Platform for Pedagogy  May Day Edition
29 April - 5 May 2010

In Brief: Norwegian Black Metal, Crossing the Line, The Journalism of Opinion, Crime Narratives in Modern Latin America, The Future of Reading, The Democratic Trilemma, The Sexual Revolution and its Afterglow.
 Thursday, 29 April
  Four Ways to Misunderstand Euripides' Medea
Columbia University, Heyman Center - 74 Morningside Dr, Fl 2 Common Rm
6:15 - 8:15pm, $0.
  Patti Smith & Paul Holdengraber: Just Kids
NYPL Schwarzman Building - 42nd St at 5th Ave, Celeste Bartos Forum
7pm, $25.
  A Blaze in the Northern Sky: Norwegian Black Metal & the Culture that Spawned it
Scandinavia House - 58 Park Avenue
7pm, $10.
 Friday, 30 April
  Crime Narratives in Modern Latin America:
History, Journalism, Literature

Columbia University, Faculty House - 164 Morningside Dr, President's Rm I
9am - 4pm, $0.
  Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference
School of Visual Arts Theater - 333 W 23 St
9:30am - 6pm, $0 Rsvp.
  China in the 21st Century - A Cultural Historian's Take on Contemporary Events and Contemporary Dilemmas
Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Building - 420 W 118 St, Rm 918
12 - 1:30pm, $0.
  The Journalism of Opinion: A Half-Day Conference
Columbia University, Journalism Building - 2950 Broadway, Fl 3
1 - 6pm, $0/Register.
  Blogs, Twitter, the Kindle: The Future of Reading
Instituto Cervantes - 211-215 East 49th Street
3 - 4:30pm, $0.
 Saturday, May Day
  Crime Narratives in Modern Latin America:
History, Journalism, Literature

Columbia University, Int'l Affairs Building - 420 W 118 St, Rm 802
9:30am - 2pm, $0.
  Politically Queer: Social In(queer)y and the University
Eugene Lang, Wollman Hall - 66 W. 12 St, Fl 5
10am - 6pm, $0.
 Sunday, 02 May
  Black Sheep & Exploding Turbans
powerHouse Arena - 37 Main Street, Brooklyn
5 - 6:30pm, $0.
 Monday, 03 May
  Global Thought: Writing Constitutions into British and Global Histories
Columbia University, Heyman Center - 1165 Amsterdam Ave, Common Rm
6:15 - 8pm, $0.
  The Democratic Trilemma: Rational Choice Theory and the Challenge of Designing Democratic Decision-Making
Eugene Lang, Wollman Hall - 66 W 12 St, Fl 5
6:30 - 8:30pm, $8, Rsvp
 Tuesday, 04 May
  Hip Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Resistance
Brecht Forum - 451 West St
7:30, $6.
  The Afterglow of the Sexual Revolution: A Spirited Discussion
Eugene Lang, Tishman Auditorium - 66 W 12 St
8 - 10pm, $0.
 Wednesday, 05 May
  Grandmother of the Hippies: Lil Picard and Downtown New York
NYU Barney Building - 34 Stuyvesant St, Einstein Auditorium
6:30pm, $0.
  On The Move: Bisi Silva
moCADA - 80 Hanson Pl, Brooklyn
6:30 - 8:30pm, $0.

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