Extracurricular Events COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

Extracurricular Events COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog One of the cool things about living in New York City is that there is always something going on.   Yes, its true, it is the city that never sleeps.   I can attest to this because I live on an avenue and the noise never ceases outside my window.   For those of you not familiar with New York City, for the most part avenues are larger and run north/south while streets are smaller and run east/west.   This applies to most of the Island above Canal Street below Canal all bets are off.   So if you are looking for a place to live, I would recommend street addresses because you are likely to deal with less noise, but there are always exceptions to the rule.   But I digress . . . In terms activities, SIPA and Columbia are much like New York City there always seems to be something going on for our students to take advantage of.   I thought I would take an entry to provide a glimpse into some of the extracurricular programming going on in the coming weeks. ______________ Tuesday, January 25, 2011 The Net Delusion: A Brownbag with Author Evgeny Morozov 12:30 pm 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1302 International Media and Communications Brownbag with blogger and social commentator Evgeny Morozov, a rising star in Internet politics. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Information Effects and Human Rights Data: Is the Good News about Increased Human Rights Information Bad News for Human Rights Measures? 12:00 pm 1:45 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1302 Institute for the Study of Human Rights Talk with Ann Marie Clark and Kathryn Sikkink, in which they will discuss changes in the quality and availability of human rights information over time and the implications for scholarly use of comparative data based on contemporaneous sources, including the widely used data sets based on annual Amnesty International and U.S. State Department reports. Center for Korean Research Colloquium Series 4:30 pm 6:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 907 Weatherhead East Asian Institute Center for Korean Research Colloquium with Joel Wit, former State Department official. Faith Misplaced 6:00 pm 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, 1512 Middle East Institute Lecture with Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University, speaking on his new book Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promises of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001. Register Thursday, January 27, 2011 QMSS Seminar: Gary Langer 6:10 pm 8:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 403 Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Lecture with Gary Langer, Langer Research Associates. Urban Aging from New York to Beijing 12:00 pm 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 Weatherhead East Asian Institute WEAI Brown Bag Lecture with Michael Gusmano, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health and Ada C. Mui, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work. eHealth A Paradigm Shift in Delivery of Healthcare 12:30 pm 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1512 Economic and Political Development Concentration Brown Bag with Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed, President and CEO of Healthcare Paradigm. Discussant: Dr. Patricia Mechael, Director of Strategic Application of Mobile Technology for Public Health and Development at the Center for Global Health and Economic Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University. Pizza will be provided. HOME: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Cinema Earth Institute Lecture with David Berreby, journalist and author (moderator); Sabine Marx, Managing Director, Columbia Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED); Shama Perveen, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Gavin A. Schmidt, climatologist and climate modeler, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS); Peter Seligmann, Chairman CEO, Conservation International; Maria Uriarte, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution Environmental Biology (E3B), Columbia University. Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Japanese Youth in Transition: Work, Marriage, and Inequality in Contemporary Japan 12:00 pm 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 Weatherhead East Asian Institute WEAI Brown Bag Lecture with Hiroshi Ishida, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo; Visiting Fellow, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University. Taiwan in Imperial China 2:00 pm 4:00 pm Schermerhorn Hall, Room 963 Weatherhead East Asian Institute WEAI Lecture with Douglas Fix, Professor of History and Humanities Modern China and Japan, Reed College. SAI Distinguished Lecture Series: A Talk by 2009 Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom 4:00 pm 5:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 South Asian Institute and The Earth Institute Talk by 2009 Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Indiana University in Bloomington Register “Racially Inferior”: Roma, Sinti and Other Holocaust victims 5:30 pm 7:30 pm The Italian Academy at Columbia University The Italian Academy Lecture exploring issues of discrimination and crimes against humanity. Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Grzegorz W. Kolodko on Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatile World 6:15 pm 7:45 pm Faculty House, Presidential Room 1 Committee on Global Thought Talk with Grzegorz W. Kolodko, one of the worlds leading authorities on economics and development policy and former Minister of Finance of Poland. He will discuss his new book, Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatile World, to be released on February 8th, 2011. Registration for this event is required. Register Thursday, February 3, 2011 The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (Human Development Report 2010 20th Anniversary Edition) 6:00 pm 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Economic and Political Development Talk with Francisco Rodriguez, Head of the Research Team, UNDP Human Development Report. Moderated by Jose Antonio Ocampo. Discussants, Eugenia McGill and Eric Verhoogen. Reception to follow. Film Screening and Discussion: Promised Land 6:00 pm 8:00 pm WJ Warren Hall, Room 209 Morningside Campus Committee on Global Thought Film Screening and Discussion featuring Promised Land, a film that gives viewers an inside look at the critical story of land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa. Register QMSS Seminar 6:10 pm 9:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 403 Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy Lecture with Sandra Garcia, Universidad de los Andes. Monday, February 7, 2011 Popular Culture and Nationalism in Lebanon: The Fairouz and Rahbani Nation 6:00 pm 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Middle East Institute Film Screening/Lecture/Book Talk with Professor Christopher Stone, speaking on his newest book Popular Culture and Nationalism in Lebanon: The Fairouz and Rahbani Nation, in conjunction with a screening of We Loved Each Other So Much. Register The Shah with Abbas Milani 7:00 pm 9:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1512 Middle East Institute Book Talk with Abbas MilaniHamid and Christina Moghadam, Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University, speaking on his new book, The Shah, a biography which offers in-depth understanding of one of the most significant actors in the creation of the modern Islamic republic. Register Friday, February 11, 2011 Columbia Water Center/Earth and Environmental Engineering Seminar: Hydrological Applications of NASAs GRACE Satellite Mission 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 833 Earth Institute Lecture with Matt Rodell, Hydrologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Register