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Do you have plans next week COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog Heres a list of   SIPA events happening next week   Its going to be a busy week. FROM MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014 THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 07, 2014 New York Where the Energy Manifests Beauty All Day Event, International Affairs Building, 12th Floor Alexander Movshovichs exhibit, New York Where the Energy Manifests Beauty presents bold images of New York Cityâ€"places we probably never visit, and likely, would have a hard time finding. Sponsor: Harriman Institute MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 Bangkok Shutdown? Thailands Political Crisis 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 918 Brown Bag Lecture with Duncan McCargo, Senior Research Affiliate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds. No registration required. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute Flexible Diplomacy in Today’s Uncertain War and Peace: UN Envoys and the Mediation of Intrastate Conflicts 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1302 Brownbag lunchtime discussion with Elodie Convergne, visiting scholar at Columbia SIPA; and Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, and Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia SIPA. Sponsor: Center of International Conflict Resolution More Than Meets the Eye 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, Avery Hall, Room 115 A talk by Vanessa Monique Smith. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies SAI: A lecture by Prabhat Patnaik 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Knox Hall, Room 208 A talk by Prabhat Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Sponsor: South Asia Institute Tibetan Intellectuals in the 1940s 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 918 Modern Tibetan Studies presentation with Heather Stoddard, Professor Emeritus of Tibetan Studies, Institut National des Langues et Cultures Orientales (Paris). No registration required. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute Protest, Police, and Rights: When Good Protests Go Bad 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm, Journalism School, World Room Todd Gitlin, Oxana Shevel, and 2014 Paul Klebnikov Russian Civil Society Fellow, Olesya Gerasimenko will discuss the successes and failures of recent protests. Sponsor: Harriman Institute TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 Neither Donkey Nor Horse: Medicine and the Struggle Over Chinas Modernity 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 918 Lecture with Sean Lei, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; 2013-14 Member, Institute for Advanced Study. Moderated by Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University. No registration required. Sponsor: Weatherhead East Asian Institute Counterinsurgency and Peacekeeping Operations in Western and Central Africa 6:10 pm to 8:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1302 An event with Brigadier General Jean-Luc Friedling, BG French Army, and Head of Military Mission and Advisor to the French Permanent Representative to the UN, and Adrien-Basseyni Diarra, Fellow at the Georgetown University Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Center for Security Studies. Discussing Counterinsurgency and Peacekeeping Operations in Mali and Central/West Africa. Sponsor: Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 A Day in the Life of CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 An event with Professor Peter Clement, Former Deputy Director for Intelligence for Analytic Programs, CIA, and Visiting Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs. Sponsor: Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Harriman Institute Book Talk: Ali Igmen, Speaking Soviet with an Accent, Culture and Power in Kyrgyzstan 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1219 Ali Igmen, Associate Professor of History, California State University, Long Beach, will give a book talk on Speaking Soviet with an Accent. Sponsor: Harriman Institute The Economy in 2014: The Importance of Job Creation and Leadership 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 Lecture by Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext. Sponsor: The SIPA Finance Society Fueling Up: The Economic Implications of America’s Oil and Gas Boom 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1501 A presentation and discussion with Trevor Houser, Partner, Rhodium Group; Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; and co-author, Fueling Up. Sponsor: Center on Global Energy Policy The Earth Institute Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership: Low-Carbon Transportation 6:10 pm to 7:00 pm, Havemeyer Hall Room 209 Speaker: Lori Ardito, First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation. Sponsor: The Earth Institute THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 The Educational System in Brazil and its Higher Education 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 802 Talk by Gabriela Rizo, Professor at UFRRJ, Brazil. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: The Slow Demise of Media Freedom in the OSCE Region 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1219 Representative Dunja Mijatovic will review developments and significant cases across all regions of the OSCE and touch on the issues of journalists’ safety, Internet freedom, the rule of law and the way forward. Sponsor: Harriman Institute After Sochi: Russia and the World 2:15 pm to 4:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 Timothy Frye, Kimberly Marten, and Stephen Sestanovich will discuss the future of Russia, post the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Sponsor: Harriman Institute Sijo Workshop with Prof. David McCann 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Kent Hall, Room 403 Sijo Workshop with Professor David McCann. No registration required. Sponsor: The Center for Korean Research Development Workshop: Lori Beaman 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm. International Affairs Building, Room 1101 As part of Columbia Universitys Spring 2014 Development Workshop, Lori Beaman, Assistant Professor of Economics at Northwestern University will present her recent work. Sponsor: Center for Development Economics and Policy 10 Years of the First PhD in Sustainable Development: Research Challenges in Sustainable Development 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Low Memorial Library, Rotunda Moderator: Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs; Professor, Practice of International Economic Law and International Affairs; Panelists: Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor; Co-director, Sustainable Development PhD Program; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The The Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor, Health Policy and Management; Co-director, Sustainable Development PhD Program. Sponsor: The Earth Institute, School of International and Public Affairs Russia in East Asia: Imagination, Exchange, Travel, Translation 6:00 pm to 6:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 A mini-conference that explores the cross-border perceptions, connections, and cultural exchanges between Russia and its neighbors in East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan. Sponsor: Harriman Institute Luuk van Middelaar on Europa after the Euro Crisis: Political Change, Public Discontent? 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 707 A talk with Dr. Luuk van Middelaar drawing upon the analysis offered in his book The Passage to Europe (Yale U.P, 2013) as well as upon his experience in the EU “frontlines” as speechwriter to the European Council President (since 2010). Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, will provide comments. Sponsor: European Institute Crossing Paths: The Diversity in Mexico-US Migration 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Barnard College, 3rd Floor, Sulzberger Parlor Mexican Mondays Lecture Series with Filiz GaripM, Harvard University. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 Discussion with Jawad Nabulsi 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 403 Discussion with Jawad Nabulsi, Egyptian Revolutionary; Professor Anya Schiffrin, Director, International Media, Advocacy, and Communications Specialization, SIPA. Sponsor: International Media, Advocacy and Communications Specialization Alternative Transition Paths: Does Pressure from Below Matter for Democracy? 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 802 A talk with Professor Robert R. Kaufman, Rutgers University. Sponsor: Institute of Latin American Studies SAI: Shujaat Khan (sitar) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla) in Concert at Miller Theatre 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm, Columbia University, Miller Theatre The South Asia Institute presents Shujaat Khan, sitar; and Samir Chatterjee, tabla in concert at Columbia University. Sponsor: South Asia Institute For event details, click here.