Lectures

May 8, 2008

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Thu., May 8 - "Gallery Conversations: Art As You See It." (HUAM) Calderwood Courtyard, Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 9 - Docent Tour: "Art of the Renaissance in the Art Museums' Collections." (HUAM) Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 9 - Gallery Talk: "Looking at Leaves." (HMNH) Amanda Means, photographer. HMNH, 26 Oxford St., 3 p.m. Free with museum admission. RSVP required to (617) 495-2773 or hmnh-lectures@oeb.harvard.edu.

Sat., May 10 - Gallery Talk: "Looking at Leaves." (HMNH) Amanda Means, photographer. HMNH, 26 Oxford St., 10 a.m. Free with museum admission. RSVP required to (617) 495-2773 or hmnh-lectures@oeb.harvard.edu.

Sat., May 10 - Gallery Talk: "Highlights from the Islamic Collections." (HUAM) Yasmin Hilloowala, HUAM curatorial intern. Sackler Museum, 11:30 a.m. Free admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Gallery Conversations: Art As You See It." (HUAM) Calderwood Courtyard, Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Wed., May 14 - Docent Tour: "German Expressionism and Impressionism: A Contrast in Styles." (HUAM) Busch-Reisinger Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Wed., May 14 - "The Rococo Garden: How the Rococo Style Influenced Landscape Design in the 18th Century." (The Landscape Institute) Barry Hannegan. The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, 29 Garden St., 6 p.m. (617) 495-8632, landscape@arnarb.harvard.edu, http://www.landscape.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 15 - "Gallery Conversations: Art As You See It." (HUAM) Calderwood Courtyard, Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 16 - Docent Tour: "Impressionist Masterpieces: The Wertheim Collection." (HUAM) Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Sun., May 18 - Gallery Talk: "Highlights of the 17th-Century Holdings at the Fogg Art Museum." (HUAM) Danielle Carrabino, curatorial research assistant. Fogg Museum, 1:30 p.m. Free admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 20 - "Gallery Conversations: Art As You See It." (HUAM) Calderwood Courtyard, Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 20 - "Our Relationship with the Landscape: Multiple Viewpoints and Evolving Paintings in the Luberon, Southern France." (The Landscape Institute) Crystal Woodward. The Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, 29 Garden St., 6:30 p.m. (617) 495-8632, landscape@arnarb.harvard.edu, http://www.landscape.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Wed., May 21 - Docent Tour: "Two 19th-Century Women: Catching Ingres' Eye." (HUAM) Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 22 - "Gallery Conversations: Art As You See It." (HUAM) Calderwood Courtyard, Fogg Museum, 12:15 p.m. Free with the price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.

business/law

Wed., May 14 - "The Future of Nonprofit Organizations in China: Possible Roles and Needed Capacities." (Hauser Center, EALS, Asia Program) Panelists include Dave Brown, William Alford, Peter Geithner, and Ailing Zhuang. Nye Conference Room C, Taubman Building, HKS, 4 p.m. RSVP to maryann_leach@harvard.edu.

Thu., May 15 - "Lifetime Employment and Dual Labor Market in Japan: Will It Survive in the 21st Century?." (Real Colegio Complutense) Angela Garcia Calvo, KSG. RCC, 26 Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 16 - "Restoring America After Bush." (Charles Hamilton Houston Institute) Panelists include Andrew Bacevich, Boston University; Louis Fisher, Library of Congress; Charles Fried, HLS; Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute; F.A.O. Schwarz, NYU Law School; Detlev Vagts, professor emeritus, HLS; and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). Austin Hall Courtroom, HLS, 1 p.m. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. (617) 437-0756.

Wed., May 21 - "Are NGOs Changing World Politics?" (Hauser Center, WCFIA) Panelists include J. Bryan Hehir, Peter Bell, Robert Paarlberg, and Jackie Smith. Fainsod Room, Littauer Building, HKS, noon. Lunch will be served. RSVP to maryann_leach@harvard.edu.

conferences

Thu., May 8-Sat., May 10 - "Human Rights and the New Global Order: An Interdisciplinary Conference." (Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, Mossavar-Rahmani Center, WCFIA, Belfer Center, Carr Center, Committee on Human Rights Studies, HKS, Provost's Office) The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers from different disciplines who explore either the foundations of human rights or their role in and impact on international politics. L-140, Littauer Building, HKS. Free and open to the public. http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/conference08.php.

Thu., May 8-Fri., May 9 - "Interdisciplinary Round Table on the Ethogenesis of South and Central Asia." (HMS/Broad Institute, Anthropology, Sanskrit & Indian Studies, National Research Institute for Humanity and Nature) 1 Bow St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Open to the public. (617) 495-3295.

Fri., May 9 - "Structures and Materials for Energy." (SEAS) How advances in materials science and devices can address current energy needs. Maxwell Dworkin, G115, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Registration is required. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/partnerships/energy08/index.html.

Fri., May 9-Sat., May 10 - "The Nordic Model: Solution for Continental Europe's Problems?" (CES) Lower level conference room, CES, 27 Kirkland St., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/conferences/nordic/index.html.

Fri., May 9-Sat., May 10 - "What's Left of the Left: Liberals and Social Democrats in a Globalized World." (CES) Cabot Room, CES, 27 Kirkland St., noon-6 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/conferences/left/index.html.

Mon., May 12-Tue., May 13 - "Rethinking the Human." (HDS) Keynote speaker Homi Bhabha, director, Humanities Center; conference presenters include Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University; Michael Puett, Harvard University; Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University; Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University; Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore College; and Charles Hallisey, HDS. Sperry Room, Andover Hall, HDS, 45 Francis Ave., keynote address is Monday at 4 p.m.; conference presenters on Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Space is limited; RSVP required to (617) 495-4476.

Mon., May 12-Tue., May 13 - "Topical Group: Theoretical Challenges in Attosecond Laser Science." (CfA) Organizers are Agapi Emmanouilidou, University of Oregon, and Turgay Uzer, Georgia Tech. Workshop talks are available for viewing live and are also archived. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp.

Thu., May 15-Fri., May 16 - "Berkman@10 Conference: The Future of the Internet." (Berkman Center, HLS) HLS, all day. For more details, go to http://www.berkmanat10.org.

Mon., June 9-Fri., June 13 - "The 10th Annual Ethical Issues in International Health Research Workshop." (HSPH) To reserve your seat, send your completed application and a copy of your current CV to: Maynard S. Clark, Program Manager; Ethical Issues in International Health Research; Harvard School of Public Health; 651 Huntington Ave., FXB 636; Boston, MA 02115. (617) 432-3998, mclark@hsph.harvard.edu, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics.

environmental sciences

Tue., May 6 - "Understanding Baseball Team Standings and Streaks." (Program for Evolutionary Dynamics) Sidney Redner, Boston University. Room 616, Suite 6, One Brattle Square, 4 p.m. (617) 496-4737, bice@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 8 - "Phylogeny Informs Biology: Seeing the Forest from the Trees." (5th Annual Plant Biology Symposium) Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. hehlers@oeb.harvard.edu, http://www.pbi.fas.harvard.edu/events.htm.

Thu., May 8 - "One Country, Two Systems, One Environment: Environmental Cooperation Between Hong Kong and Guangdong." (China Project) Yok-Shiu Lee, Hong Kong University; and Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., 4 p.m. (617) 496-2378, nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu, http://chinaproject.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 8 - "Daughter Cell Separation Anxiety and Other Tales of Envelope Distress." (Microbial Sciences Initiative) Thomas Bernhardt, HMS. HUCE conference room, 3rd floor, 24 Oxford St., 6 p.m. Wine and cheese reception at 5:30 p.m. herren@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events.html.

Fri., May 9 - "Ecosystem Services in Tropical Streams: The Uncertain Role of Biodiversity." (Harvard Forest) Alan Covich, University of Georgia. Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 11 a.m. aabarker@fas.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 9 - "Materials and Structures for Energy." (SEAS) Annual SEAS Industry Outreach Workshop. Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford St., 8:15 p.m. j_casasanto@seas.harvard.edu, http://www.seas.harvard.edu.

Mon., May 12 - "Harvard Energy Journal Club." (HUCE) HUCE seminar room, 24 Oxford St., noon. Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion. khouse@fas.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Perceptions of and Discourse on Emerging Energy Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation: Comparative State-level Media Analysis." (ETIP) Jennie Stephens, ETIP. Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, HKS, 9:30 a.m. sam_milton@harvard.edu, http://www.energytechnologypolicy.org.

Wed., May 14 - "Symbiogenesis and Gaia: Evolution of the Living Earth." (Origins of Life Initiative, Microbial Sciences Initiative) Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., 4 p.m. jweiner@cgr.harvard.edu, http://origins.harvard.edu.

Wed., May 14 - "The Planetwalker's Newest Call." (Cambridge Forum) John Francis, the Planetwalker, author; with moderator David Morimoto, Lesley University. First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Voluntary donation requested. http://www.cambridgeforum.org.

Thu., May 15 - "Regulatory Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in China." (China Project) Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (617) 496-2378, nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu, http://chinaproject.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 15 - "Solar System Messengers." (CfA) Daniel Green, CfA. Phillips Auditorium, CfA, 60 Garden St., 7 p.m. (617) 495-7461, pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu.

health sciences

Tue., May 20 - "Fifty States, One Nation: Policy and Funding Considerations for Stem Cell Research at the State and National Levels." (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) Panelists include Kevin Casey, Government, Community and Public Affairs, Harvard University; Brooke M. Ellison, author, motivational speaker, political activist; Rep. Peter Koutoujian, state representative and chair, Joint Committee on Public Health (Comm. of Mass.); and Warren Wollschlager, Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research and director, Stem Cell Research Program, Connecticut Department of Public Health. Second floor, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served. http://hsci.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 22 - "Problems in the Management of Intrapulmonary Nodules." (HMS) Jo-Anne O'Malley Shepard, MGH, HMS. Room 10, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., 7:45 a.m. Breakfast will be served.

Thu., May 22 - "Proton Pump Inhibitors Reduce the Long-term Risk of Recurrent Upper GI Bleeding." (Real Colegio Complutense) Elvira Masso, HSPH. RCC, 26 Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.

Medical School

Thu., May 8 - "Why Women Can't Be Doctors: The Medieval Origins of Women's Marginal Status in Medicine." (Countway Library) Monica Green, Arizona State University. Countway Library, HMS, 4:30 p.m. Reception to follow. RSVP to ARM@hms.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 8 - "The Tumour Suppressor p53: Structure, Function-Rescue." (Pathology) Sir Alan Fersht, Cambridge University. Pechet Room, HIM 138, HMS, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, 5 p.m. Reception to follow.

Tue., May 13 - "Dengue Pathogenesis: From Mice to Humans." (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) Eva Harris, University of California, Berkeley. Room 341, Warren Alpert Building, HMS, 12:30 p.m. Coffee served 15 minutes prior. shannon@hms.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Inhuman Research: Medical Experiments in German Concentration Camps." (Countway Library/Notable Books Series) Alfred Pasternak, child survivor of Auschwitz. Minot Room, 5th floor, Countway Library, HMS, 10 Shattuck St., 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. Booksigning and reception to follow in the Lahey Room. (617) 432-4807, rvogel@hms.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "The Fate of Fetal Nerve Cell Grafts in Parkinson's Disease Patients." (Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center) Pembe Hande Ozdinler, with Clemens Scherzer, Michael Schwarzschild, and Yang Teng. Minot Room, Countway Library, HMS, 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. RSVP to neurodiscovery@hms.harvard.edu. http://www.neurodiscovery.harvard.edu/research_community/journalclub.html.

Tue., May 20 - "Nematode Life and Insect Death: How Can One Bacterium Do It All?" (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) Heidi Goodrich-Blair, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Room 341, Warren Alpert Building, HMS, 12:30 p.m. Coffee served 15 minutes prior. shannon@hms.harvard.edu.

School of Public Health

Mon., May 12 - "The Determinants of Outbreak Detection in Automated Public Health Surveillance Systems." (Epidemiology, Program in Infectious Disease Epidemiology) David Buckeridge, McGill University. Kresge 907, HSPH, 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be served. Open to the public. (617) 894-8557, chjeon@hsph.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Receptor Trafficking and Signaling in Endocytosis." (Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences) Quan Lu, HSPH. Room 1302, Building 1, HSPH, 9:30 a.m.

Mon., May 19 - "ID Epi Seminar." (Epidemiology) Richard Platt, HMS. Kresge 908, HSPH, 12:30 p.m. Open to the public. Lunch will be served. (617) 894-8557, chjeon@hsph.harvard.edu.

Wed., May 21 - "HIS PANIC: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S." (Office of Diversity/HSPH) Geraldo Rivera, journalist, author. Snyder Auditorium, Kresge G-1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., 4 p.m. Reception to follow at 5:30 p.m. Register to prevent@hsph.harvard.edu. Free and open to the Harvard community.

humanities

Thu., May 8 - "Safavis Impressions of European Travelers" and "European Impressions of the Safavids." (Houghton Library) Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware. Carpenter Center, 2:30 p.m. Reception to follow in the Houghton Library, 4 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "Traditional Korean Music and Storytelling Today: P'ansori Lecture & Demonstration." (Korea Institute) Chan Park, Ohio State University. Harvard Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave., 7 p.m. (617) 496-4812.

Fri., May 9 - "Northern Russia, Finns, Slavs, and Fish Names: Cultural and Ichthyological Exertions from 20,000 B.C.E. to A.D. 1700." (Davis Center) Peter Brown, Rhode Island University. CGIS S-354, 1730 Cambridge St., 12:15 p.m. (617) 495-4037, http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 9 - "Revolution and Its Discontents: Bernanos, Poulene, and their Dialogues of the Carmelites." (Harvard-Lyrica Dialogues) Jann Pasler, University of California, San Diego; Jeffrey Mehlman, Boston University; Paul-Andre Bempechat, Harvard University; and Mark DeVoto, Tufts University. Dudley House, Lehman Hall, 4 p.m. Free admission. lyricasociety@aol.com.

Tue., May 13 - "Language, Literacy and Cherokee Nationalism: A Welsh Perspective." (Celtic Languages and Literatures, Humanities Center, HUNAP) Jerry Hunter, Bangor University. Kresge Room 114, Barker Center, 3 p.m. Open to the public.

Tue., May 13 - "4004BC and All That: The Historicizing of Nature in the Science of Geology." (History of Science 2007-08 Capstone Lecture) Martin Rudwick, Cambridge University. Science Center E, 4 p.m. Reception to follow. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept.

Wed., May 14 - "Como aguilas nos avemos de renovar: Hernando de Talavera y su idea de Reforma Eclesiastica en la Espana de los Reyes Catolicos (1475-1504)." (Real Colegio Complutense) Laura Giordano, Harvard University. RCC, 26 Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Lecture in Spanish. Free and open to the public. http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 15 - "Du Bois Medal Ceremony." (Du Bois Institute) Honorees Tavis Smiley, journalist and activist; Ingrid Saunders Jones, Coca-Cola philanthropic chief; Tamara Robinson, WNET/Thirteen executive; and Richard Plepler, HBO co-president. IOP JFK Forum, HKS, 5 p.m. Open to the public. dhamilt@fas.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 15 - "Theorizing Race and Ethnicity in Theology and the Study of Religion Speaker Series." (HDS) Panel presentations and discussion with Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Texas Christian University; Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard University; David Kim, Connecticut College; John Jackson, University of Pennsylvania; David Carrasco, HDS; and moderator Ronald Thiemann, HDS. Sperry Room, HDS, 45 Francis Ave., 5:30 p.m. Reception precedes the event at 4:30 p.m. in the Braun Room.

Sun., May 18 - "The Influence of Islam on the Conversion of the Three Great Christians: Louis Massignon, Blessed Charles de Foucauld, and St. Francis of Assisi." (St. Paul's Parish) The Rev. Leonard Tighe, the Rev. Romano Almagno, and Dorothy Buck. St. Paul Parish, 29 Mt. Auburn St., 3:30 p.m. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public.

information technology

Fri., May 9 - "Test Engineering the Googley Way." (Harvard's ABCD Quality Assurance Working Group) Matt Vail, Google software engineer. Maxwell Dworkin 119, 33 Oxford St., noon. Free and open to the public. http://www.abcd.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Absolute Software Lojack for Your Laptop." (Computer Product & Repair Center) Science Center B11, noon. Open to faculty, staff, and students. Pizza lunch served. Register to andree_mendes@harvard.edu.

Wed., May 14 - "iMovie + iDVD Workshop." (Computer Product & Repair Center) Science Center B11, noon. Open to faculty, staff, and students. Pizza lunch served. Register to andree_mendes@harvard.edu.

Wed., May 21 - "iWeb Workshop." (Computer Product & Repair Center) Science Center B11, noon. Open to faculty, staff, and students. Pizza lunch served. Register to andree_mendes@harvard.edu.

poetry/prose

Thu., May 8 - Film screening and discussion: "Jellyfish." (CMES, Harvard Hillel, Modern Hebrew Program) Screening and discussion with author and filmmaker Etgar Keret. Ben Zion Gold Dining Hall, Harvard Hillel, 1:30 p.m. Dinner and conversation with Keret at Rabb Hall, 5:30 p.m. Reading and discussion with Keret at Beren Hall, 7 p.m. kubovy9@fas.harvard.edu.

science

Thu., May 8 - "Ultra-Conformal Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metallic and Dielectric Films: Control of the Surface Reactivity via Site-blocking and Inhibition Agents." (Woodward Lectures in the Chemical Sciences) John Abelson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., 4 p.m.

Thu., May 15 - "TBA." (Woodward Lectures in Chemical Sciences) Garnet Chan, Cornell University. Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., 4 p.m.

Thu., May 15 - "Comets - Solar System Messengers." (CfA) Dan Green, CfA. Phillips Auditorium, CfA, 60 Garden St., 8 p.m. Observing through telescopes to follow, weather permitting. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu.

Mon., May 19 - "TBA." (Woodward Lectures in Chemical Sciences) Karl Wieghardt, MPI Mulheim. Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., 4:15 p.m.

Wed., May 21 - "TBA." (Physics) Dan Stamper Kurn, University of California, Berkeley. Jefferson Lab 356, 4:30 p.m. Tea is served at 4 p.m. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/jointatomic.html.

social science

Thu., May 8 - William E. Massey Sr. Lectures. "Obama Eats Arugula: Reshaping the Electoral and Everyday Politics of Work and Family." (Program in the History of American Civilization) Joan C. Williams, University of California, "Femmes, Tomboys, and Real Men: Placing Masculinity at the Core of a Feminist Analysis." With Joseph W. Singer, HLS. Sever Hall 113, 3:45 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "Late Qing Public Finance: Re-examining the Center-Province Relationship." (Fairbank Center) He Wenkai, Harvard University. CGIS S-153, 1730 Cambridge St., 12:15 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "Securing the State in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Power, Discourses of Danger, and Non-State Entities." (Belfer Center's International Security Program) Brown bag seminar with Ondrej Ditrych, research fellow, ISP. Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, HKS, 12:15 p.m. Coffee and tea provided. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/3670.

Thu., May 8 - "Panel: Coping with New Security Challenges." (WCFIA/Program on U.S.-Japan Relations) Tomoko Okagaki, National Institute for Defense Studies; Arichika Eguchi, National Police Agency; and Kazuhisa Oki, Ministry of Agriculture. Bowie-Vernon Room, CGIS N-262, 1737 Cambridge St., 12:30 p.m. (617) 495-1890, http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan.

Thu., May 8 - "The Road from the USSR to EU and NATO Membership: Latvia's Success Story." (CES) H.E. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former president of Latvia, visiting IOP fellow. Guido Goldman Room, CES, 27 Kirkland St., 2:15 p.m. ilyana_sawka@ksg.harvard.edu.

Thu., May 8 - "Student Appreciation Open House." (Joint Center for Housing Studies) Joint Center for Housing Studies, 5th floor, 1033 Mass. Ave., 3 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "Is the Chinese Military the Largest in the World? Comparing Apples and Oranges." (Fairbank Center) Dennis Blasko, retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army, former military intelligence officer. CGIS S-153, 1730 Cambridge St., 4 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "'Creating Government Lies in Individuals': Zhang Shizhao and the Paradoxes of Founding." (Harvard Political Theory Colloquium, Fairbank Center) Leigh Jenco, Brown University, National University of Singapore. CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge St., 4:15 p.m.

Thu., May 8 - "The French Republican Roots of International Jewish Solidarity." (CES) Lisa Moses Leff, Southwestern University. Cabot Room, CES, 27 Kirkland St., 4:15 p.m. phyllisalbert@jewishstudygroup.net.

Thu., May 8 - "The Center-Periphery Dimension in Spanish Political Parties (1977-2008)." (Real Colegio Complutense) Oscar Martinez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. RCC, 26 Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.

Fri., May 9 - "Restoring the Glorious Past: Sincerity and Authenticity in Taiwanese Culture Activism." (Fairbank Center) Elana Chipman, Harvard University. CGIS S-153, 1730 Cambridge St., 12:15 p.m.

Tue., May 13 - "Petrostate: Putin, Power and the New Russia." (Davis Center) Marshall Goldman, professor emeritus, Wellesley College. CGIS S-354, 1730 Cambridge St., 4:15 p.m. (617) 495-4037, http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu.

Tue., May 13 - "Teaching and Learning in the Developing World." (GSE/Dean's Distinguished Lecture) Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Aga Khan Development Network; with introduction by Ali Asani, Harvard University, and host Kathleen McCartney, GSE. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall, GSE, Appian Way, 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited, and reservations are encouraged to tuttlesh@gse.harvard.edu. (617) 496-5875.

Wed., May 14 - "Aging and 'Grey Power', Political and Policy Issues: From Myth to Reality." (CES) Jean-Philippe Viriot Durandal, CES. Cabot Room, CES, 27 Kirkland St., 12:15 p.m. art.goldhammer@comcast.net.

Thu., May 15 - "Foreign-Imposed Regime Change in Interstate Wars." (Belfer Center's International Security Program) Brown bag seminar with Alexander Downes, research fellow, ISP. Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, HKS, 12:15 p.m. Coffee and tea provided. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/3678.

Thu., May 15 - "TBA." (Real Colegio Complutense) Angela Garcia Calvo. RCC, 26 Trowbridge St., 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu.