Wed., Oct. 29

4:00 P.M. "The Three Revolutions of India," by P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister of India. First Distinguished Lecture in Indian Political Economy. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor IAB.

Fri., Oct. 31

Noon. "Paradise or Hell: Where Do Japanese Sokaiya (Extortionists) Stand?" by author Masao Miyamoto. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918 IAB.

12:30 P.M. "Ladders," by Albert Pope, Rice Univ. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Noontime Lecture Series. 114 Avery.

2:10 P.M. "Magnetic Monopoles and Duality," by Kimyeong Lee, associate professor of physics. Physics Colloquia. 428 Pupin.

Wed., Nov. 5

Noon. "Birth of a Japanese Diet Member, or Getting Elected Japanese-Style," by Motohisa Furukawa, member, Japanese House of Representatives. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918 IAB.

4:00 P.M. "A Feminist Personal History of Barnard: The Founding of Center for Research on Women and Women's Studies," by Jane Gould, former director of Women's Center. Co-sponsored by Center for Research on Women and dept. of women's studies. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard.

4:30 P.M. "Stormy Weather: Instability in the Midlatitude Atmosphere," by David Muraki, NYU. Applied Mathematics Colloquia. 214 Mudd.

5:00 P.M. "Life on Other Planets: What Does this Mean for Revealed Religion?" by theorists Robert Monoit and George Rutler. Augustine Club. 602 Hamilton.

6:00 P.M. "Languages of Caste in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Bengal," by Sumit Sarkar, Delhi Univ. Southern Asian Institute. 405 IAB.

Thurs., Nov. 6

Noon. "Civil Society in Macedonia," by S. Markovska and David Lindholm, Center for Study of Human Rights. Co-sponsored by Center for Study of Human Rights and Harriman Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 1219 IAB.

Noon. "The Color of Gender: On Sex Determination and Embryological Development in the Caraka and Susruta-Samhitas," by Martha Selby, Hinduja Fellow. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. Heyman Center, East Campus.

2:10 P.M. "The IMF and Recent Developments in Japanese Economic Policy," by Yukio Yoshimura, Executive Director of Japan to IMF. Co-sponsored by SIPA's Economic Policy Management and East Asian Institute. 404 IAB.

3:30 P.M. "Gemcitabine and Fluormethylenedeoxycytidine: Clinically Active Antitumor Agents that Stoichiometrically Inactive Ribonucleotide Reductases," by Joanne Stubbe, M.I.T. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 209 Havemeyer.

4:00 P.M. "Catholicism and Feminism." Panel discussion. Speakers will include Mary Gordon, Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of Writing; Celia Deutsch, senior lecturer and others. Barnard Center for Research on Women. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard.

5:00 P.M. "Origins: The Artist's Mother," by Jonathan Weinberg, Yale. Barnard dept. of art history. 304 Barnard.

8:00 P.M. "Authenticity and the Imaginary Woman Author: Les Lettres Portugaises," by Mary McAlpin, Univ. of Tennessee. Maison Française Alumni Lecture Series. Buell.

8:00 P.M. "Ecological Influences on Gorilla Foraging Effort: Comparison of Lowland and Mountain Subspecies," by Michele Goldsmith, Dartmouth. Dept. of anthropology. 467 Schermerhorn Extension.

Fri., Nov. 7

2:10 P.M. "Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Laser-Polarized He-3 and Xe-129," by William Happer, Princeton. Physics Colloquia. 428 Pupin.

3:10 P.M. "Non-abdiabatic Response of Outer Radiation Belt Electrons to Magnetic Storm," by Don Brautigam, Hanscom Air Force Base. Plasma Physics Colloquia. 214 Mudd.

Upcoming Social Work Conference Workplace issues will be addressed in a conference, "The New Deal, the Raw Deal: Social Work's Role in Achieving a Better Deal at the Workplace." The event will be presented by the School of Social Work and its Workplace Center on Mon., Nov. 17, in the Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th floor of the International Affairs Building (IAB). A highlight of the conference will be a roundtable exchange ("Debating the Issues," at 10:00 A.M.) with a group that includes Fred Siegel, senior fellow, Progressive Policy Institute; George Stephanopoulos, Columbia visiting professor; top executives from Colgate Palmolive, Corporate Health Systems and America Works, and representatives of the local AFL-CIO chapter and the Immigrant Project Department of the AFL-CIO's UNITE. Later in the afternoon, nine separate workshops will take place. The registration fee is $25 ($10 students). For more information: 854-5173.

Mon., Nov. 10

4:00 P.M. "Framing Silence: Women Writers of Haiti," by Myriam Chancy, Arizona State Univ. Maison Française. 507 Philosophy.

4:30 P.M. "Do the Large Scales Determine the Scales in Solutions of the Equations?" by H.O. Kreiss, Univ. of Stockholm and U.C.L.A. Applied Mathematics Colloquia. 214 Mudd.

6:00 P.M. "Getting Medieval: Heretics, Prostitutes and Foucault," by Carolyn Dinshaw, U.C.-Berkeley. Queer Studies Group. Deutsches Haus.

6:00 P.M. "Strategy Towards the 'Big Bang': The Industrial Bank of Japan's Approach," by Yuji Suzuki, the Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. Eli Lilly Japan Distinguished Business Leaders Lecture Series. 332 Uris.

Tues., Nov. 11

Noon. "Is the Republic of Korea's Export-Led Growth Sustainable?" by Hak K. Pyo, Seoul National Univ. Co-sponsored by Center on Japanese Economy and Business and East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918 IAB.

Noon. "The Russian Intelligentsia: Diagnosis and Prognosis," by former KGB officer Michael Lyubimov. Harriman Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 1219 IAB.

Noon. "Women and Development in Niger," by Aissata Sidikou-Morton, Barnard professor of French and African literature. Institute of African Studies. 1118 IAB.

3:00 P.M. "Biogeography and Conservation Genetics of Two Contact Zones," by Ben Evans, dept. of biology. CERC Conservation Research Talks. 1015 Schermerhorn Extension.

7:30 P.M. "Conservation and Population Genetics of the American Sturgeon," by John Waldman, Hudson River Foundation. Seminar in Population Biology. 1015 Schermerhorn Extension.

8:00 P.M. "Stravinsky and Us," by Richard Taruskin, U.C.-Berkeley. Lionel Trilling Seminar. 104/106 Jerome Greene.

Wed., Nov. 12

Noon. "Contact Lenses: U.S.-Russian Military Cooperation and the Realist Neglect of Transparency," by Kimberly M. Zisk. Harriman Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 1219 IAB.

Noon. "The Education Program at Barnard: Planning Meeting," by Susan Sacks, senior lecturer, dept. of education. Barnard Education Program. 206 Sulzberger.

Noon. "Regulation of Cell Cycle Progression by the Raf-MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway," by Martin McMahon, DNAX Research Institute. Dept. of biological sciences. 700 Fairchild.

7:30 P.M. "Agenda Magazines," by Marcia Gillespie, Ms. Delacorte Lecture Series. Graduate School of Journalism. 301 Journalism.

8:00 P.M. "50 Years of Gruppe 47: the Reception of the Critical Term 'Engagement,'" by Helmut Peitsch, Univ. of Wales-Cardiff. Dept. of Germanic languages. Deutsches Haus.

8:00 P.M. "Bettelheim Today," by journalist Nina Sutton. Maison Française. Buell.

Thurs., Nov. 13

Noon. "Upsetting Newton's Applecart, or Whatever Happened to Inertia—Some Comments on the Arts and Sciences in the Romantic Century," by Martin Meisel, Brander Matthews Professor of English and Comparative Lit. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. Heyman Center, East Campus.

3:30 P.M. "Chemistry at Surfaces: What Can We Learn from Molecular Vibrations?" by Rick Cavanaugh, NIST. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 209 Havemeyer.

Insdorf Film Series Returns to 92nd Street Y Annette Insdorf, director of Undergraduate Film Studies and professor in the Film Division of the School of the Arts, will once again present her Reel Pieces series at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y (located on Lexington Ave., E. 92nd St.). Five evenings of screenings and on-stage interviews with leading film artists will take place at 7:15 P.M., beginning Nov. 5, with actress Debra Winger and a screening of Bernardo Bertolucci's Sheltering Sky (1990). The guests for the subsequent dates are: director Ron Howard (Nov. 12), actor-producer Harry Belafonte (Nov. 19, with a screening of The Angel Levine) and actor-producer Gabriel Byrne (Dec. 4). The guest artist for the final session (Dec. 11) is to be announced. Series subscription: $75. Individual event tickets: $18 (half-price with CUID). Reservations: 996-1100. Insdorf will also moderate a panel at the Alliance Française/French Institute on Nov. 13 at 6:30 P.M. "The Whys and Hows of Remakes" will include directors Peter Bogdanovich and Edouard Molinaro (La Cage aux Folles), and Cahiers du Cinéma editor Serge Toubiana. Speakers will address American remakes of French films. Tickets: $7/$5.50 with CUID. Information: 355-6160. Tinker Auditorium (22 E. 60th St.).

Constructing Low Memorial Library: Chronicle of a Monumental Enterprise. 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Mon.-Fri. Through Jan. 17. Low Rotunda.

Judging a Book by Its Cover: Gold-Stamped Publishers' Bindings of the Nineteenth Century. Opening reception 5:30 P.M., Thurs., Nov. 13. 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Mon.-Fri. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 6th Floor, Butler Library.

Mastering McKim's Plan: Columbia's First Century on Morningside Heights. 1:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M., Wed.-Sat. Through Jan. 17. Closed weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Wallach Art Gallery, Schermerhorn.

Morningside Heights: Studio Projects for the Centennial. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Noon-6:00 P.M., Tues.-Sat. Through Nov. 15. Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Buell.

New Faculty Exhibition. Works by painter Carroll Dunham, sculptor and chair of Visual Arts Division Ronald Jones, and photographer Penelope Umbrico. 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Mon.-Fri. Through Nov. 14. 310 Dodge.

New Photography Exhibit at Deutsches Haus Zacatécal, Mexico "The Mexican Mennonites," a collection of works by Dutch photographer Morad Bouchakour, will be displayed in Deutsches Haus beginning with a reception Thurs., Nov. 13, at 8:00 P.M. The exhibit may be viewed from 2:00-5:00 P.M., Mon.-Fri. until Dec. 12. Free admission.

Wed., Oct. 29-Sat. Nov. 1

8:00 P.M. New Works I. Additional 2:00 P.M. performance Nov. 1. Works by playwrights Hunt Holman, Tara Knel, Nathan Parker and Kenny Finkle. Tickets: $5, $3 students (may be purchased at Miller box office). Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies. Horace Mann Theatre (W. 120th & B'way).

Thurs., Oct. 30

4:00 P.M. "Should We Burn the Records: the Confidentiality of Psychiatric Case Notes as Against the Needs of History," with Kay Redfield Jamison, Johns Hopkins; Louis Menand, CUNY; Aryeh Neier, Open Society Institute; Tia Powell, Director of Clinical Ethics, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and David Rothman, Center for Study of Society and Medicine. Center for Study of Society and Medicine. Faculty Room, Low Library.

Sun., Nov. 2

4:00 P.M. Sonic Boom 6 Music Festival. Free "Sampler" Concert. Featuring Da Capo Chamber Players, ModernWorks!, Speculum Musicae, New York New Music Ensemble and Continuum. Information: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.

Wed., Nov. 5

12:15 P.M. Voice Recital, with baritone Mark Singer, mezzo-soprano Darcy Dunn and pianist Julia Mendelsohn. Music by Vaughan Williams. I.I. Rabi Concerts. Free admission. Faculty House.

6:30 P.M. Film Screening, One, Two, Three; directed by Billy Wilder. Dept. of Germanic Languages "Berlin in Video" Series. Free admission. Deutsches Haus.

8:00 P.M. "Heinrich Heine and His Musical Poets." Concert celebrating bicentennial of Heine's birth. With baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Ophra Yerushalmi. Songs by Wagner, Schubert, Liszt and others. Tickets: $15, $7 students/seniors. Miller Theatre.

Thurs., Nov. 6

9:00 A.M. "Heine's Jewish Con/Texts." Day-long conference. Speakers include Willi Goetschel, assistant professor of Germanic languages; Bettina Brandt, assistant professor of Germanic languages, and others. Information: 854-7807. Deutsches Haus.

Noon. Organ Recital, with Mark Bani. Works by Vierne, Bach and Franck. Chapel Music Program. Free admission. St. Paul's Chapel.

1:00 P.M. "Year 2000." Information session on potential future computer difficulties led by Becky Deweese, Information Systems audit manager. Information and registration: 870-2887. Room 1220, Interchurch Center (475 Riverside Dr.).

4:00 P.M. Book Reading, with Christopher Scholz, professor of earth and environmental science. Selections from his new book, Fieldwork: A Geologist's Memoirs of Kalahari. Columbia University Bookstore. John Jay Lounge.

8:00 P.M. ModernWorks! Chamber Music Concert. Works by Carter, Hyla, Kernis, Breznick and Rands. Sonic Boom 6 Series. Tickets: $10, $5 students/seniors. Miller Theatre.

Mon., Nov. 10

6:00 P.M. Book Discussion, with Dalma Heyn, author of Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives. Barnard Center for Research on Women. 101 Barnard.

Tues., Nov. 11

7:00 P.M. Book Signing, with Steve Baxter, author of Titan. Columbia University Bookstore and Sci-Fi Society. Carman Lounge.

Wed., Nov. 12

12:15 P.M. Piano Recital, with Eric Trudel. Works by Brahms and Handel. I.I. Rabi Concerts. Free admission. Faculty House.

6:30 P.M. Film screening, The Innocent, directed by John Schlesinger. With Anthony Hopkins and Isabella Rossellini. Dept. of Germanic Languages 'Berlin in Video' Series. Free admission. Deutsches Haus.

8:00 P.M. Piano Recital: The Goldberg Variations, with Samuel Bartos, playing Bach's monumental work for keyboard. Tickets: $15/$7 students/seniors. Information: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.

Wed.-Thurs., Nov. 12-13

l0:00 A.M. Silent Day-long Auction (additional live auction 8:00 P.M., Sat.). To benefit public interest legal work. Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF). Lencast Cafe, Jerome Greene Hall.

Thurs., Nov. 13

7:00 P.M. Mini-Stress Management Clinic and Booksigning, with Jordan Friedman, author of Stress-Manager's Manual: Your Guide to Better Health and Quality of Life. Columbia University Bookstore. John Jay Lounge.

Noted Organist to Inaugurate New Organ Console in St. Paul's David Higgs On Sun., Nov. 9, at 2:00 P.M., organist David Higgs will give a concert to inaugurate St. Paul Chapel's new organ console (see story Page One). The concert will include works by Bach, Sowerby, Messiaen and Liszt. Tickets may be purchased at the Miller Theatre box office ($15, $7 students/seniors). For more information, call 854-7799. St. Paul's Chapel.

Fri., Oct. 31

11:00 A.M. "The Relevance of Recent Research on the Infant Brain to Clinical Psychiatry," by Allan Schore, U.C.L.A. Psychiatry Adult Grand Rounds. MHB-7GN-411.

Noon. "Functional Diversity of PH Domains: An Exhaustive Modeling Study," by Michael Nilges, EMBL-Heidelberg. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 523 Black.

Mon., Nov. 3

Noon. "The Developing Brain as a Target of Toxicity," by David K. Manchester, Univ. of Colorado. Seminar in the Division of Environmental Sciences. Conference Room 122, 60 Haven Ave.

Wed., Nov. 5

7:30 A.M. "Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care in New York State: the 1115 Waiver," by Sarah Smith, Greater New York Hospital Association. 1&2 Clark Conference Center.

Noon. "The Ground-State Permeability of the Red Blood Cell Membrane for K+ and Na+: An Electroneutral Exchange Process," by Ingolf Bernhardt, Humboldt Univ., Germany. Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Seminar. Rover Physiology Conference Room, P&S 11-505.

4:30 P.M. "I Do Mind Dying: Medicare and Terminal Illness," by Bruce C. Vladeck, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. 23rd Annual Alexander Ming Fisher Lecture. P&S Alumni Auditorium.

Thurs., Nov. 6

12:30 P.M. "Seasonality and Migration in Mali," by Sally Findley, associate professor, Graduate School of Public Health. Center for Population and Family Health Seminar. 60 Haven Ave., B-3.

4:00 P.M. "Formation and Interpretation of the dpp Gradient During Dorsal-Ventral Patterning in the Drosophilia Embryo," by Edwin Furguson, Univ. of Chicago. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 301 HHSC.

Fri., Nov. 7

Noon. "Membrane Interactions of Fatty Acylated Proteins: Lessons from the src Family and HIV Gag," by Marilyn Resh, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 523 Black.

Tues., Nov. 11

Noon. "ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels: What Are They Good For?" by Joseph Bryan, Baylor College of Medicine. Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Seminar. Rover Physiology Conference Room, 11-505.

Wed., Nov. 12

11:30 A.M. "The Christchurch Suicide Study," by Peter R. Joyce, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand. Roddy D. Brickell Suicide Research Conference. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.

Thurs., Nov. 13

6:30 P.M. Presbyterian Hospital Alumni Society Annual Dinner. Speakers will include Arnold L. Weinstein, Brown. Presbyterian Alumni Society. $60 per person. Information: 305-2210. Low Rotunda, Morningside Campus.