February  2008

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ISIS: Visualization Friday Forum
Constructal theory : the origin of design in nature
Noon
D106 LSRC

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PUBLIC LECTURE
"Early Greek Architectural Decoration in Function"
5:30 p.m.
204 East Duke Building

USP Seminar
7:00 - 9:00 pm
240 Franklin Center

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PUBLIC LECTURE Provost's Lecture Series - On Being Human
5:00 PM
Location TBA

FACULTY BOOKWATCH
REREADING THE BLACK LEGEND:
the discourses of racial and religious difference in the renaissance empires
6:30 PM
Rare Book Room, Perkins Library

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WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER
North Carolina in the Global Economy
12:00 - 1:00 PM
240 Franklin Center
Franklin Center Calendar

PUBLIC LECTURE "The School Context of Adolescent Substance Use"
12-1:30 PM
Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute of Public Policy
12-1:30 PM

7

PUBLIC LECTURE
“Democratization and Civil Society in Postcommunist Europe”
5:30 PM
240 Franklin Center

PUBLIC LECTURE
" A page of tolerance in a world in chaos:the moriscos' voice in its historical & literary context".
1 PM
329 Social Psychology Building
RSVP

USP Seminar
7:00 - 9:00 pm
230 Franklin Center

8

ISIS: Visualization Friday Forum
Scientific Graphics with Adobe Illustrator: Beyond the basics
Noon
D106 LSRC

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PUBLIC SEMINAR
Computational Biology Seminar - "Dynamics of Complex Regulatory Networks" with Josh Socolar
MSRB I, Room 001

12

ISIS Tech and New Media Tuesdays featuring DARWARS
12:00-1:15 PM
240 Franklin Center

PUBLIC LECTURE
Political Outlook 2008: The Latino/Hispanic Vote in the Presidential Election
7:00pm
Rare Book Room

FILM
Buffalo Boy
Special screening with director Minh Nguyen-Vô!
7pm
Griffith film theater

13

WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER
African-American Self-taught Artists of the American South: Renderings of their Everyday Lives
12:00 - 1:00 PM
240 Franklin Center
Franklin Center Calendar

USP Seminar
7:00 - 9:00 pm
230 Franklin Center

14

PUBLIC SEMINAR
University Seminar on Global Health
"An Update on the Kilimanjaro HIV/AIDS Program: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities"
4 - 5:30 p.m
240 Franklin Center

15

PUBLIC LECTURE Early American Mediascapes: a symposium
240 Franklin Center

PUBLIC SEMINAR
Research Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society
4-6pm
229 Carr Building

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PUBLIC SEMINAR
"Observational Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment"
6:00 pm
SSRI Event Room (A103) 

19

FILM SCREENING
"Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed"
Noon - 2:00
240 Franklin Center

ISIS Special Event with Patrick O'Sullivan and Sherryl Broverman
5:30 PM Reception and 6:00-8:00 PM Talk
F-CIEMAS Auditorium

20

PUBLIC LECTURE
Coloniality and Latiniwhat? with Nelson Maldonado- Torres
6 - 8:30pm
240 Franklin Center

WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER
Building Schools in Kenya: Two Perspectives
12:00 - 1:00 PM
240 Franklin Center
Franklin Center Calendar

21

PUBLIC LECTURE
"Along Liquid Paths: A Genealogy of Piracy"
3:30pm
Trinity Room, West Union Bldg. West Campus

PUBLIC LECTURE Mellon Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities
"The Book and the World: History as Text as History"
Time 5:30
Nasher

PUBLIC LECTURE
“The Relative Effects of Environmental Regimes: A Quantitative Comparison of Acid Rain Agreements”
5:30-7:00 pm
Perkins Library, Breedlove Room

PUBLIC LECTURE
Reflections on the De-colonial Option & the Humanities: An International Dialogue
NOON - 5PM
240 Franklin Center
MEALS PLEASE RSVP

PUBLIC LECTURE
The 2008 Annual A. W. Mellon Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities
CARDENIO BETWEEN THE SIERRA MORENA, WHITEHALL & PARISIAN STAGES with ROGER CHARTIER
5:30 PM
Nasher Museum Auditorium

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MIDSEMESTER GRADES DUE

PUBLIC LECTURE
Reflections on the De-colonial Option & the Humanities: An International Dialogue
NOON - 5PM
240 Franklin Center
MEALS PLEASE RSVP

PUBLIC LECTURE
BOOKS WITHOUT A FUTURE?
RECYCLING AND RECONSTRUCTION
a symposium
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rare Book Room, Perkins Library

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PUBLIC LECTURE "Fueling, Feeding, and Financing Sustainable Change"
day-long event Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Pre-Registration
Recommended

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REGISTRATION SUMMER 2008 BEGINS

PUBLIC LECTURE
Winnie Mandela and the Populist Temptation of the ANC
12.00-1.15 pm
240 Franklin Center
RSVP for lunch

PUBLIC LECTURE Jerusalem: Law, Land, Buildings with Annabel Wharton & Rebecca Stein
1 - 6 PM
Nasher Museum
Auditorium

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PUBLIC LECTURE
Isis Tech & New Media Tuesdays
Miguel Garcia-Gomez
Title TBA
Noon
240 Franklin Center

ISIS Game Night
9pm - Midnight
230/232 Franklin Center

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WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER
Queering Punctuation: Art, Politics and Play
12:00 - 1:00 PM
240 Franklin Center
Franklin Center Calendar

PUBLIC LECTURE
Writing for Readers: Scholarly Publishing in a Changing Climate
5:30pm
240 Franklin Center

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USP Seminar
7:00 - 9:00 pm
230 Franklin Center

PUBLIC LECTURE
4:00pm
Scott Lash
"China Culture Industry: In Search of the Universal"
Celia Lury
"Thinking Topologically About Culture"
Upper East Side,
East Union Building East Campus

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PUBLIC LECTURE
Ruth Sara Longobardi, American icons meet new genres
4 PM
Room 104, Biddle Music Buildingr
Free

PUBLIC LECTURE
Global Culture Industry & New Media: Lunch with Scott Lash & Celia Lury
12:00-~2:30 PM
John Hope Franklin Center, 240