be burned and subsequently exhibited in Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; ACADEMIC CALENDAR video format; Slought Foundation; recep- Polynesia: ʻahuʼula + lei niho palaoa. tion: 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. 1 Spring Term Advance Registration Penn Museum Tours Begins. Through November 14. 15 MFA Benefit Auction and 2nd Year Meet at Trescher main entrance; 1:30 Exhibition; work from 2nd year master p.m.; free with Museum admission dona- 24 Thanksgiving Break Begins at Close of fine arts students; Meyerson Gallery; of Classes. Ends November 29 at 8 a.m. tion; info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. November reception: 5 p.m.; auction: November 18, American Southwest: Rites of Passage. 6 p.m. Through November 24. 6

CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES 7 Archaeology: Studying Material 20 Architecture Against Death; features Culture. A T P E N N two texts by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Arakawa, 2 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; 13 Mesoamerica: Ancient Ball Game. Whenever there is more than meets the eye, Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday. and Madeline Gins installed on the walls of see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. the gallery; Slought Foundation; reception: 14 Africa: Status, Law & Tradition. Penn Museum 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. 20 Heroic Myths & Legends. For ages 8-12; $10; register: (215) 898- Sun Ra Meets Napoleon ; playful 21 Egypt: Funerary Rites. 9 Dr. Guyʼs MusiQologY; 7 p.m.; 4016. juxtaposition of historical materials per- Main Hall, ; $5 for taining to ancient Egypt and the continual 6 Whatʼs Dot to Dot Down Under?; FILMS general and PennCard holders. create Australian Aboriginal art; 10 a.m. inspiration and relevance of Egyptology University Wind Ensemble; 8 p.m.; from the time of Bonaparte to that of Sun 13 20 The Splendor of Egypt; decorate 4 Nothing But a Man; 7 p.m.; Multi- Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. and gild your own sarcophagus; 10 a.m. Ra; Slought Foundation; reception: 6:30 p.m. Through January 31. purpose Room, Du Bois College House 14 Ancient Voices; 3 p.m.; Amado Re- (Du Bois College House). cital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. CONFERENCES The Other Epistemology; revis- its the works of international artists 9 Young Frankenstein; 7 p.m.; Gross- 20 University Choir; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. 5 Arab World Trade: Finance & of the1960s and 1970s whose art was man Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Trade with the Middle East; Richard neglected in contemporary criticism; 10 Lichter; 8 p.m.; TV Lounge, Grego- 23 Penn Bass and Percussion Ensem- Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador to Sau- Slought Foundation; reception: 6:30 p.m. ry College House (Modern Languages). ble; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. di Arabia; 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Through January 31. 30 Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensem- Holiday Garden Railway Cinema Studies Lauder-Fischer Hall; info.: www.interde- 26 ; lights and Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/. bles; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. pendence.org (Global Interdependence winter décor adorn the Garden Railway for the holiday season; . 1 American Psycho; 7 p.m.; rm. 109, Penn Presents Center; PennLauder CIBER). Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. The Long Shadows of the Berlin Through January 2. Annenberg School. Videograms of a Revolution; 6:30 Lewis-Henriquez-Jackson Trio; jazz Wall: Fifteen Years After Its Fall; experts Now 3 20 will assess the demise of the German p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School. musicians better known for their work as NSO Freshmen on Film; photographs the rhythm section for Wynton Marsalis; Democratic Republic; welcome and ex- from New Student Orientation; Fox Gal- 8 My Architect; followed by Q&A hibit reception: 5:30 p.m., Arthur Ross session with filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg lery. Through November 2. Center; $33, $29, $22, $19. Gallery; November 6, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Green Exhibition; artists use the color 6 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Lux. dinner $25; November 7, 10 a.m.-noon; green for their exploration; Esther Klein 9 American Graffiti; 7 p.m.; Semi- Slought Foundation info.: www.history.upenn.edu/Confer- Gallery. Through November 5. nar Room, Harrison College House; Concerts at 8 p.m.; $12; 4017 Walnut St. ence2004/conference2004.htm (Germanic That Which is Known and Un- PennCard needed. Info.: www.slought.org. Languages and Literature). See Exhibits. known; sound installation in a tomb-like Dual Identity; saxophonists Rudresh Contemporary Hindi and Urdu 14 Salt of the Earth; 4 p.m.; Semi- 12 vault exposes visitors to “silent” sound nar Room, Harrison College House; Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman. Women Poets; poets forum and discus- waves that are felt by the body; Slought sion featuring Hindi poet Gagan Gill PennCard needed. 15 Bobby Bradford & Frode Gjerstad Foundation. Through November 6. The Odds of Recovery and Rules of Trio; sounds from the cornet, saxophone, and Urdu poet Shahida Hasan; 10 a.m.-4 Liebeskindʼs Future for Architecture 16 Above, Girl from Scharneber Street, Ber- ; the Road; followed by Q&A session with clarinet, bass, and drums. p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall; register recordings that feature presentations by lin, 1985. Gelatin silver print by Lutz Ma- by November 1 to [email protected]. filmmaker Su Friedrich; 7 p.m.; Interna- sanetz in the new exhibit GILB: Yellowed architect Daniel Libeskind and theo- tional House. edu (South Asia Studies; AIPS; South rist Slavoj Zizek; Slought Foundation. ON STAGE Images from a Vanished Country, open- Asia Center). Through November 6. 17 The Optimists; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 110, ing November 6 at Arthur Ross Gallery. 13 10th Annual Writers Conference at Back to the Front: Emerging Annenberg School. 5 The Waiting Room; play set during the Photographs of East Germany since the Penn; keynote speaker Paul Hendrickson, Artists; work by -area artists 18 O Brother Where Art Thou; 8 p.m.; genocide and organized rapes of Muslims in fall of the Berlin Wall, this exhibit will English; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Schniderman that indexes the status of the artist in Phil- Seminar Room, Harrison College House; Bosnia in 1992; 2 p.m.; Studio Theatre, An- be included in the conference The Long Lobby, Logan Hall; $65/class; register: adelphia and highlights current cultural PennCard needed. nenberg Center; info.: [email protected]. Shadows of the Berlin Wall beginning No- www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/cultural/writ- practices; Slought Foundation. Through edu (Theatre Arts Program). vember 5. See Exhibits and Conferences. ersconf/, $25 registration fee (CGS). November 6. Gregory House Screenings 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise Penn Presents Continues November 14, Master Class- Remembrance and Reconciliation: Info.: www.pennpresents.org. es/$195. See Readings/Signings. Tomiyama Taekoʼs Art noted; Film Lounge, Van Pelt Manor. ; oil paintings, PennCard needed. lithographs, and digital representations 11 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de SPECIAL EVENTS Montréal; choreography of Nacho Duato, EXHIBITS explore the issues of war, violence 8 The Public Enemy. against women, and historical retribution She Done Him Wrong; 8 p.m. Mats Ek, and Jiri Kylián; 7:30 p.m.; 4 25-Year Club Celebration; honor- 10 Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Admission Donations and Hours in Japan; International House. Through 15 Scarface. ing faculty and staff who have served the November 12. evenings: $44, $38, $32; matinee: $38, University for 25 years or more; 5 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Scarface, The Shame of the Nation; Mimesis; paintings and drawings 17 $34, $32; November 12, 8 p.m.; Novem- Houston Hall; info.: vandusen@pobox. Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 8 p.m. ber 13, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. by local artist Corliss Cavalieri; Burrison upenn.edu. Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn Gallery. Through November 28. 22 The Godfather. 21 Virsky Ukrainian National Dance 7 DIYA: A Charity Diwali Dinner; at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Urban Life: Housing in the Con- 29 Bonnie and Clyde. Company; representation of Ukrainian performances by , Jhoom Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market temporary City; interactive exhibit draws culture through dance; 3 p.m.; Irvine Au- and others; 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Hous- Hill Film Society ditorium; $35, $25, $19. St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. inspiration from international housing de- Screenings at 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill ton Hall; $20, $15/in advance; info.: Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: free; signs and suggests points of comparison College House. PennCard needed. [email protected] (Penn Med Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with housing development efforts in the READINGS/SIGNINGS South Asia Society). Graduate School of Education U.S.; Left Bank. Through December 10. 4 Children Underground; followed by Hip-Hop Across Cultures; explore (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., Michael Winkler: Word Images Dark Days. 4 Maryn McKenna–Beating Back how hip-hop has crossed all cultures 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 1982-2004, A New Visual Orthography; 11 Mr. Death. the Devil: On the Front Lines with the around the world through a talk and con- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): detail of spelled-forms from “Regular, 18 Sound & Fury. Disease Detectives of the Epidemic cert; 8 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; $3, $2/artists, seniors, students over 12, Linear, Axial Chaos;” Rosenwald Gal- Intelligence Service; 7 p.m.; Grossman info.: (215) 898-3357 (Greenfield Inter- free/members, children 12 and under, lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through International House Auditorium, Wistar Institute; register: cultural Center). Foreign screenings with English subtitles. w/PennCard and on Sun. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; December 10. [email protected] (Wistar). 11 African-American Resource Center Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.- Trials and Turbulence: Pepón Tickets: $6, $5/members, students, se- niors. Info.: (215) 387-5125. 14 Ann Rhoads & Tim Block–The Welcome Reception; welcome Pennʼs new 5 p.m.; free tours on Sunday at 1 p.m. Osorio, An Artist in Residence at DHS; Trees of : A Complete Ref- Chief of Staff, Joann Mitchell; 4 p.m.; International House: free; for hours focuses on the foster care system to con- 10 Shadows; 7 p.m. erence Guide; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; ICA; info.: (215) 898-0104 (AARC). call (215) 387-5125. duct an institutional critique between pri- 11 Husbands; 7 p.m. $5, free/members; register: (215) 247- vate life and public policy; ICA. Through 25 Thanksgiving Dinner; for the Penn Gallery: free; 12 A Woman Under the Influence; 7 p.m. 5777 ext. 169. community on campus for the holiday; Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri., December 12. David Lamelas: Exhibiting Mediality; 13 A Constant Forge; 1 p.m. Kelly Writers House 1:30 p.m.; Christian Association; rsvp: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun., (215) 746-6350 (Christian Association). 6 p.m.-11 p.m. highlights the late 1960s film and media The Killing of a Chinese Bookie; Info.: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh. Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts installations of Argentinean artist David 7 p.m. 3 Reading from the Anthology Penn Womenʼs Center Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Lamelas; ICA. Through December 12. 14 Love Streams; 7 p.m. A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry; Info.: (215) 898-8611. Sat.-Sun., appointment only. See Talks. 23 Tasuma, the Fighter; More; 7 p.m. with poets Di Brandt, Ann Hostetler, Ju- 4 Elated or Disappointed?; express Ramp Project: Amy Sillman; wall- Left Bank, 3101 Walnut St.: free; 24 To the Left of the Father; Portu- lia Kasdorf, and Jane Rohrer. your thoughts on the outcome of the Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. work by artist Amy Sillman whose paint- Lunch Poets; conversation with Presidential election; 2 p.m. ings are figurative, decorative, narrative guese; 7 p.m. 4 Meyerson Gallery, : CPCW fellow in poetics Kenny Goldsmith; 9 Loving the Skin Youʼre In; time TBA. free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and abstract; ICA. Through December 12. Samurai Film Series noon; rsvp: [email protected]. Morris Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors See Talks. Screenings at 7:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler 18 Diabetes Awareness Month: Ways Reading by Touré; novelist, hip hop Women Can Stay Healthy; time TBA. & students, $3/children 3-12, free w/ Ant Farm: 1968-1978; surveys the Hall, unless otherwise noted. Sponsored & pop culture critic; 4:30 p.m. (Makuu). work of the architecture and art collec- by Center of East Asian Studies. PennCard, children under 3; Mon.-Fri., 9 The Fifth Annual Gay Talese 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tive, Ant Farm, a group of radical archi- 2 Harakiri; rm. B21, Stiteler Hall. SPORTS tects who were also video, performance Lecture; reading by novelist Lisa Scot- Penn Museum: $8, $5/seniors, chil- 15 Samurai Assassin. toline; 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers House; rsvp: dren 6-17, full-time students w/ID, free/ and installation artists; ICA. Through Info./tickets: www.pennathletics.com. December 12. 30 Twilight Samurai. [email protected] (Writers House; members, w/PennCard, children under 6; National Italian American Foundation). 2 Volleyball vs. Villanova; 7 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A Garden for Your Walls: Art from the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Any- 5 Sprint Football vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut MEETINGS 10 Volleyball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. St.: free; Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Illustrators; Upper Gallery, Morris Arbo- thing Goes; open mic performance; 8 p.m. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. For hours retum. Through January 9. 3 University Council Meeting; 4-6 11 A Performance and Conversation 6 Volleyball vs. Columbia; 4 p.m. see http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi- Enchanting Plants: Images from a p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. with Jaap Blonk; composer, voice per- (M) Basketball vs. Quinnipiac; 7 p.m. bin/calendar.cgi. Roving Horticulturist; photos of plants and 9 PPSA Open Board Meeting; noon- former and sound poet; 4:30 p.m. 13 (M) Soccer vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. Wistar Institute: free; Mon.-Fri., landscapes from around the world; Morris 1:30 p.m.; 7th fl. Conference Room, Frank- 15 Live at the Writers House; word Football vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Arboretum. Through February 27. lin Bldg.; rsvp: [email protected]. and music show on 88.5 WXPN; 8 p.m. 19 (W) Swimming vs. Cornell/Princeton; Track of the Rainbow Serpent: Aus- 6 p.m. Upcoming tralian Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe 19 Networking and Committee Recap 18 Reading by Poet Rae Armantrout; for WPSA 1 Return to the Source; documentary Creek Crater; photos, video and art work ; noon-1 p.m.; rm. F60, Jon M. 5 p.m. (Creative Writing Program). 20 (M) Swimming vs. Cornell/Princeton; photographer, Kerry Stuart Coppin, ex- collected by anthropologist Peggy Reeves Huntsman Hall. 20 Old World/New World; a translation noon. plores African, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro- Sanday; Penn Museum. Through Febru- event featuring poet-translators from the (M)(W) Squash vs. Cornell; noon. Latin American life and experience; Kelly ary 27. MUSIC Vermont College and Warren Wilson/God- 21 (W) Basketball vs. Northeastern; 7 p.m. Writers House; reception: November 11, 6 The Nine Lives of Edgar Fahs dard MFA programs; 3 p.m. 23 (M) Basketball vs. Drexel; 8 p.m. p.m. Through December 22. See Talks. Smith; examination of Smithʼs service to College House Music Program (W) Basketball vs. La Salle; TBA. Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music/colleg- Penn Bookstore 5 Print Ten; work by faculty, staff and Penn through books, manuscripts, pho- Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. tographs and memorabilia; Kamin Gal- ehouse.htm. PennCard needed. students; Fox Gallery; reception: Novem- Geoffrey Hazard–Legal Ethics: A ber 8: 5 p.m. Through November 23. lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through 1 Solo Piano Recital; performance by 1 March 4. pianist Michael Sheadel; 8 p.m.; Upper Comparative Study; 3 p.m. 6 GILB: Yellowed Images of a Van- Phyllis Beck Kritek–Negotiating at ished Country; exhibition of black and A Place of Transcendence: Louis I. East Lounge, Hill House. 4 Khan at Dhaka; Khanʼs working docu- 15 Music of the Italian Baroque; an Uneven Table: Developing Moral Cour- white images by Lutz Masanetz that re- age in Resolving Our Conflicts; 5 p.m. Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. cords East Germany during the years the ments for his architectural masterpiece lecture/recital featuring trumpeter Darin at Dhaka, India; Kroiz Gallery. Through Kelly; 8 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Hamilton 9 Howard Stevenson, Jr.–Playing Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 wall divided it from the West; Arthur Ross (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 Gallery; reception: November 5, 5:30 p.m. April 8. House. with Anger: Teaching Coping Skills to Treasures from the Royal Tombs of E-mail: [email protected] Through January 30. See Conferences. 17 Master Violin Class; directed by African-American Boys Through Athlet- Ur; ancient Sumerian artifacts from the ics and Culture; noon (AARC). URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac/ 12 Nikonʼs Small World: Celebrating site of Ur in Mesopotamia; Dietrich Gal- Philadelphia orchestra violinist Paul Arnold 30 Years of Photography Through the featuring College House piano students; 10 Anthony Lappé–True Lies; 4 p.m. Unless otherwise noted all events are lery, Penn Museum. Through May 28. Microscope; featuring award-winning A Wonderful Life: A Daughterʼs 8 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Harnwell House. 11 Kenneth Goldsmith–Iʼll Be Your open to the general public as well as to mem- images from Nikonʼs 2004 competition Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan 20 Master Piano Class; directed by Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Inter- bers of the University. For building locations, and supporting materials describing the Myerson Shragerʼs digital art; Student pianist Michael Sheadel; 3 p.m.; Upper views; 7 p.m. call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 techniques used in their creation; Wistar Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. East Lounge, Hill House. 13 Malachy McCourt–Malachy Mc- p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu. Listing Institute. Through December 16. Michele Kelly; flutist accompanied Courtʼs History of Ireland; 1 p.m. Ongoing at the Penn Museum 21 of a phone number normally means tickets, Jonathan Tucker: Painted Forms; by pianist Michael Sheadel and cellist Writers Conference Book Signing reservations or registration required. exploration of boundaries between painting Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, and Reception; 5 p.m. See Conferences. Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Karen Meier; 3 p.m.; Upper East Lounge, This November calendar is a pull-out and sculpture in whimsical wall hangings Hill House. Steve Oskie–Mean Thoughts; 7 p.m. made out of clay, plaster, and construction Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of 16 for posting. Almanac carries an Update foam; Esther Klein Gallery; reception: 5:30 the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Me- Music Department 17 David Farber–Taken Hostage: The with additions, changes and cancellations p.m. Through December 31. soamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets Tickets: $5, free w/PennCard. Iran Hostage Crisis and Americaʼs First if received by Monday noon prior to the Encounter with Radical Islam; 7 p.m. 13 Non-Retinal; David Stephens revis- & Science; Ravenʼs Journey: The World Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music. week of publication. Members of the Uni- its the 2002 Virginia vs. Black case; ex- of Alaskaʼs Native People; Buddhism: 6 University Symphony Orchestra; 18 Roger Moss–Historic Sacred Places versity may send notices for the Update or hibit is comprised of 12 crosses that will History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium. of Philadelphia; noon. December AT PENN calendar.

10/26/04 TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS 1 Renewing Medical Strategies in noon; rm. 105, Lauder-Fischer Hall (Afri- Yuk, microbiology; noon; Austrian Audi- in the Arabian Sea; Maurizio Tosi, Uni- Halil Rud Basin; Holly Pittman, history Leuvan Medical Center: The Challenge can Studies Center; ). torium, CRB (Microbiology). versity of Bologna, Italy; 6 p.m.; Penn of art and Penn Museum; 3 p.m.; rm. 201, of Internal and External Consistency; Jon Regulation of Lipogenesis in Alveo- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Museum (Penn Museum). Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Chilingerian, Brandeis University; noon; lar Type II; Robert Mason, National Jew- Seasons of Life and Land; Subhankar 16 A Nation Under Our Feet; Steven The “Civilization” of the Cinema; rm. 270, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (LDI). ish Medical and Research Center; 12:15 Banerjee, photographer, author and Hahn, history; 1 p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn John Mowitt, University of Minnesota; The Discovery of Two Moleculary p.m.; Seminar Room, John Morgan Bldg. scientist; 6 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Au- at Penn (Womenʼs Club). Gregory Flaxman, University of North Distinct Yet Overlapping Actin Networks (Institute for Environmental Medicine). ditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Taming the Heap Hairball; Greg Carolina, Chapel Hill; 6:30 p.m.; Slought at Protruding Cell Edges by Quantitative Community Based Treatment for Environmental Studies; Penn Museum). Morrisett, Harvard University; 3 p.m.; Wu Foundation (Slought Foundation; Cinema Fluorescent Speckle Microscopy; Gaud- HIV/AIDS in Resource-Poor Settings; Theorizing in the Arts Café; Mark & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS). Studies). enz Danuser, Scripps Research Institute; Paul Farmer, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Grossman Hansen, Princeton; 6 p.m.; Writerʼs House Educational Reform in the Japanese 22 Title TBA; Dan Rubenstein, Colum- 2 p.m.; Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg. Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). (KWH). Educational System: Much Ado About bia University; 11 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). 6 40th Anniversary Lecture Series; 11 Individual Genetic Testing for Nothing, or Radical Reform?; Sam Shep- Bldg.; info.: www.seas.upenn.edu/prof- Fidelity in DNA Repair: Unravel- Ann Hamilton, artist; Judith Tannenbaum, Breast Cancer Risk: Promise, Prog- herd, National Association of Japan-Amer- prog/tcom/events.html (Telecommunica- ing the Orchestration of Active-site As- Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of ress and Controversy; Barbara Weber, ica Societies; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B10, Vance tions and Networking). sembly in the Ternary Complex of DNA Design; 2 p.m.; ICA (ICA). medicine; 4 p.m.; Amado Recital Room, Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Getting into Shape: Bipolar Spindle Polymerase Beta; Ravi Radhakrishnan, 7 The Work of Artist David Lamelas; Irvine Auditorium; free tickets: (215) 17 Systematic Analysis of Mouse Early Assembly in Somatic Cells; Lynne Cas- bioengineering; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Emily Hage, history of art; 1 p.m.; ICA 898-7227 (Office of the Provost). Embryos and Stem Cells; Minoru Ko, Na- simeris, Lehigh University; 2 p.m.; Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & (ICA). See Exhibits. On Putting Time in Its Place: Land- tional Institute on Aging and NIH; noon; Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Penn- Biomolecular Engineering). scape History in South India 8 Research in Wireless Ad Hoc Net- ; Kathleen rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH). sylvania Muscle Institute). Science and the State in Argentina; Morrison, University of Chicago; 4:30 Trading Places: The Dynamics of Biological Large Scale Integra- Julia Rodriguez, University of New Hamp- works at Cornellʼs Wireless Networks tion Library; Zygmunt Haas, Cornell; 11 a.m.; p.m.; rm. 345, Penn Museum (Ethnohis- Environmental and Consumer Protection ; Stephen Quake, California Institute shire, Durham; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Hall tory; South Asia Center). in the U.S. and E.U., 1970-present; David of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen (History & Sociology of Science). rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (Telecommunica- Return to the Source tions and Networking). ; Kerry Stuart Vogel, University of California, Berkeley; Auditorium, Levine Hall (Institute for 2 List Decoding of Error-Correcting Menghe Medicine; Volker Scheid, Coppin, documentary photographer; 4:30 noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Medicine & Engineering; Chemical & Codes; Madhu Sudan, MIT; 3 p.m.; Wu The Wellcome Institute; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, p.m.; International House (Kelly Writ- Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environ- Biomolecular Engineering). & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS). ers House; I-House; Center for Africana mental Studies). Engineering During Cultural Crises, Logan Hall (History & Sociology of See Exhibits. 1880-1960 LʼEcriture Duelle dans Lʼoeuvre Science). Studies). Alphavirus-membrane Fusion: Struc- ; Thomas Hughes, history & so- des Goncourt; Jean-Louis Cabanès, Uni- The Paper Duchess: Eleanora de tural and Functional Studies of a Class II ciology of science; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Public Interest Practice; David Toledo and the Poets versité de Paris X- Nanterre; 4:30 p.m.; Rudovsky, law; noon; rm. 147, Silverman ; Victoria Kirkham, Fusion Protein; Margaret Kielian, Albert Hall (History & Sociology of Science). Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall (French Romance languages; 6 p.m.; Golkin Einstein College of Medicine; noon; Aus- 23 Materials and Structures for the Mi- Hall (Public Service Office). Institute; Romance Languages). Mapping the History of Japanese Room, Houston Hall (Center for Italian trian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology). crowave/mm-wave Frequency Spectrum; 3 Silencing is Golden: Studying Try- Temple and Shrine Precinct Prints; Sher- Studies). The Role of Cytokines and Costimu- Michael Lanagan and Elena Semouch- pansome Biology with RNAi; Paul Englund, On Duplicity and Mercurial Cul- latory Molecules in RegulatingVaccine- kina, Penn State University; 11 a.m.; rm. ry Fowler, University of Kansas; 5 p.m.; ture Johns Hopkins University; noon; Austrian rm. B13, Meyerson Hall (Center for East ; Bob Perelman, English; Jean-Mi- Induced Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Memory 337, Towne Bldg. (Electrical and Systems Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology). Asian Studies). chel Rabaté, English; 6:30 p.m.; Slought and Avidity; Jay Berzofsky, National Engineering). Title TBA; Jonathan Van Blerkom, Cosmology and Forces in the Physi- Foundation (Slought Foundation; Cinema Cancer Institute; 4 p.m.; Grossman Audi- Automatic Generation and Analysis University of Colorado; noon; rm. 251, cal World; Varadaraja Raman, Rochester Studies). torium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). of Attack Graphs; Jeanette Wing, Carn- BRB II/III; info.: www.med.upenn.edu/ Institute of Technology; 5 p.m.; Audito- 12 Inequality and Labor Market De- Fundamentals of Membrane Protein egie Mellon University; 3 p.m.; Wu & crrwh/Seminars.html (CRRWH). rium, Hillel Center (South Asia Center; velopment in China; Albert Park, Univer- Structure and Insights into Disease; James Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS). Promise and Practice of Effluent Metanexus Institute). sity of Michigan; noon; rm. 111, Nursing Bowie; UCLA; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditori- 24 Phosphoinositide Regulation of

Trading; Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Tech; 9 North Korea Today: Political Secu- Bldg. (Center for East Asian Studies). um, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Cell Migration and Cell-cell Interactions; Leonard Shabman, Resources for the On the Archaeology and Future The Ethics of Dream Interpretation; Richard Anderson, University of Wiscon- larization, Economic Reforms, and the of National Health Care Policy: Peri- Future; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Au- Nuclear Problem; Hak Soon Paik, Sejong Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago; 5 sin-Madison; noon; Austrian Auditorium, ditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for ods and Paradigms: 1975-2005; Lynn p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall; register: http:// CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Institute, Korea; noon; rm. 200, College humanities.sas.upenn.edu/calendar.htm Environmental Studies). Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Etheredge, Consultant; noon; Audi- 29 Retroviral Mediated Gene Transfer; Regulation of Integrin-Dependent torium, Colonial Penn Center; rsvp: (Penn Humanities Forum). Information Flow and Entropy Pro- [email protected] Feminist Film Theory in the 21st Martin Yarmush, State University of New Cell Functions by Associated Tetraspanin duction in Bayesian Inference; Sanjoy Mit- (LDI). Jersey; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Audito- Proteins; Martin Hemler, Harvard Uni- Real Life After the Death of the Au- Century; Karen Beckman, history of art; ter, MIT; 2 p.m.; rm. B13, Chemistry Bldg. thor: Celebrity and Identity in the Media rium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomo- versity; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, (Electrical & Systems Engineering). ; 6 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall lecular Engineering). CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Vision of Ibn al-Haytham to Varia- Beck Feibelman, history of art; 3 p.m.; (Cinema Studies). White House Fellows Program Eyes Wide Open: How to Sleep Bet- rm. 201, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). 40th Anniversary Lecture Series: tional Calculus; David Mumford, Brown Nouveau Rèalisme: Exhibition Whenever Wednesday Informational Session; Bill Hamilton, ter and Be More Alert in Our 24/7 World; University; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Audito- ; Lisa Yuskavage, Wharton; Cesar Conde, Univision Net- Mark Rosekind, Alertness Solutions; 5 Strategies and the Everyday in Post- artist, Claudia Gould, ICA; 6 p.m.; ICA rium, Levine Hall (CIS). World War II France work; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 250, Jon M. Hunts- p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall; register: http:// Gender and Democracy in West ; Meredith Malone, (ICA). man Hall (Wharton). humanities.sas.upenn.edu/calendar.htm history of art; 3 p.m.; rm. 201, Jaffe Bldg. Aesthetics Without Theory: Think- Africa; Susanna Wing, Haverford Col- ing With Images The Practice of Natural History; (Penn Humanities Forum). lege; 3 p.m.; rm. G-7, Irvine Auditorium (History of Art). ; John Carvalho, Vil- Robert Kohler, history & sociology of Sciasciaʼs Detective Story: Varia- Actin Dynamics and Breathing- lanova University, 6 p.m.; Writers House (African Studies Center). induced Bronchodilation science; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Hall tions of a Theme; Joseph Farrell, Uni- Imperialism in the Age of Nation ; Julian Solway, (KWH). (History & Sociology of Science). versity of Strathclyde, Glasglow; 6 p.m.; University of Chicago; 12:15 p.m.; Semi- 18 Youth Violence Panel; Elizabeth Dat- States; Amy Kaplan, English; David Lud- 30 Title TBA; Jitendra Malik, Univer- Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall (Center den, history; Fred Dickinson, history; nar Room, John Morgan Bldg. (Institute ner, medicine; Joel Fine, medicine; Cyn- for Italian Studies). for Environmental Medicine). thia Johnson Mollen, CHOP; 9:30 a.m.; sity of California, Berkeley; 3 p.m.; Wu 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (Annen- Jews and Modernity in 19th Cen- & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall; info.: 4 29th MH Samitz Lectureship in Cu- berg Distinguished Speaker Series). Terrace Room, Logan Hall (FICAP). www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/ taneous Medicine: Clinical Perspectives tury France; Maurice Samuels, Romance Patterning Conducting Metal and A Matter of Matter: Two Cases of current-colloq.shtml (CIS). on Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma; Eric Blood Cult in Late Medieval Germany languages; 4:30 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, Polymer Features; Yueh-Lin Loo, Uni- ; Williams Hall (French Institute). Historic Returns: Colonialism in Vonderheid, Johns Hopkins University; Caroline Bynum, Institute for Advanced versity of Texas at Austin; 10:30 a.m.; Balzacʼs “Cousine Bette;” Dorian Bell, 10 a.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Der- Study; 5 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston 15 An Architecture and Protocols for Auditorium, LRSM (Materials Science & a High-Performance Multi-Hop Wireless comparative literature; 4:30 p.m.; Cherpack matology). Hall (Jewish Studies Program). Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Lounge, Williams Hall (French Institute). The War on Terrorism and Civil Reliving the Legend: the Oriental Infrastructure; Edward Knightly, Rice Engineering). The Curious Environmental Virology Liberties; Mary Jo White, Debevoise & Institute Expedition to Alalakh; K. Asli- University; 11 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. Contact Printing Conductors for Thin-film Electronics of Hepatitis B: Cancer Prevention, Gender Plimpton, LLP; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 245A, Sil- han Yener, University of Chicago; 6 p.m.; (Telecommunications and Networking). ; Yueh-Lin Loo, Ratio and Demography; Baruch Blumberg, verman Hall; rsvp: [email protected]. Penn Museum; $10, $8/members; info.: Development Update on Delphiʼs University of Texas at Austin; 10:30 a.m.; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Fox Chase Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; Audi- edu (Law). (215) 898-4890 (Penn Museum; Ameri- ; Subhasish Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall torium, BRB II/III; register by November On Revolutions; Rebecca Comay, can Research Institute in Turkey). Mukerjee, Delphi Corporation; 3:30 p.m.; (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering). Transparency and the Glass State: 11, (215) 662-3195 (Council on Health University of Toronto; Eduardo Cadava, 10 Activation (and inhibition) of Epi- Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall Promotion and Disease Prevention). Princeton University; Jean-Michel Rabaté, (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering). La Bibliothèque Nationale de François dermal Growth Factor Receptor; Mark The Color Revolution Mitterand English; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation Lemmon, medicine; noon; rm. 251, BRB ; Regina ; Annette Fierro, architecture; (Slought Foundation; Cinema Studies). II/III (CRRWH). Blaszcyk, Chemical Heritage Founda- 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (French 5 The Politics of Economic Reform in Regulation of Host Immune Re- tion; 4 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Hall (His- Institute; School of Design). Africa and the World Trade Organization; sponses and Biofilm Formation by a tory & Sociology of Science). 19 New Light on Bronze Age–Iran Richard Mshomba, LaSalle University; The Earliest Gateway to India: Report from the Field, Excavations in the Bacterial Respiratory Pathogen; Ming Bronze Age Oman and Maritime Trade

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