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Thursday, October 30, 2008

10:50 amHIND 105

Chicago Hall, 116

3:15 pmHispanic Studies Lecture

Economies of Excess and Unbridled Masculinity: The Mirage of Subjectivity in Bigas Luna's Huevos de oro. Ben Arenger will discuss Bigas Luna's, "Huevos de oro," a film that compels us to reconsider Spanish masculinity in light of its contemporary resinscription with the effects of the neoliberal transformation of Spain. The film throws into relief the increased turn to a market driven, deregulated economy that characterized 1980s Spain. The protagonist of the film, Benito Gonzalez, played by Javier Bardem, personifies the rapid socioeconomic transformation of the period of the transition. The question driving this analysis is: what becomes of masculinity in the neoliberal context and how do the excesses mobilized within the economies of both mutually penetrate and resignify one another?

Main Building, Jade Parlor

4:30 pmECCO Program Orientation

Orientation meeting for Juniors on the ECCO Program in Bologna, Spring 2009. Italian Lounge, Chicago Hall, room 129.

Chicago Hall, 129

5:00 pmRSL Coffee House

A coffee house featuring Vincent Harding and sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

Ely Hall, Aula

5:00 pmLecture

Matthew Vassar Lecture. Julia Kristeva, "Does European Culture Exist?" A talk on the plurilingualism of Europe, its interrogative notion of political and personal identity, the destiny of "nation" both historically and now, and the "two models" of freedom that coexist in the today's world (schematically speaking): "American" and "European."

Taylor Hall, 203

5:00 pmInformation Session

Wells Fargo. Sponsored by Career Development Office.

College Center, Faculty Commons

5:30 pmLecture

Brad Simpson, History Department, Princeton University. "An Economics of Violence: The US Embrace of Authoritarian Development in Suharto's Indonesia (1965-1975)."

Rockefeller Hall, 200

6:30 pmUrban Talk

The Urban Studies Program presents an Urban Talk:Richard Lloyd, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt College,"On the Barstools of Giants: Place, Aura, and Cultural Production."

Sanders Hall, 212

7:00 pmFilm: "I.O.U.S.A."

From the producers of "Wordplay" and the studio that brought you Supersize Me," I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt. "The most unexpectedly frightening movie at Sundance," - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times.

Blodgett, Nora Ann Wallace '73 Auditorium

7:00 pmThe Female Orgasm

Join us to laugh and learn about the big "O," the most popular topic sex educators Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot teach about! Orgasm afficionados and beginners of all genders are welcome to come to learn about evrything fro multiple orgasms to that mysterious G-spot. Sponsored by CHOICE.

College Center, Villard Room

8:00 pmVassar Islam Society

Main Building, Jade Parlor

8:00 pmPhilaletheis Play

The Philaletheis Society presents "Proof," a play that peers into the lives and relationships of a mathematically blessed family.

Susan Stein Shiva Theater

8:00 pmRussian Halloween Filmscreening

"The Day Watch" (2006) w/ English subtitles. Fantasy action blockbuster. As scary as "The Night Watch," but even cooler...Introductory remarks by Dan Ungurianu.

Rockefeller Hall, 200

8:00 pmHalloween Movie Marathon

Annual Halloween Movie Marathon culminating with "Nightmare Before Christmas" at midnight. Free pizza and candy.

Students' Building, Second Floor

9:00 pmViCE After Hours

College Center, Matthew's Pub

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