Music and climate change

The Cornell Concert Series will present "Water Is Rising: Music and Dance Amid Climate Change," Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall. The program features artists from the smallest countries in the world, the equatorial Pacific atolls of Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu. Their songs and dances express their deep connections to nature and their ancestral past -- conveying their feelings about global warming and the desire that the world not overlook them.

The Water Is Rising project is partnering with environmental science and Pacific Island studies programs to present concerts and educational outreach for all ages on a 13-city American tour. The concert will include video projections with images of the atolls, ocean and lagoons, and insights into the way of life of the islands' people.

Tickets are $25-$35 for adults and $17 for students; available at Ticket Center Ithaca, 171 The Commons, by calling 607-273-4497 or 800-284-8422 and online at http://www.CornellConcertSeries.com and http://www.BaileyTickets.com. A Cornell discount rate is available online with valid netID. Information: http://www.waterisrising.com.

Fathers and sons

Cornell Cinema will present director Raúl Ruiz's last film, the four-hour historical epic "Mysteries of Lisbon," Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre.

Ruiz died earlier this year at age 70. The 2010 film, in Portuguese and French, follows a series of interconnected stories centered on a man, Father Denis, the orphaned boy with whom he develops a heartfelt bond, and the shadows in their pasts. The film will be presented with a 15-minute intermission. Information: http://mysteriesoflisbon.com.

Also at Cornell Cinema, producer Harris Tulchin '74 will introduce "The Devil's Double" (2011), Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Tulchin executive produced the international production, about the man who was forced to be the body double for Saddam Hussein's son, Uday.

Rhythm of collaboration

Steven Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Information Science, will speak on "Collaboration Time: Rhythm, Flow and Infrastructure in Collaborative Scientific Work," Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. in 374 Rockefeller Hall. Free and open to the public.

The lecture is presented by the Department of Science and Technology Studies' Fall Seminar Series and is co-sponsored with the Department of Communication.

International studies symposium

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts a symposium Nov. 14-15 in Biotechnology G10 on the theme of "International Studies in the American Research University: The Path Ahead."

The event, held during International Education Week, is intended to celebrate the Einaudi Center's achievements on its 50th anniversary, reflect on the role of international studies in the university and consider how best to chart a course for the future. President David Skorton will lead off the symposium Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. with an address, followed by presentations on current trends at American research universities. The second day (9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) will address specific international studies issues, with emphasis on Cornell. To register, visit http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/node/8548. International Education Week events: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/node/8616.

The dawn of photography

Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections is displaying some of America's rarest, earliest and most important historic photographs from the 19th century.

"Dawn's Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography," in the Hirshland Gallery in Carl A. Kroch Library, offers highlights of the Beth and Stephan Loewentheil Family Photographic Collection. The set of more than 16,000 19th-century images includes work by Civil War photographer Mathew Brady, such as a large personally inscribed 1861 portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

The collection also features a personal photo album compiled by Mark Twain; an image of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton with Civil War soldiers; and photographs documenting African-American life, westward expansion and the rise of celebrity culture. Related artifacts cover early technological developments in photography, from daguerreotypes to gelatin prints.

An opening celebration is Nov. 16 at 4:30 p.m. in Olin Library's Amit Bhatia Libe Café, with a lecture, "Framing the 19th Century Photograph: Then and Now," by Deborah Willis, chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. A reception will follow in Carl A. Kroch Library. The exhibition opened Oct. 20 and is on display through May 4. Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/dawnsearlylight/.

Happy talk

The Cornell Campus Club presents a talk by professor of psychology Tom Gilovich, "The Science of Happiness: Four Empirically Grounded Ways to Live a Happier Life," Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. in the auditorium at Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road. Free and open to the public.

Gilovich is co-director of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research.

Humanities lecture

The Society for the Humanities sponsors a lecture by Marjorie Garber, "After the Humanities," Nov. 16 at 4:30 p.m. in Guerlac Room, A.D. White House.

Garber is a professor of English and visual and environmental studies at Harvard University. Her talk is free and open to the public.