Career Development Seminars and Panal Discussion This Week

"BECOMING FACULTY" EVENTS

There are two events this week in the "Becoming Faculty" series targeted at those students who are on the academic job market:

a."Preparing for Campus Interviews"
Tuesday, November 6, 3:00-4:30 p.m
Office of Career Services Conference Room, 54 Dunster St.

b."Publishing in Books and Scholarly Journals"
Thursday, November 8, 4:00 p.m.
Dudley House Common Room, 2nd Floor
Speakers include a representative from Harvard University Press, as well as graduate students who have published.

PANEL ON THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM

Friday, November 9, 2:30 p.m.
Dudley House Private Dining Room, 1st floor
Come hear faculty members discuss their experiences navigating the two-body problem--the problem of couples finding careers in the same geographic area. Faculty panelists will be joined by Robin Mount of OCS. Panelists will discuss planning and negotiating career options that accommodate two working partners in a relationship.

Panelists include:

Christy Herren, Microbial Sciences Initiative
Peter Girguis, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Robin Mount, Office of Career Services
Laura Fisher, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, FAS
This event is sponsored by HGWISE, GSAS, and the GSC. For more information, contact Irene Newton at irene.newton@gmail.com.

Daylight-saving Time Ends Sunday

Daylight-savings time ends at 2 AM, Sunday, November 4th!

Adjust Clocks Back One Hour Before Going to Bed on November 3rd.

Mike Lowell Gets America Another Free Taco on November 6th!

Since Mike Lowell stole another base in the 2007 MLB World Series, now America gets another free taco. Run on down to any participating Taco Bell between 2pm and 5pm on Tuesday, November 6th to get 1 free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco!

The closest Taco Bell stores to Harvard are at:
1. 168 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02138
2. 167 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145
3. 100 Cambridgeside Place, Cambridge, MA 02138 (CambridgeSide Galleria)

For more information, visit:http://www.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/tacobell/#rules.

FILM: Nanking

FILM: Nanking
Friday, November 9, 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)
With special guests:
Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman Emeritus, AOL; Producer of Nanking
The parents of Iris Chang (張純如); Author of The Rape of Nanking and The Yellow River Chorus
The film features interviews with Chinese survivors and Japanese soldiers, along with pictures, letters, and diaries read by actors portraying westerners who helped save more than 200,000 Chinese refugees in Nanking, currently known as Nanjing(南京), in 1937.
Back Bay Events Center (John Hancock Hall), 200 Berkeley Street, Boston
For tickets: ticket@nanking1937.com
$50, $15, $10 advance purchase only; $50, limited honored seats
For other inquiries, please send email to info@nanking1937.com

“Contesting Sacred Space in China’s Ethnic Borderlands: Ritual and Myth at Huanglong, Northern Sichuan”

“Contesting Sacred Space in China’s Ethnic Borderlands: Ritual and Myth at Huanglong, Northern Sichuan”
Friday, November 9, 12:15-2pm
Donald Sutton, Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University
CGIS South Building, S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Seminar on Chinese Religions sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Africa-China Roundtable: Perspectives on Political Economy

Africa-China Roundtable: Perspectives on Political Economy
Thursday, November 8, 4-6pm
Panelists:
Dwight Perkins, Economics Department, Harvard
Chris Alden, London School of Economics
Claudia Anyaso, Africa Bureau, US State Department
Alex de Waal, Harvard Global Equity Initiative and Director, Justice Africa
Calestous Juma, Kennedy School of Government
Zhongying Pang, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Moderator:
Emmanuel Akyeampong, History and AAAS, Harvard
CGIS South Building, S020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Committee on African Studies, Harvard University
Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center
For additional information, please call 617 495-5265

“Caught Between Rising China, Hegemonic America, and Rogue North Korea: The Search for a Grand Strategy”

“Caught Between Rising China, Hegemonic America, and Rogue North Korea: The Search for a Grand Strategy”
Wednesday, November 7, 4:15pm
Byung-Kook Kim, Professor, Department of Political Science, Korea University and President, East Asia Institute
Chaired by Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Dept. of Government and Director, Reischauer Institute and Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Harvard University
Case Study Room S020, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations at the Korea Institute

“The ‘Tiantai Four Books’: Protocols of Buddhist Learning in Late-Song and Yuan China”

“The ‘Tiantai Four Books’: Protocols of Buddhist Learning in Late-Song and Yuan China”
Monday, November 5, 4:15pm
Daniel B. Stevenson, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Kansas
Barker Center 133
This talk sponsored by the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Harvard Humanities Center

“Chinese Business Dynasties: Family Survival Strategies in War and Revolution.”

“Chinese Business Dynasties: Family Survival Strategies in War and Revolution.”
Sherman Cochran
Monday, November 5, 3:30-5pm
Baker Library 101, Harvard Business School
China Business History Seminar

“Spatial Datasets and Geospatial Analysis for Contemporary and Early modern China: From Nation to Township”

“Spatial Datasets and Geospatial Analysis for Contemporary and Early modern China: From Nation to Township”
Monday, November 5, 12:15-2pm
Peter Bol, Director, Center for Geographic Analysis
Guoping Huang, Center for Geographic Analysis
Lex Berman, China Historical Geographic Information System Project
CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Fairbank Center Director’s Lunch