Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work with Kimberly Hoang, assistant professor of sociology and international studies, Boston College. Presented by the Development and Governance Seminar Series. Location: McKinney Conference Room.

France's 9/11? - A teach-in with Beshara Doumani, professor of modern Middle East history, director of Middle East Studies, Youenn Kervennic, senior lecturer in French studies, Ourida Mostefai, visiting professor of comparative literature and French studies, Maud Mandel, professor of history and Judaic studies and Dean of the College, and David Wells (moderator), professor of French studies.

Militant Ethnics and Ethnic Militancy in Brazil, 1940-1980 with Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and chair, Department of History, Emory University. Presented by the Brazil Initiative. Location: Joukowsky Forum.

Screening of Edif�cio Master. Edificio Master focuses on the lives, the banalities and the dramas, of the many people living in a one 12-story building in Copacabana. Co-sponsored by the Brazil Initiative and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. Location: Joukowsky Forum.

Globalizing Knowledge ─ Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation. A book panel with author Michael Kennedy, and comments by Keith Brown, Lina Fruzzetti, Leela Gandhi, and Richard Snyder. Location: Joukowsky Forum.