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Karl F. Inderfurth, the Sol M. Linowitz Professor of International Affairs and former assistant secretary of state for South Asian Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled “Is India the Next Superpower?” on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the Red Pit. His lecture is sponsored by the Government Department and is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons reacted quickly to a serious error made by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart last week when, in Iron’s words, he “lampooned Dick Molpus.” The white former Secretary of State and civil rights champion, Molpus was responsible for registering Mississippi’s 1995 decision to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. Irons, who had worked for Molpus in the 1990s, wrote an opinion piece in the Huffington Post titled “Civil Rights Champion Falsely Accused by Jon Stewart” in which she corrected Stewart's mischaracterization.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a faculty recital for solo piano featuring Sar-Shalom Strong on Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. He will present Lesser-Mined Gems, v. 2.0, a recital of rarely performed music for piano. The concert, which is free and open to the public, includes music by Bach, Fauré, and Janácek, with informal commentary on the composers and the music.

Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature emeritus Austin Briggs presented a paper titled “Joyce and Defoe” on Feb. 1 at the James Joyce Birthday Conference, “Miami J’yce.”

In a unique approach to soliciting college gifts, Hamilton’s Associate Director of Annual Giving Paul Ryan ’02 will host a 24-hour fund-raising radio broadcast marathon beginning at midnight on Friday, March 1.  The Power of Many will be broadcast on Hamilton FM station WHCL 88.7, as Ryan interviews alumni around the country with the goal of generating a minimum of 500 gifts for the college.

After a busy fall semester that included a massive voter registration drive and watch parties for the presidential debates and election night, the College Democrats and College Republicans have shifted their focus this semester to achieving their common goal of increasing political engagement on campus. This week, they hosted a debate that pitted two teams against each other on a controversial subject in a forum that made room for audience participation.

A book review by Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik appears in the most recent issue of the German Studies Review. The review discusses a new monograph by Eric Knibbs of Williams College titled Ansgar, Rimbert and the Forged Foundations of Hamburg-Bremen (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011) that offers an important reassessment of the sources, particularly papal charters, relating to the foundation of the archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen in the early Middle Ages and the mission to christianize Scandinavia.

Maggie Bertram, Active Minds speaker and former anorexia nervosa patient, came to the Hill on Feb. 26 to share an intimate and eye-opening story of her diagnosis and subsequent battle with eating disorders. Her presentation was one of the events sponsored by the college as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW).

After its victory at the Cornell Invitational, Hamilton’s Mock Trial team once again demonstrated its strength with a 5th place finish at their regional qualifier in Buffalo on Feb. 23-24. Compiling a record of 5-3, the team performed well enough to advance to the Opening Round Championship Series of the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) national tournament.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series presents Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill in Masters of Tradition: Celebrating Irish Music on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.