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SUBMISSION INFORMATION E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 212-678-4817 All submissions must be received in writing by the deadline. Events are list- ed in this order: date, time, title, name/affiliation of speaker(s) or per- former(s), title of series (if any), spon- sor(s), fee and registration information (if any), phone number of contact, and location. All phone numbers are area code (212) unless otherwise noted. For deadlines & information, call Rebecca Chung, Calendar Editor, 212- 854-6546 or the RECORD, 212-854- 3282. The Calendar is updated weekly on the Web at ALENDAR http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/cal- C endar/. Events are listed on a first-come, first-served basis free of charge. All events are subject to change; call spon- sors to confirm. EVENTS AT COLUMBIA — MAR. 8TH - MAR. 14TH Misperceptions.” Irene Finel Tickets: $8; $5 for students and Pediatric Solid Tumor Mod- Honigman. HI and ISE. 854-4623. seniors. La Maison Française. els.” Jessica Kandel, CU. Pedi- 1219 IAB. 854-4482. Miller Theatre. atrics. 305-9561. McIntosh Talks Health Conference Room, 1-113 BHS. 12:00 P.M. “Hyphen-Nation: The 12TH, TUES. Politics of Diversity in ‘A Nation 6:00 P.M. Concert. Aya 8TH, FRI. of Immigrants’ c. 1960’s – Pre- Hamada, pianist, performing Sciences 13TH, WED. 2:00 P.M. “Las Fronteras de la sent.” Matthew Jacobson, Yale. music by Debussy, Liszt, 7:00 A.M. State of the Hospi- Coca (Coca Borderlands): A CSER. 854-0507. 420 Hamilton. Granados, Takemitsu and oth- Unless otherwise noted, all list- tal Talk at Children’s Hospi- Multimedia Presenation.” Silvia ers. 854-0480. St. Paul’s ings are at Columbia University’s tal. Herbert Pardes, President Rivera Cusicanqui, U of Mayor de 12:30 P.M. “Frontiers of China: Chapel. Health Sciences campus in Wash- and CEO, Columbia Presbytari- San Andres, Bolivia. CCLS. 854- From Turfan to ington Heights. Call sponsors an Medical Ctr. 305-5587. 4541. Heyman Ctr McIntosh Auditorium, 1st fl. Boardroom, East Campus. What: KSA Culture Show 2002 10:00 A.M. & 2:00 Where: Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall P.M. State of the 11TH, MON. Hospital Talk. Her- 5:30 P.M. “Reflections A Night of SEOUL When: 8:00 P.M., Saturday, Mar. 9th bert Pardes, President on the Environment Tickets: $10 pre-sale at Lerner Box Office; $12 at door. and CEO, Columbia and National Policy.” Presbytarian Medical Bruce Babbitt, fmr Sec- On Saturday, March 9th, the Korean Students Asso- Ctr. 305-5587. Bald- retary of the Interior. ciation of Columbia will host its annual Culture Show. win Hall, MHB 1. Law. 854-1571. Room The theme of this year’s event is “Reunification” and L107, Warren Hall. will feature a skit addressing various social and polit- 1:00 P.M. Class: 7:00 P.M. “What’s ical issues facing the divided Korean peninsula. In “Adobe Acrobat: Physics Good For?” addition, the show will also feature acts of traditional Creating Your Own Horst Stormer, CU. as well as modern Korean music and dance, and a PDF Files.” Pre-reg- Columbia College Stu- fashion show contrasting traditional Korean clothing istration required: dent Council and with the fashions of Korea’s latest designers. 305-3692. Health Sci- Physics. mks42@ ences Library. Com- columbia.edu. E569, puter Classroom, 2nd Lerner. fl, HHSC.

8:00 P.M. “Holy Fam- ily and Facist State: 14TH, THURS. On Religious Codifica- 9:30 A.M. “Research tion of Power in Thea and Service Needs of von Harbou’s Novel HIV-Positive Moth- and Fritz Lang’s Film ers Who Have Sex ‘Metropolis’.” With Women.” Hella Albrecht Koschorke, U von Unger, U of Han- of Konstanz. Deutches nover, Germany; and Haus. Michelle Lopez, Com- munity Healthcare Students modeling the fashions of modern Korean designers. Traditional Korean Drum Dance 12TH, TUES. Network. HIV Ctr. 12:00 P.M. “Balkan 543-5969. Room 6602, New Building. Islam after Commu- Taiwan.” Peter C. Perdue, MIT. 6:30 P.M. Dinner & a Movie: for details. nism: A Decade of Changes.” EAI. 854-8193. 918 IAB. “Cet Obscur Objet du Désir Xavier Bougarel, National Scientif- (That Obscure Object of 10:00 A.M. State of the Hospi- ic Research Council, Paris. HI. 4:00 P.M. “Crime Noir: The Desire.)” Directed by Luis 8TH, FRI. tal Talk at Allen Pavilion. All Day. Employee Recogni- 854-4623. 1219 IAB. Underworld of Film in Millenial Bunuel, (1977). In French with Herbert Pardes, President and tion Day. All employees invited Mumbai.” Arjun Appadurai, English subtitles. Must RSVP CEO, Columbia Presbytarian to attend receptions: 7–9 A.M., 12:00 P.M. “The Impact of Gen- Chicago; and GyanPrakash, Prince- by Mar. 11th. 854-4482. Din- Medical Ctr. 305-5587. Thay- 11 A.M. – 2 P.M., 4–6 P.M. trification on the Disadvan- ton. CCLS. 854-4541. Wood ner: $5 for students; $10 for er Conference Rm 1-013. Columbia Presbyterian Medical taged.” Lance Freeman, CU. Ctr Auditorium, Avery. members. East Gallery, La Baldwin Hall for Urban Research. 854-2072. Maison Française. Ctr. 305-5587. 801 IAB. 4:30 P.M. “Geometric and Elec- and the Clark Conference Ctr, 12:00 P.M. “Intrinsic Limit- tronic Structure Contributions to 13TH, WED. MHB 1. ing Steps in Protein and RNA Folding.” Tobin R. Sosnich, U 3:00 P.M. “Turbulent Diffusion Function in Bioinorganic Chem- 12:05 P.M. Concert. Ben- of Chicago. Biochemistry & in Geofluids.” Geoffrey Vallis, istry: Active Sites in Non-heme jamin Bradham, pianist. 870- TH MON Princeton. Applied Mathematics. 11 , . Molecular Biophysics. 305- Iron Enzymes.” Edward Ira 2231. Chapel, Interchuch Ctr. 12:00 P.M. “Structured Inves- 854-4457. 200 Mudd. 3885. 523 BB. Solomon, Stanford. Chemistry. tigation of Ribosomes and 854-2202. 209 Havemeyer. 14TH, THURS. 5:00 P.M. Café Conversation. Functional Ribosonal Com- 9:30 P.M. Film: “Royal Ten- 4:00 P.M. “Novel Approaches Coffee, tea, cookies and conversa- plexes by 3DcryoEM.” Christ- nenbaums.” Directed by Wes to the Study of Cyclic Neu- tion in French. 854-4482. La ian M.T. Spahn, Wadsworth Ctr. Anderson. Admission fee: $3. cleotide Signaling.” Jeffrey W. Maison Française. Biochemistry & Molecular Bio- Ferris Reel Film Society. 853- physics. 305-3885. 523 BB. Karpen, U of Colorado. Bio- 8:00 P.M. University Lecture: 7969. Roone Arledge Cinema, chemistry & Molecular Bio- physics. 305-3885. 301 HHSC. “Violence, Terror, and Politics Lerner. 4:30 P.M. “Angiogenesis in and Usual.” Charles Tilly. The Arts Rotunda, Low Memorial Library. FEB. 6TH – MAR. 30TH 13TH, WED. Wed., Fri. – Sat., 1:00 P.M. – “Bricks and Clicks: Challenges in the Digital Age” 12:00 P.M. “Effect of Health on 5:00 P.M. Exhibit: “The Print in Survival Mechanisms of Elderly Italy.” British Museum and On March 13 - 15, more than 250 campus facilities directors, administrators, planners, architects in Russia.” Mark Foley. HI. 854- National Gallery of Canada. 854- and builders from the north east and Canada will meet to explore the close relationship between tech- 4623. 1219 IAB. 7288. Wallach Art Gallery, nology, teaching and educational facilities at a Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Schermerhorn. 14TH, THURS. conference entitled "Bricks and Clicks: Challenges in the Digital Age." The conference will be 12:00 P.M. “Eurodollar Compet- 11TH, MON. held at Columbia, where efforts to strike a balance between the preservation of its century-old McKim, itiveness: History, Policy, 6:30 P.M. & 8:30 P.M. Film: Mead and White campus and the technological demands of higher education in the 21st century are “Place Vendôme.” Directed by ongoing. Sessions will be held in Alfred Lerner Hall. For more information and conference fee go Nicole Garcian (1998). In to: www.ccsu.edu/planning/nascup. French with English subtitles. C olumbia U niversity RECORD March 8, 2002 7 India’s Past and Present Meet in New Film By Professor/Student Team the same film, but the talented who wears mini-skirts and has a tat- film division. "It's exciting to con- BY KRISTIN STERLING Dhawan managed to combine these too. template the delights she may bring Bookshelf ideas through an elaborate ensemble Throughout the film Western us in the future. Sabrina has the tal- In a scene from the Golden of five stories. influences on modern India are also ent to have a long and productive Globe-nominated film "Monsoon While the film is centered around evident: the bride’s mother occa- career." Wedding," the father of a bride asks preparations for the arranged mar- sionally sneaks into the bathroom to Dhawan was born in England and the incessant cell-phone-using wed- riage of Aditi Verma to a young Indi- smoke a cigarette; her father is an raised in Delhi. After graduating ding coordinator if the wedding tent an man who lives in Texas, one of avid golfer, and her younger brother from college in India, she went to he is constructing is waterproof. The the storylines involves a cousin who watches television programs on the England to earn her master’s degree coordinator replies with an ancient notices a male family member tak- Indian Food Network. in communications research. saying: if the peacocks have stopped ing an interest in a young girl. This Since opening in the United Dhawan subsequently returned to dancing, it will not rain. He then pro- prompts her to come forward and Kingdom on Jan. 4, the film has met India where she worked as a jour- ceeds to use his wrist-watch/calcula- reveal that the man abused her as a with unexpected success, becoming nalist for three years. During that tor to determine the additional cost child. the fourth top-grossing film in the time she decided that she wanted to for waterproofing Elisabeth Bumiller of the New country. "Monsoon Wedding" come to the United States to study "Monsoon Wedding," written by York Times writes, "… The crisis of opened in New York on Feb. 22 and film. Sabrina Dhawan (SoA, ’02) and incest provides the father of the bride in eleven North American cities in By coming to New York, Dhawan directed by Mira Nair, adjunct assis- says she has had the opportunity to “Chinese Literature in tant film professor, offers a glimpse learn different kinds of lessons, and the Second Half of a into 21st-century India, where tradi- was pleased to realize that people in Modern Century: A Crit- tion and modernity coexist. Last fall New York care about the "quality of ical Survey” edited by the film won the Golden Lion, the art." Pang-Yuan Chi and David top prize at the Venice Film Festival, Not only has the Columbia film Der-Wei Wang, professor before opening to positive reviews program taught her the basics as of East Asian languages in India and the United Kingdom, well as the intricacies of filmmak- and cultures (Indiana Uni- where it was nominated for a British ing, but Dhawan is also pleased that versity Press, $39.95). A Academy of Film and Television she had the opportunity to work with general overview of Chi- Arts award for Best Foreign Film. so many talented people, both stu- nese literature in the Peo- As a student in Columbia’s film dents and faculty. "I believe that ple’s Republic and Taiwan division, Dhawan befriended Nair screenwriting is a craft, and I learned during the last half of the and worked with her as a teaching that craft here," says Dhawan. 20th century, when ideo- assistant. The two share a common Having graduated from the logical conformity gave bond—both grew up in Delhi, India. School of the Arts on Feb. 13, way to a looser, more Both were interested in making a Dhawan plans to remain in New ambitious literary expres- film featuring Punjabi families, York and hopes to expand her craft sion. which Dhawan describes as "inter- beyond Indian-centered stories. She esting, loud and boisterous," charac- is currently working on a film for “Defacement: Public teristics that she likens to large, Ital- PBS and is adapting the book, Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative” by Michael ian-American families. The bride and groom enjoy a rare moment alone in “Monsoon Wedding.” "Death of Vishnu," for a film. She is Nair was interested in depicting a also interested in working with the Taussig, professor of Punjabi wedding, a large, grand cel- Bombay cinematic community, anthropology (Stanford ebration that lasts for an entire week, … with a painful choice. In the end, March. called Bollywood, to write a film University Press, $19.95). but Dhawan had a dramatically dif- that choice gives ‘Monsoon Wed- "It is such a pleasant surprise," that will appeal to Western audi- Studying the defacement ferent idea. She was interested in ding’ its ballast and moral center." says Dhawan of the attention and ences the way Academy Award win- of public ojects helps writing a story about the delicate "I wanted to show the other side acclaim the film has received. "We ner "Crouching Tiger Hidden Drag- explain public secrets, topic of sexual abuse in an upper- of India," says Dhawan, "the side are very pleased." on" did. Dhawan is working on a those inconvenient or dan- middle class family in Delhi. The that many Westerners are not famil- An up-and-coming young screen- script now, and hopes to complete it gerous truths that are “gen- concept may not seem surprising to iar with." In 21st-Century India, East writer, Dhawan has already received in the coming months. erally known, but cannot U.S. audiences, as it is discussed truly does meet West; tradition and great accolades. Her short film, As is the case with so many in be articulated.” openly in films and television talk modernity coexist. In India, like "Saanjh As Night Falls," was nomi- America, the events of Sept. 11 shows, but such a story has never America, people use cell phones and nated for a Student Academy have affected Dhawan’s thoughts “Encyclopedia of Evan- been done before in India. People watch soap operas, yet there are still Award. The film received an award on the future and sparked a sur- gelicalism” by Randall often think that in India abuse is per- arranged marriages. from New Line Cinema for Most prising personal revelation. "I Balmer professor of reli- petuated by servants, not The tradition/modernity para- Original Film at the Polo Ralph Lau- have always thought of Delhi as gion (Westminster John "respectable" middle and upper digm is demonstrated by the female ren New Works Festival in 2000 and ‘home,’ " says Dhawan, but in Knox, $29.95). Six years class family members, says family members in the film. As they was cited as Best of the Festival at light of these events, "I have real- in the making, this one- Dhawan. sit around a room preparing for the the Palm Springs International Film ized that I am home. There are volume encyclopedia of The notion of a lavish wedding arranged marriage, they include Festival. things I love about New York and evangelicalism includes versus the serious issue of sexual older women wearing saris and "Sabrina Dhawan is a young film- things I love about Delhi, but they over 3,000 entries of the abuse are so diverse it may not seem speaking Hindi and Punjabi and a maker of enormous range and abili- do different things to me. New people, movements, insti- like they could be incorporated into younger English-speaking relative ty," says Dan Kleinman, chair of the York is so much my home now." tutions and organizations that have been most influ- ential in shaping evangeli- Theatre and Art Encourage Healing, Activism at Barnard Conference cal Christianity, particular- ly in North America. insightful climax to a recent semi- ficult experiences as a prisoner tor- renderings of public sentiment con- BY JO KADLECEK nar entitled "Public Sentiments: tured during Pinochet’s dictator- tribute to, or intervene in the forma- “Legislative Entrepre- Trauma, Memory, History and ship. After her years in prison, tion of communities and their neurship in the U.S. House Playwright and actress Anna Action." Sponsored by Barnard Avress was exiled and eventually actions?" of Representatives,” by Deavere Smith is not necessarily College’s Center for Research on settled in New York City where she Ann Pellegrini, Associate Profes- Gregory Wawro, assistant impressed when audiences stand Women, the 27th annual Scholar co-founded a grassroots communi- sor of Drama at the University of professor of political sci- and applaud her at the end of a and the Feminist Conference drew ty center in the South Bronx. California at Irvine, who joined ence (University of Michi- show. She’d rather have them go over 100 participants for the day- Avress’s poignant account stirred Smith in the afternoon discussion, gan, $39.50). In a way anal- home and talk about what they just long discussion on how artistic further thought, discussion and emphasized how "vital art is in ogous to their business experienced. "The bigger question efforts promote healing and emotion during specific workshops transforming our national life. How counterparts, House entr- is the ‘now what’ question. We just activism. Scholars, artists, students, that focused on other historical or can we take it more seriously?" preneurs—who initiate pol- saw this show, now what are we and activists joined Smith to con- national traumas such as American "We all have a responsibility. We icy revisions, spearhead going to do about it?" Smith says. sider how tragedies such as the slavery, the Holocaust, and the can be imaginative about preparing new laws and build their In other words, theatre is not only Sept. 11th attacks affect public AIDS crisis. Mary Marshall Clark, audiences to learn to listen and to reputations—drive the leg- about tricks on stage. Smith emotion as well as how social and director of Columbia’s Oral History respond," Smith responded. Hailed islative agenda and help the believes "it has a lot more potential historical actions have fueled injus- Research Office, facilitated a work- by Newsweek as "the most exciting House fulfill its essential than that," and could be used not tices both domestically and abroad. shop on "Public Memory, Private individual in the American theater", functions. only to help create a sense of com- "This conference was a com- Narratives: The Sept. 11 Oral Histo- Smith received a 1996 MacArthur munity and healing, but a vision for pelling exploration of how the ry Narrative and Memory Project." Foundation "Genius" Fellowship “The Fate of ‘Culture’: social change as well. strong emotional responses evoked "The goal [was] to spark a dia- for creating "a new form of the- Geertz and Beyond, edit- Best known for her one-woman by accounts of trauma and suffering logue on how social justice move- ater—a blend of theatrical art, ed by Sherry B. Ortner, plays about racial tensions in Amer- can serve as calls for responsible ments are formed, executed, and social commentary, journalism and professor of anthropology ican cities—"Twilight Los Ange- social action," said Judith Shapiro, defined by the emotions and strug- intimate reverie." She recently ini- (University of California les" (Obie Award-winner and Tony Barnard College president. "It also gles of their respective communi- tiated a "think and do" tank that Press, $45). In addition to Award nominee) and "Fires in the invited us to ponder both the power ties," said Janet Jakobsen, director brought people from a variety of the editor, Columbia con- Mirror" (Obie Award-winner and of first-hand testimony and the of the Barnard Center for Research vocations together to the theatre to tributors to this volume runner-up for the 1993 Pulitzer transformation of direct experience on Women. "How, for instance, do address these certain social issues. assessing the long-term Prize) where she plays multiple into successful works of artistic public sentiments enable—or "We were especially fortunate in significance of the anthro- characters—Smith challenges audi- expression." block—movements for social having Anna Deveare Smith at pologist Clifford Geertz ences to think differently about the- During the morning panel discus- change? And if we consider such Barnard to help us explore just include professor of atre and the role of artists especially sion, in fact, participants listened to movements broadly, so as to what it is that makes art efficacious anthropology Lil Abu- in university settings. the testimony of Chilean activist include socially conscious art and in changing the world in which we Lughod. Smith’s thoughts served as an Nieves Ayress who recalled her dif- performance, then how do artistic live," Shapiro said.