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05 February - 11 February 2009
In Brief: The Russian 'Mafiya', Denis Diderot Today, Methodologies and Academic Discourse, Deluxe Living, Plan Colombia in Putumayo, the Large Hadron Collider. |
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Thursday, 05 February | |
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Where has the Russian 'Mafiya' Gone? And Should We Care? NYU Puck Building - 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Fl. 12:30 - 1:30pm, $0. |
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The Struggle to be a 'Normal Country': National Identity in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Bldg - 420 W 118 St, Room 918 4pm - 6pm, $0. |
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Critics and Citizens, with David Pagel NYU Carter Journalism Institute - 20 Cooper Square at 5th St, Common Area 5pm, $0. |
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Ecovillages: Where They Are, What They're Doing, Why They're Important Brecht Forum - 451 West Street at Bank Street 7:30pm, $6-15. |
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Friday, 06 February | |
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Methodologies and Academic Discourse: Conversations across the Disciplines CUNY College of Technology - 30 Jay Street, Atrium Bldg, Brooklyn 9am - 11:45am, $0. |
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Faded Glory: Oscar Micheaux and the Pre-War Black Independent Cinema (Day 1) Columbia University - 2960 Broadway, 501 Schermerhorn 9am - 9pm, $0. |
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What Would the Poor Say: Debates in Aid Evaluation NYU Development Research Institute - 19 University Place, Room 102 9am - 6pm, $0, Rsvp |
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Saturday, 07 February | |
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Faded Glory: Oscar Micheaux and the Pre-War Black Independent Cinema (Day 2) Film Society of Lincoln Center, Furman Gallery - 70 Lincoln Center Plaza 9am - 6pm, $0. |
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Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary Symposium Museum of Arts and Design - 2 Columbus Circle 1 - 5pm, $40. |
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Calder Jewelry: A Modernist Synthesis Metropolitan Museum - 1000 5th Ave, Rogers Auditorium 2pm, $0. |
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Diderot Today: Literature, Philosophy, and Aesthetics NYU La Maison Francaise - 16 Washington Mews 2 - 7:30pm, $0. |
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Sunday, 08 February | |
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Monday, 09 February | |
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Faster, Higher, Stronger: Are There Limits to Olympic Performance? Cafe Science at Picnic Market Cafe - 2665 Broadway at 101st 6 - 7pm, $10. |
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An Evening with Paul Graham MoMA Visual Arts Theater - 333 West 23 Street 7pm, $0. |
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Deluxe Apartments in the Sky: "White Brick" High-Rises in the 1950s and 1960s Municipal Art Society - 457 Madison Avenue 7 - 8pm, $15. |
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Touching the Heart of Magnetism in Our Nearest Star American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium - Central Park W at 79th St 7:30pm, $18. |
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Deaths In Venice:
The Case(S) Of Gustav (Von) Aschenbach Three of Three, Shadows (Mann, Visconti, Mahler) Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Bldg - 420 W 118 St, Room 1501 8-10pm, $0. |
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Tuesday, 10 February | |
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Nutrient Sensing: When You Hunger for More! New York Academy of Sciences - 7 WTC, 250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl. 1 - 5:30pm, $20, Registration required. |
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The Impact of Plan Colombia in Putumayo: an Ethnography of U.S. Anti-drug Policy CUNY Graduate Center - 365 5th Ave 4 - 6pm, $0. |
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Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living Museum of the City of New York - 1220 5th Avenue 6:30pm, $9. |
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Adam Kirsch: Lionel Trilling and Allen Ginsberg, Liberal Father and Radical Son Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall - 1190 Amsterdam Ave, Rm. 501 8 - 10pm, $0. |
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Wednesday, 11 February | |
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Urban Trees, Urban Forests: Coexisting with Large Trees in Urban Landscapes
Center for Architecture - 536 LaGuardia Place 6 - 8pm, $20, Rsvp. |
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Brian Cox: The Large Hadron Collider's Future NYU Silver Building - 100 Washington Square East, Rm 414 6:45 - 8:35pm, $0. |
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