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REMINDERS
March 8: New York, Global City: Recovery and Transformation Since the Great Recession and Jon Jang: The Sounds of Struggle
March 9: Open This End: Art, Ethics and Philanthropy Roundtable
March 9–12: Undrown’d: Seeking Asylum
PICKS
March 9
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Harriman Institute | East Central European Center | Alliance Program | Vaclav Havel Library Foundation
Havel at 80: Reflections on His Thoughts and Legacies
Opening remarks by President Lee C. Bollinger. Alex Cooley, director of the Harriman Institute; Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy; Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College; Jacques Rupnik, director of research at Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Sciences Po; and Jan Svejnar, director of the Center on Global Economic Governance will assess the current political and economic developments in Central-East Europe. RSVP here. Italian Academy Library. (Global)
6 – 8 p.m.
SIPA | United Nations Studies
The Voices of Women Ambassadors on Peace and Security: Will a Woman Secretary-General Make a Difference?
To celebrate International Women’s Day, a panel of women ambassadors, includes Dina Kawar (Jordan, Member of the Security Council in 2014-2015), Raimonda Murmokaite (Lithuania, Member of the Security Council in 2014-2015), María Emma Mejía Velez (Colombia), Alya Ahmed Saif Al Thani (Qatar), and others. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, director of the United Nations Studies, will moderate. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Global)
March 11
6 – 8 p.m.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library | Institute for Research in African American Studies
Manning Marable: Scholar, Activist, and Mentor
A panel on the late Manning Marable, founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. Featuring Robin D. G. Kelley, Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA; Michael Eric Dyson, University Professor of sociology at Georgetown; Dana-ain Davis, University Professor of sociology at Queens College; Bill Fletcher Jr., activist and senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; Zaheer Ali, oral historian at Brooklyn Historical Society. Moderated by Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies. Followed by a viewing of the accompanying exhibition. Butler, Room 523. (Just Societies, Public Square)
March 16
2 – 5 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Community Brain Expo: A Celebration of Science and the Brain
For Brain Awareness Week, the public is invited to test, trick, and learn about their brains with demonstrations led by neuroscientists. Registration required here. New York State Psychiatric Institute, 40 Haven Avenue, Kolb Annex Lobby. (Zuckerman Institute and the Future of Neuroscience)
6 p.m.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library | Comics@Columbia
Bill Griffith, A–Z
A conversation with cartoonist Bill Griffith and Art Spiegelman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning artist and illustrator. Moderated by Karen Green, librarian for ancient and medieval history at Butler. Reception to follow. Butler, Room 523. (Public Square)
March 23
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Mailman
Global Health and Health Systems
Join Dean Linda P. Fried for a Dean’s Grand Rounds with Ambassador Deborah Birx, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and the U.S. special representative for Global Health Diplomacy. CUMC Alumni Auditorium, 630 West 168th Street, 1st floor. (Global)
March 24
5:30 p.m.
The Earth Institute | Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity
Sustaining Peace Conference 2016: A New Vision of Women, Peace, and Security
Renowned scholars, thought leaders, and activists from the fields of global health, human rights, and security will explore the contributions that women bring to peace and security, discuss the challenges that women face in those processes, and envision opportunities to magnify their impact and legitimacy in the world. Keynote talk by Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee. Register here. SIPA, Kellogg Center, 15th floor. (Global)
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