University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Jan. 25-31

LECTURES

1/25 Carlo Ginzburg, the Franklin D. Murphy Professor of Italian Renaissance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, will deliver the XIV Annual E. P. Thompson Memorial Lecture titled "Coleridge, Exoticism, and Empire" at 7:30 p.m. in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. A reception will follow. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of History. For more information, contact Marcus Rediker at 412-648-7477 or red1@pitt.edu.

1/25 Dragan Huterer, a researcher in the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, will deliver a lecture titled "Cosmological Probes of Dark Energy" as part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Series at 4:30 p.m., Room 103, Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

1/25 Sharon C. Glotzer, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, will deliver a lecture titled "The Complexity of Tomorrow's Nano Building Blocks: The Many Dimensions of Anisotropy" at 11 a.m., Room 1175, Kresge Conference Center, Benedum Hall, 3700 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering. For more information, visit www.nano.pitt.edu.

1/25 Paul Weiss, a distinguished professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State University, will deliver a lecture titled "Designing, Measuring, and Controlling Molecular and Supramolecular Scale Properties for Molecular Devices" at 2:30 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering. For more information, visit www.nano.pitt.edu.

1/25 Michael Goodhart, an assistant professor of political theory in Pitt's Department of Political Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Darfur Mobilizing Against Genocide" at

6 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program as well as Global Solution Pittsburgh and Students Taking Action Now: Darfur. For more information, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/global.

1/26 Erika Fricke, a medical counselor at Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania, will deliver a lecture titled "Rethinking the Relationship between Abortion and Poverty" at noon, Room 2201, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by the Pitt Women's Studies Program. For more information, contact 412-624-6485 or visit www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

1/26 Demetris Portides, a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Cyprus, will deliver a lecture titled "Idealization and Scientific Modeling" at 12:05 p.m., Room 817R, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science's Lunchtime Talk Series. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

1/26 Sharon C. Glotzer, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, will deliver a lecture titled "Using Organics to Assemble Particles: Self-assembly of Nanoparticle 'Surfactants' and Other Interesting Shape Amphiphiles" at 9 a.m., Room 1175, Kresge Conference Center, Benedum Hall,

3700 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering. For more information, visit www.nano.pitt.edu.

1/26 Pitt's European Center for Excellence, European Studies Center, and Department of

1/27 Political Science will host a free, two-day conference, The Negotiation of EU External Relations: From Divergent Preferences to Common Policies? at 8:30 a.m., Medallion Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Those planning to attend should RSVP to Michael Deal at mdeal@ucis.pitt.edu. For more information, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/euce.html.

1/30 Xuan Gao, a postdoctoral associate professor in the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, will deliver a lecture titled "The Sensitivity Limits of Nanowire Biosensors" as part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Series at 3 p.m., Room 106, Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

1/30 Ruth Britto, a researcher in the String Theory Group at the University of Amsterdam, will deliver a lecture titled "New and Compact QCD Amplitudes From Spinors and Complex Analysis" as part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Series at 4:30 p.m., Room 106, Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

1/30 Johannes Persson, a visiting fellow in Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Explanation and Causation: The Metaphysical Arguments" at 12:05 p.m., Room 817R, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science's Lunchtime Talk Series. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

THEATER

1/25 The Pitt Repertory Theatre's student-run Theatre Laboratory will continue to present a double-bill performance through Jan. 28. Steven Dietz's The Nina Variations and Biljana Srbljanovic's Family Stories will be held in Room B-72, Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25-26, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, and 2 p.m. Jan. 28. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.play.pitt.edu.

1/25 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present Sarafina! written by Mbongeni Ngema and directed by Olusegun Ojewuyi, through Feb. 10 in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. The plays in Kuntu's 32nd season are being presented in partnership with the Center for Minority Health, part of Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health. For information on matinees, tickets, or group sales, call 412-624-7298.

1/31 Pitt Repertory Theatre will present a preview of Vinegar Tom, written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Ryan Howe, at 8 p.m. in the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. General admission is $19. The play, which will run through Feb. 11, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. A talk-back session with the director and cast will follow the Feb. 4 performance. Tickets for senior citizens, Pitt Alumni Association members, as well as Pitt and UPMC faculty and staff are $15. Student admission is $10 or $32 for Student Semester Passes, which will cover five admissions. General season passes are $60 for four performances and $85 for six performances. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.play.pitt.edu.

FILM

1/31 As part of the film series "Experimental, Underground, Revolutionary: Avant-garde Films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland" a screening of Machorka Muff (1963) and Die Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1967), both directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, will take place at 7:30 p.m., Room 205, David Lawrence Hall,

3942 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and School of Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact Randall Halle at 412-648-2614 or rhalle@pitt.edu.

EXHIBITION

1/25 An exhibition titled "Advertising a Dream: Movie Posters From Post-war Korea" will run through March 1 in the foyer of Pitt's Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and University Library System's East Asian Library. For more information, contact 412-648-7370 or turker@pitt.edu.

OTHER

1/31 Pitt's Career Services will hold a Spring Job/Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Main Floor of the William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.careers.pitt.edu.

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