Harpur Calendar of Events

Speaker: Nathalie Wahl, University of Copenhagen
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Lecture Hall 10, Binghamton University

About the speaker: Nathalie Wahl earned her doctorate from the University of Oxford in 2001, under the supervision of Ulrike Tillmann. Her main research areas are algebraic topology, geometric topology, and homotopy theory. Wahl has been a pioneer in the field of homological stability, and has a particular interest in mapping class groups, loop spaces, string topology, operads, and field theories. In 2008 Wahl won the Young Elite Researcher Award of the Independent Research Fund Denmark. She was elected in 2016 to the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences, and in 2020 to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. She gave invited talks at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2022, and at International Congress of Women Mathematicians in Hyderabad in 2010. She is currently the director of the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology, funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.

The lecture will be followed by a reception at 4:15 p.m. in the Anderson Center Reception Room, Anderson Performing Arts Center, Binghamton University. This reception is for the whole Binghamton Mathematics Community as well as for our visitors.

For details contact cmalkiew at binghamton dot edu.

3/21-3/23/25 - Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Rubber Coated Steel (2016, 15 mins)
Walled Unwalled (2018, 20 mins)
The Whole Truth (2012, 32 mins)

3/21-3/23/25 - Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Rubber Coated Steel (2016, 15 mins)
Walled Unwalled (2018, 20 mins)
The Whole Truth (2012, 32 mins)

3/28-3/30/25 - The Ascent, Karusa Shepitko, Soviet Union,1977, 109min.

Shepitko’s emotionally overwhelming final film won theGolden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and has been hailed around theworld as the finest Soviet film of its decade. Set during World War II'sdarkest days, The Ascent follows the path of two peasant soldiers, cut off fromtheir troop, who trudge through the snowy backwoods of Belarus seeking refugeamong villagers. Their harrowing trek leads them on a journey of betrayal,heroism, and ultimate transcendence. Their harrowing trek leads them on ajourney of betrayal, heroism, and ultimate transcendence.

Rhythm India: Bollywood & Beyond

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Osterhout Concert Theater | 3 p.m.

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Rhythm India takes you on a journey of dance and celebration through Bollywood and beyond. Experience the vibrant costumes, dynamic music and soulful rhythms of the “ghungroo” dancing bells–from the echoing heartbeats of royal palaces and sacred temples to the swaying voices of desert villages and modern stages. Created by World Choreography Award nominee & Telly Award -winning director & choreographer Joya Kazi, featuring the company dancers of Joya Kazi Unlimited as seen on screens from Bollywood to Hollywood.

3/28-3/30/25 - The Ascent, Karusa Shepitko, Soviet Union,1977, 109min.

Shepitko’s emotionally overwhelming final film won theGolden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and has been hailed around theworld as the finest Soviet film of its decade. Set during World War II'sdarkest days, The Ascent follows the path of two peasant soldiers, cut off fromtheir troop, who trudge through the snowy backwoods of Belarus seeking refugeamong villagers. Their harrowing trek leads them on a journey of betrayal,heroism, and ultimate transcendence. Their harrowing trek leads them on ajourney of betrayal, heroism, and ultimate transcendence.

4/4-4/6/25- Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan,2023, 106 min.

In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo,Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, andwild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk becomeaware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby,offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to the snowy wilderness. Whentwo company representatives arrive and ask for local guidance, Takumi becomesconflicted in his involvement, as it becomes clear that the project will have apernicious impact on the community. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow up to hisAcademy Award-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity'smysterious, mystical relationship with nature. As sinister gunshots echo fromthe forest, both the locals and representatives confront their life choices andthe haunting consequences they have.

4/4-4/6/25- Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan,2023, 106 min.

In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo,Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, andwild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk becomeaware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby,offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to the snowy wilderness. Whentwo company representatives arrive and ask for local guidance, Takumi becomesconflicted in his involvement, as it becomes clear that the project will have apernicious impact on the community. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow up to hisAcademy Award-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity'smysterious, mystical relationship with nature. As sinister gunshots echo fromthe forest, both the locals and representatives confront their life choices andthe haunting consequences they have.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

FA 258, with reception to follow in the Grand Corridor

More Information can be found at: The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture website

Neha Khanna is an environmental economist whose early work focused on climate change, global oil markets and the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. More recently she has studied air quality in the US including voluntary self-regulation and pollution spillovers under the Clean Air Act. Her current projects focus on issues of environmental justice, including the intergenerational persistence in exposure to pollution as well as the welfare consequences of exposure to roadway noise. Her contribution to the field has been recognized by numerous awards, among them a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2020, and the 2024 Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence. 

iLuminate

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Osterhout Concert Theater | 6 p.m.

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From the moment the lights fade to darkness, you are transported into another world, another dimension, where the music moves you and the visuals are unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Welcome to iLuminate, named “Best New Act in America” by America’s Got Talent in 2011. A fantastic fusion of cutting edge technology and dance, iLuminate features a cast of the country’s top dancers performing to energetic music, including top pop and rock hits from the 1970s through the 1990s, a little jazz, a little Latin, a little hip-hop, and more. The dancers are outfitted with customized LED suits synced to iLuminate’s proprietary software to create extraordinary lighting effects with each of the phenomenally choreographed dance moves.

4/25-4/27/25- Sarraounia, Med Hondo, 1986, 122min.

Director Med Hondo unflinchingly depicts the horrors ofcolonial occupation and conflict with a realistic, epic style, to adaptAbdoulaye Mamani’s Sarraounia, a historical novel about the West African Battleof Lougou. With an incisive eye toward the psychology of warfare, Hondo chartsthe brutal arrogance of French commanders Captain Paul Voulet and LieutenantJulien Chanoine, as well as the fierce determination of Sarraounia, the titularAzna queen, a revered leader who inspires her people to fight the French armywhen most of the surrounding tribes have made deals with the invaders or joinedtheir forces. Ready to meet her adversaries on the battlefield to defend hertribe and its way of life, native oral history claims she was a witch who couldhurl fire at the invaders and any crops that were blazed to ash regrewovernight with more than enough food to keep the warriors going. Rarelyscreened today, Sarraounia remains one of the greatest experiments inhistorical-surrealism to come from Africa.

Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer

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Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer

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Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer

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4/25-4/27/25- Sarraounia, Med Hondo, 1986, 122min.

Director Med Hondo unflinchingly depicts the horrors ofcolonial occupation and conflict with a realistic, epic style, to adaptAbdoulaye Mamani’s Sarraounia, a historical novel about the West African Battleof Lougou. With an incisive eye toward the psychology of warfare, Hondo chartsthe brutal arrogance of French commanders Captain Paul Voulet and LieutenantJulien Chanoine, as well as the fierce determination of Sarraounia, the titularAzna queen, a revered leader who inspires her people to fight the French armywhen most of the surrounding tribes have made deals with the invaders or joinedtheir forces. Ready to meet her adversaries on the battlefield to defend hertribe and its way of life, native oral history claims she was a witch who couldhurl fire at the invaders and any crops that were blazed to ash regrewovernight with more than enough food to keep the warriors going. Rarelyscreened today, Sarraounia remains one of the greatest experiments inhistorical-surrealism to come from Africa.

World-renowned Costa Rican choreographer, Rogelio López, teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production. López, who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression, will be exploring the theme of "the person and nature" in this original dance-theater work.

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World-renowned Costa Rican choreographer, Rogelio López, teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production. López, who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression, will be exploring the theme of "the person and nature" in this original dance-theater work.

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World-renowned Costa Rican choreographer, Rogelio López, teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production. López, who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression, will be exploring the theme of "the person and nature" in this original dance-theater work.

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