.D. Program in French

9:00 AM–7:00 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Short Stories, Long Work: The Politics of Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Janet Larson, Rutgers University (English)

2:00 PM, Room 9206

Identity against the Grain: Caribbean Latino Authors and Their Encounters with the Racial Ideology of the United States

Carlos Hiraldo, LaGuardia Community College (English)

4:00 PM, Room 4406

Catullus Poem I: The Gift and the Shifting Addressee

Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College & the Graduate Center (Classics)

4:30 PM, Room 9207

Imágenes de la Cuidad

Dario Villanueva, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela y de la Real Academia Española (Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages)

6:30 PM, Room 4116

Concert: Rage, Folie, & Désespoir: Excess and the Passions in Early Modern France (1550-1715)

The ensemble La Musique de La Reine performing works by Balbastre, Charpentier, Clerambault, Duphly, Le Camus, and Lully; Brooke Bryant and Brett Umlauf, sopranos; Laura Thompson, Baroque flute; Virginia Kaycoff, viol; Desmond Hosford, harpsichord

7:00 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9

Momentum Returns in US Corporate Bond Pricing: Evidence from Daily Price Data 2002–2006

Kevin Foster, City College (Economics)

11:45 AM, Room 5383

Public Health Careers Session

Trudy Lieberman, Director of Health/Medical Reporting, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; Nick Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Public Health, Hunter College and the Graduate Center (Doctor of Public Health Program)

5:00 PM, Room 9204/9205

Building Capitol: The Vernacular Architecture of the Garment District

A talk by Andrew Dolkart, Professor of Historic Preservation, Columbia University, and author (Gotham Center for NYC History)

6:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10

Developing Citizenship Norms through Litigation before Human Rights Courts in Africa, Europe, and the Americas

A talk in the Global Governance Seminar Series by Mirna Adjami, Legal Officer, Equality and Citizenship, Open Society Justice Initiative (Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)

12:00 PM, Room 9204

Abortion and Human Nature

Don Marquis, University of Kansas (Philosophy)

4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207

Monk at 90: Pianist Jason Moran in Conversation with Gary Giddins

Jason Moran, jazz pianist and composer; Gary Giddins, critic and author of many books, including Visions of Jazz: The First Century (Center for Humanities)

6:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

The Veiled Monologues

A reading and discussion with Dutch playwright Adelheid Roosen, actress Heather Ruffo, and doctoral student Dalia Basiony. (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11

New York Early Music Celebration

A master class (Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

9:00 AM, Elebash Recital Hall

Representing Cuba: Sujatha Fernandes & Elio Rodriguez in Conversation

Elio Rodriguez, prominent Cuban artist; Sujatha Fernandes, Queens College, author of Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures (Center for the Humanities)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12

Feminist Pedagogy Conference: What's Feminist About Feminist Pedagogy?

Keynote speaker: Nancy K. Miller, Graduate Center (Women's Studies)

8:30 AM–5:30 PM, Skylight Room (9100)

Once You Go Black

Robert Reid-Pharr, Graduate Center, discusses his recent book Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American. (English)

4:00 PM, Room 4406

Caring Democracy

Joan Tronto, Hunter College & the Graduate Center (Women's Studies)

4:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Lincoln Kirstein Centennial Reading

With Martin Duberman, Graduate Center & Lehman College; Hilton Als, author of The Women; Nicholas Jenkins, editor of BY WITH TO & FROM: A Lincoln Kirstein Reader; and Edward Mendelson, Columbia University (Center for the Humanities)

6:00 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

From the Reina Sofia to Lavapies: Urban and Cultural Transformation in Madrid's City Center

Malcolm Compitello, University of Arizona (Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages)

6:00 PM, Room 4116

Barebacking: A Public Health Concern

Jack Drescher, MD, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health; Perry Halkitis, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development; Rafael Ponce, LGBT Health Office at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (CLAGS)

7:00 PM, Room 9204/9205

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

A Klezmer Hootenanny with Yale Strom and Guests

Yale Strom and klezmer musicians from around the world gather for a Yiddish sing-along (lyrics provided), khasidic melodies, stage music of the Yiddish theatre and stories from the hinterlands of Eastern Europe. (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)

6:30, Proshansky Auditorium

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15

America's Historian: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

An appreciation of the late historian and GC faculty member on the 90th anniversary of his birth, with Alan Brinkley, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eric Foner, David Levering Lewis, David Nasaw, Adam Rothman, Theda Skocpol, and Sean Wilentz (Center for the Humanities)

6:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium

Trojan Women—Comfort Women

A reading and discussion with Bosnian director Aida Karic; Randy Gener, American Theatre; and Alfred Preissler, Classical Theater of Harlem (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16

Human Capital and Relational Capital in the Nursing Workforce: An Analysis of their Impacts on Patient Outcomes

Ann P. Bartel, Columbia University (Economics)

11:45 AM, Room 5383

The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe

Greg Behrman, Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy at the Aspen Institute (European Union Studies Center)

5:30 PM, Room 9206

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17

Narratives: Stories in Art Form

An exhibition (oils & mixed media) by Lebanese American artists and architects (Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center)

Through October 22, History Lounge

Enforcing ESC Rights in Latin American Courts

A talk in the Global Governance Seminar Series by Julietta Rossi, Director, Economic Social and Cultural Rights Network (Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)

12:00 PM, Room 9206

Wartofsky Lecture: The Future of Socialism

Robert Paul Wolff, University of Massachusetts (Philosophy)

4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207

The Holocaust, Racism, and the Mentally Ill

Martin Gittleman, NYU Medical School, editor, International Journal of Mental Health (Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies)

6:15 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

Music in Midtown: A Program of Chamber Music

Featuring works by Thuille and Levitan for winds, piano, and percussion, with faculty member, William Purvis, French horn (Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

1:00 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

Writing Other Lives: Janet Malcolm & Wendy Lesser in Conversation

Janet Malcolm, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice; Wendy Lesser, founding editor, The Threepenny Review and editor, Hiding in Plain Sight: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography (Center for the Humanities)

6:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium

Competing Masculinities in Hamlet

Margaret Mikesell, John Jay College (Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance)

6:00 PM, Room 9207

Odd People Out (film)

Documentary about the process of marginalization, repression and denial of the gay community during the first two decades of the Cuban Revolution, through the eyes and voice of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (CLAGS)

7:00 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Gotham Glory: The Piano Music of David Del Tredici

(Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

7:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

Colloquium on Cell Signaling and Biological Activities of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate

Timothy Hla, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut (Biochemistry)

10:00 AM, Room 5383

Rhapsody in Green: The Poetry and Science of William Bartram

Betsy McCully, Kingsborough Community College (English)

4:00 PM, Room 4406

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22

Policewomen in Gulf Arab National Police Forces

A talk by Staci Strobl, John Jay College (Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center)

6:30 PM, Room 9207

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Why Do Parents Discriminate against Their Daughters?

Sanjukta Chaudhuri, CUNY (Economics)

11:45 AM, Room 5383

Fear in America: Susan Faludi and Corey Robin in Conversation

Corey Robin, Brooklyn College & the Graduate Center; Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose most recent book is The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post- 9/11 America. (Center for the Humanities)

7:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24

Localizing Human Rights: How the OHCHR Works

A talk in the Global Governance Seminar Series by Hui Lu, UN office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, New York Bureau (Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)

12:00 PM, Room 9206

Book Party: Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health by Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan (Doctor of Public Health Program)

4:00 PM, Room C204/205

Philosophy Colloquium

Katalin Balog, Yale University (Philosophy)

4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207

Disturbing, Flesh Texts: Online Pornography and the Strategies of Reading

Susanna Pasonen, Collegium for Advanced Studies University of Helsinki (Women's Studies)

6:00 PM, Room C201

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

International/World Theatre: Kazuo Ohno/Butoh Theatre Screenings

Screenings of rare films about and with Japanese Butoh dance theatre legend Kazuo Ohno (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center) 2:00 PM–9:00 PM; Martin E. Segal Theatre

White, Ethnic New York: Jews, Catholics and the Shaping of Postwar

Joshua Zeitz, Cambridge University, will discuss his new book. (Gotham Center for NYC History)

6:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

Concert of Middle Eastern Music

The Orchestra of Cairo plays music by Umm Koulthoum (Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center)

7:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

Contemporary Perspectives in Audiology: Celebrating Shlomo Silman's Clinical and Research Contributions

Conference with James Jerger and Susan Jerger, University of Texas, Dallas; Harry Levitt, Graduate Center; and Shlomo Silman, Graduate Center & Brooklyn College; among others (Clinical Doctoral Programs)

8:00 AM–6:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium; for fees & registration info, contact 212-817-7980

Colloquium on Intracellular Transport of Lipids in Normal and Disease Cell Types

Richard E. Pagano, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation (Biochemistry)

10:00 AM, Room 5383

'Sleeping at the Foot of Vesuvius': Haiti and the Secret History of the Early American Novel

Duncan Faherty, Queens College (English)

4:00 PM, Room 4406

Right Ideas: Discourse, Partisan Regimes, and the Conservative Coalition

Richard Meagher, Graduate Center & Marymount Manhattan College (Political Science)

5:30 PM, Room 5200.07

Andres Bello in London (1810–1829)

Alister Ramirez, Borough of Manhattan Community College (Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages)

6:00 PM, Room 4116

History of Disability in Iran

A talk by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, University of Pennsylvania (Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center)

6:30 PM, Room C201

Celebration of Latin American Dances for Solo and Two Pianos

Including works by Copland, Piazzolla, and Milhaud performed by pianists Min Kwon, professor at Rutgers University, and Juyeon Kang, professor at Northwestern College (Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies)

7:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29

Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction

A demonstration of virtually recreated German synagogues destroyed during the Nazi era, presented by Manfred Koob and Marc Grellert, Darmstadt University of Technology, and Carol Herselle Krinsky, NYU (Science & the Arts, Rosenthal Institute)

6:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

An Evening with Teresa Eyring/Theatre Communications Group

A discussion with Teresa Eyring, the new executive director of the Theatre Communications Group, and special guests (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center)

6:30 PM, Martin E. Segal Theatre

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30

Top-down or Bottom-up: Commonality in Disagreement and Asset Pricing

Jialan Yu, Columbia University (Economics)

11:45 AM, Room 5383

Avishai Margalist: Sectarianism—Political and Religious

The Irving Howe Memorial Lecture by Avishai Margalit, professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and George Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study (Center for the Humanities)

7:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium

Recital by Roberta Michel, Flute

(Concert Office, Ph.D./D.M.A Program in Music)

7:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31

Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace

A talk in the Global Governance Series by Lily Rivlin, filmmaker (Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)

12:00 PM, Room 9206

Philosophy Colloquium

Margaret Gilbert, University of California, Irvine (Philosophy)

4:15 PM, Room 9206/9207

Iberian Instrumental Traditions: The Religious Piano

A lecture-recital exploring the religious piano repertoire of Spain and other countries; with Alberto Urroz, including works by Busoni, Albéniz, Messiaen, and Franck; discussion to follow, moderated by Antoni Pizá (Foundation for Iberian Music)

7:00 PM, Elebash Recital Hall