featured events for october 2012

Stanford Art Spaces

Ongoing every weekday (M-F) from September 14, 2012 through November 8, 2012. 9:00 AM.
Paul G, Allen, David Packard Electrical Engineering, Building 420 - Psychology Office & Conference Room

Scripting the Sacred: Medieval Latin Manuscripts

Ongoing from September 17, 2012 through March 17, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda, Green Library Bing Wing, 2nd Floor

When Artists Attack the King: Honoré Daumier and 'La Caricature,' 1830—1835

Ongoing every day from August 1, 2012 through November 11, 2012. 11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Drawings from Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s: The Marmor Collection

Ongoing every day from August 29, 2012 through February 3, 2013. 11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Love, Rights, and Honor: Gender and Democracy in Iran

Monday, October 1, 2012. 6:30 PM.
Lane History Corner, Building 200, Room 303

Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: John Cage Plexigrams

Ongoing every day from June 13, 2012 through November 11, 2012.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Guardians: Photographs by Andy Freeberg, an Exhibition in Three Parts

Ongoing every day from July 25, 2012 through January 6, 2013.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

2012 World Alliance Forum: "Investing for a Brighter Future"

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 1:30 PM.
McCaw Hall, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street (intersection of Campus Drive and Galvez St.)

Sputnik Moment - The Real Story: A Lecture by Dragutin Petkovic

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 2:00 PM.
James H. Clark Center, Room S360

CAN CIVILIZATION BE SAVED? A Game Changing Lecture by Paul Ehrlic

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 4:00 PM.
Center For Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 75 Alta Road, Stanford CA 94305

22nd Annual King Lecture: The Ethics and Practice of Loving Care (Dr. Ira Byock)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 1st Floor Auditorium

"Wealth in the Gilded Age: How Much is Enough?"

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 7:00 PM.
Tresidder Union, Oak West

Saving the Mary Rose: Synchrotrons and the Preservation of a Tudor Warship

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. 7:30 PM.
Panofsky Auditorium, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Artist's Talk: Andy Freeberg

Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 6:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Paul Harrison: "Can Lotuses Bloom in a Sea of Flames? Buddhism in Conflict in the Modern Period"

Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 7:00 PM.
Wallenberg Hall, Building 160

Harmony For Humanity: Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert

Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 8:00 PM.
Memorial Church

A War on Modern Art: The 75th Anniversary of the Degenerate Art Exhibition

Ongoing every day from October 3, 2012 through February 24, 2013.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Thursday Tour: Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley

Ongoing every week from May 17, 2012 through October 14, 2012. 12:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

John Papay

Thursday, October 4, 2012. 03:30 PM.
CERAS 100B, CERAS Building 520 Galvez Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3084

Stanford Reunion / Homecoming

Ongoing every day from October 4, 2012 through October 7, 2012.
Ford Center (for on-site registration)

Archiving Disasters: Challenges and Opportunities in Building a Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters

Friday, October 5, 2012. 12:00 PM.
Confucius Reading Room, Room 102, 521 Memorial Way~Knight Building

The Science of Happiness

Friday, October 5, 2012. 3:15 PM.
Memorial Auditorium

Phaedon Sinis: Lyra - A Fiddle from Istanbul

Friday, October 5, 2012. 8:00 PM.
Stanford Memorial Church

Gray Matters: Your Brain, Your Life and Brain Science in the 21st Century

Saturday, October 6, 2012. 9:30 AM.
Maples Pavilion

Weekend Tours: Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley

Ongoing every weekend (Sat, Sun) from May 19, 2012 through October 14, 2012. 2:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

John W. Gardner Centennial Event

Saturday, October 6, 2012. 2:15 PM.
Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center, 641 Knight Way, Stanford, CA

Founders' Celebration 2012

Sunday, October 7, 2012. 2:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center

A. Jess Shenson Recital Series: Linda Kelsey, Anne Marie Ketchum, and Victoria Kirsch

Sunday, October 7, 2012. 5:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall

Commemoration of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Stanford

Monday, October 8, 2012. 7:30 PM.
CEMEX Auditorium (look for Zambrano Hall on the map)

The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses with Mick LaSalle

Monday, October 8, 2012. 7:30 PM.
Geology Corner (Bldg. 320), Room 105

Sounding Board: Exhibition of Sculptures and Sound

Ongoing from October 9, 2012 through November 18, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery

Library Open House

Tuesday, October 9, 2012. 1:00 PM.
Green Library

Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Samurai

Tuesday, October 9, 2012. 4:15 PM.
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor

Education's Digital Future: The Rise of the Rock Star Teacher-Adrian Sannier

Tuesday, October 9, 2012. 6:00 PM.
Center for Educational Research at Stanford (CERAS) Auditorium 520 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305-3084

Walking Tour of the Stanford University Medical Center Architecture

Ongoing from May 11, 2011 through March 13, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
Meets in front of the fountain outside main entrance of Stanford Hospital

Tanner Lectures on Human Values: William G. Bowen "The 'Cost Disease' in Higher Education: Is Technology the Answer?"

Wednesday, October 10, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center

Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER Series)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012. 6:45 PM.
Jordan Hall (Building 420), Room 041 (basement level)

Tanner Seminar Discussion: William G. Bowen "The Productivity Problem in Higher Education"

Ongoing from October 11, 2012 through October 11, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Lucas Conference Room 134A, SIEPR-Landau Economics Bldg

“Hypercities Project - Presentation and Workshop”

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 12:00 PM.
Bldg. 260, Rm 252

Dominic Parviz Brookshaw: Sisters of the Pen

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 12:15 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208

Linkages between food systems and human health in Africa

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 3:30 PM.
Bechtel Conference Room, Encina Hall

Tanner Lectures on Human Values: William G. Bowen "The 'Cost Disease' in Higher Education: Is Technology the Answer?"

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center

Women's Sports at Stanford: 40 Years of Title IX

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Kissick Auditorium

John Cage - 100 Years: Thomas Schultz, piano

Thursday, October 11, 2012. 8:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall

Tanner Seminar Discussion: William G. Bowen "Prospects for an Online Learning Fix"

Ongoing from October 12, 2012 through October 12, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Lucas Conference Room 134A, SIEPR-Landau Economics Bldg

David Wasserstein: How Islam Saved the Jews

Friday, October 12, 2012. 12:15 PM.
Encina Hall West, Room 208

International Public Interest Lawyering Symposium: Advancing Gender Equality through Human Rights

Friday, October 12, 2012. 12:45 PM.
Stanford Law School's Manning Faculty Lounge

NOKA at Stanford

Friday, October 12, 2012. 4:00 PM.
Oregon Courtyard

John Cage - 100 Years: Symposium and Concert

Friday, October 12, 2012. 7:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall

Not Fade Away - Special Screeening/Q&A with David Chase

Friday, October 12, 2012. 7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium

27th Annual Johnson Sympoisum

Friday, October 12, 2012.
Braun Lecture Hall - Mudd Chemistry Building

International Public Interest Lawyering Symposium: Advancing Gender Equality through Human Rights

Saturday, October 13, 2012. 9:00 AM.
Stanford Law School, Crown Building room 190

Fall Festival

Saturday, October 13, 2012. 1:00 PM.
FloMo (Floorence Moore) Field

Asha Stanford presents: The Hunt

Saturday, October 13, 2012. 3:00 PM.
Where: Main Quad 320-105, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA (Braun Corner of Main Quad, Bldg. 320, Room 105)

Mark Applebaum: Control Freak

Saturday, October 13, 2012. 8:00 PM.
CCRMA Stage, The Knoll

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra: La Belle France

Sunday, October 14, 2012. 3:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium

The Euro Gamble: Noble Visions, Obstinate Nation-States

Monday, October 15, 2012. 5:00 PM.
CISAC Conference Room Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor

Vanishing landscapes/Paisajes Devorados

Monday, October 15, 2012. 5:00 PM.
Bolivar House (582 Alvarado Row)

Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture with Harriet Murav

Monday, October 15, 2012. 5:15 PM.
History Corner (bldg. 200) - Room 307

On Partisanship: Enemies and Adversaries in Politics

Monday, October 15, 2012. 6:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center 424 Santa Teresa Street

The Strindberg Forum Presents: Miss Julie

Ongoing from October 15, 2012 through October 15, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Roble Hall Residence Theater 374 Santa Teresa Street

Rivals for Life Blood Drive

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 11:00 AM.
Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation (ACSR), 341 Galvez

Selling Women: Prostitution, Markets, and Households in Early Modern Japan

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 4:15 PM.
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor

"Superconductivity and the THz Photons"

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 4:15 PM.
Hewlett Teaching Center Rm. 201

Nuray Mert ile Soylesi

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 6:00 PM.
Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall

Everyday Crime in the Sacred Shrine City of Mashhad, 1913-14

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 6:30 PM.
Landau Economics Building, Room 140

New Films from New Kazakhstan: "Revenge"

Tuesday, October 16, 2012. 7:00 PM.
Bldg. 370, room 370

Ends of Enlightenment

Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 4:30 PM.
CISAC Conference Room Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor

Lectures on Religion and Wealth: Kathryn Lofton, "Spiritual Capitalism: The Prosperity Gospel of Oprah Winfrey"

Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 5:15 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center

Gaieties 2012: Full Doom on the Quad

Ongoing every day from October 17, 2012 through October 19, 2012. 8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium

IT Unconference

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 8:00 AM.
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge

Stanford Woods Environmental Forum featuring Jeremy Bailenson

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 3:30 PM.
Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, Bechtel Conference Room ( Y2E2, Room 299)

Martin West

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 03:30 PM.
CERAS Auditorium, 520 Galvez Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

Founder of the Food Empowerment Project on Food Activism and Justice

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 4:45 PM.
Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, First Floor Wellness Room 4:45pm-6:15pm for discussion Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, First Floor Study Room 6:30-7:30pm for talk

Stanford Multidisciplinary Multimedia Meeting of Arts, Science, and Humanities -- SMMMASH : “Space”

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 6:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education

Camera as Witness presents UNAFF 2012

Thursday, October 18, 2012. 6:45 PM.
Palo Alto Aquarius Theater, 430 Emerson Street

"Forced Ruling: Violence, Language, and Federalism in the Governing of India, 1950-2009", Comparative Politics Book Workshop

Friday, October 19, 2012. 10:00 AM.
Wallenberg Hall, Room 321

Aristotle's Lament : A Video Canvass of Campaign Missteps

Friday, October 19, 2012. 12:00 PM.
Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460)

Building Sustainable Urban Spaces and Services — a 21st century vision

Friday, October 19, 2012. 12:15 PM.
Mccullough Building, Room 115

Camera as Witness presents UNAFF 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012. 4:00 PM.
Palo Alto Aquarius Theater, 430 Emerson Street

Camera as Witness presents UNAFF 2012

Saturday, October 20, 2012. 1:00 PM.
Palo Alto Aquarius Theater, 430 Emerson Street

Stanford Equestrian - "The Big Ride" vs Cal

Sunday, October 21, 2012. 1:00 PM.
Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center 100 Electioneer Road Stanford, CA

Thirteen Days -- and Fifty Years Later: What Have We Learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Monday, October 22, 2012. 4:00 PM.
Oak Lounge Tresidder Memorial Union Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305

Camera as Witness presents UNAFF 2012

Monday, October 22, 2012. 4:00 PM.
Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street, AOL Patch, 395 Page Mill Road

Film Screening with Andrew Kötting: "Gallivant"

Monday, October 22, 2012. 6:00 PM.
Pigott Theater in Memorial Auditorium

An Evening with J.M. Coetzee

Monday, October 22, 2012. 6:00 PM.
08-050C Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center

Pac 12 Fitness Challenge

Ongoing every day from October 22, 2012 through October 28, 2012.
Everywhere

Sticks and Stones May Break My Heart: How Early Environment Shapes Lifelong Cardiovascular Risk

Tuesday, October 23, 2012. 12:00 PM.
LPCH Auditorium, 1st Floor

Election 2012: Reality Check

Tuesday, October 23, 2012. 12:00 PM.
Sewall Family Boardroom, Bass Center Room 400, Knight Management Center

Camera as Witness presents UNAFF 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012. 1:00 PM.
Palo Alto Girls Middle School 3400 West Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto Eastside Theater 1041 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto Boys and Girls Clubs, Moldaw-Zaffaroni Clubhouse, 2031 Pulgas Avenue. Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 616 Serra Str