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		close Naoki Sakai \| The Body of the Nation – the Pastorate and the Logic of Modernization Exporting Enlightenment Series Nov 03 6:00PM - 8:00PM The body of the nation (國體)is a scandalous concept in modern Japanese history, for it discloses the formation of the ‘nation’ in the element of liberalism in Japan’s modernization. This talk aims to historicize... This event is open to the public with photo ID. Naoki Sakai \| The... 6:00PM- 8:00PM	close Barton Beebe \| Intellectual Property Law and the Sumptuary Code Global Café Series Nov 04 12:00PM - 2:00PM Professor Beebe teaches Trademark, Copyright, and Advanced Trademark at NYU. He was a senior editor of The Yale Law Journal and an articles editor of Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and a Whiting Fellow in the... This event is open to the public with photo ID. Barton Beebe \|... 12:00PM- 2:00PM	close Member Meeting with Special Guest Olivier Godechot Cultures of Finance - Member Meetings Series Nov 05 3:00PM - 5:00PM The sociologist Olivier Godechot conducts research for the Maurice Halbwachs Center at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and for the Quantitative Sociology Laboratory. His research focuses on wages and bonuses... This event is invitation only. Member Meeting... 3:00PM- 5:00PM
			close Chris Fuller \| Brahmans, Society and the State in Colonial and Post-colonial Tamilnadu Exporting Enlightenment Series Nov 11 6:00PM - 8:00PM Brahmans, the traditional caste elite of Tamilnadu, who make up no more than 2.5 per cent of its population have been unusually successful in the modern world of educated, professional employment from the nineteenth century to... This event is open to the public with photo ID. Chris Fuller \|... 6:00PM- 8:00PM
	close Private Finance and Public Works: Toward Basic Rules of the Game Nov 16 6:00PM - 8:00PM Last week, President Barack Obama asked the members of his President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) this question: "Obviously we're entering into an era of greater fiscal restraint as we move out of deep recession... This event is open to the public with photo ID. Private Finance... 6:00PM- 8:00PM		close A Conversation between Emily Martin and Khary Jones Global Café Series Nov 18 12:00PM - 2:00PM This session will feature a conversation between Emily Martin and Khary Jones, as well as a screening of the short film, HUG, an Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Khary Jones was born and raised in... This event is open to the public with photo ID. A Conversation... 12:00PM- 2:00PM