Asia in Dialogue Seminar Series presents"Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral: Zheng He and the Chinese Overseas"Presented by Tansen Sen, NYU Shanghai and Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)This presentation examines the processes of landscape- and heritage-making associated with Zheng He in Java, Malacca, and Singapore. By exploring the veneration of Zheng He among both Chinese Muslim and non-Muslim communities in Java, the curation of his legacy in Malacca, and the broader issue of heritage-making in Singapore, this study seeks to address two key questions: Why did Zheng He matter to the Chinese overseas? And how did the Chinese overseas transform his legacy? It draws on the concepts of “superscription” and “Zheng He after Zheng He” to argue that Southeast Asia played a pivotal role in shaping Zheng He’s legacy.

Thursday, February 27, 5-7 p.m., Room 32-124 (dinner provided)Are you prepared to "hit the ground running" at your next internship or in a new role after graduating? Learning how to “take charge” and actively engage with your new responsibilities is an important skill to master.This workshop will help you understand and build this skillset as it relates to your future goals. Hear from a panel of MIT Grad Students as they share their experiences and advice on successfully kickstarting their careers.Who shouldattend:· MIT grad students from all majors· Seeking internships or full time positions· Have internship/employment offers andwant to begin with a strong startWhat you'll learn:· Why "taking charge" is an important skill· Common mistakes and how to avoid them· Strategies for actively engaging with your new responsibilities· Real advice from MIT Grad Students

Speaker: Xinyu Zhou (Boston University)Title: Families of varieties with good reductionAbstract:We review some constructions on crystalline representations and cohomology. Then we present a result in Lawrence-Venkatesh that shows the points in a residue disk that define semisimple representations are contained in a proper analytic subset. The proof illustrates the basic strategy in Lawrence-Venkatesh: to show the finiteness of a set of points, one only need to show its image in the period domain is contained in a Zariski-closed subset with dimension smaller than that of the orbit of a point under the complex monodromy group.Reference:$\bullet$ Lawrence and Venkatesh, Diophantine problems and ppp-adic period mappings, Section 3.$\bullet$ Faltings, Crystalline cohomology and p-adic Galois-representations. Algebraic analysis, geometry, and number theory (Baltimore, MD, 1988), 25–80.$\bullet$ Illusie, Crystalline cohomology. Section 3.Motives (Seattle, WA, 1991), 43–70.

The MIT wrestling club holds practices in the du Pont Wrestling Room on weeknights 5:30-7pm. All levels of experience welcome! Whether you're looking to learn how to grapple or just want to get in a good workout, wrestling practice is a good time to learn technique, get in some live goes, and have fun with a great group of people.Current schedule is: structured practice MTRF, open mats W, and technique sessions 9-10:30am on Saturday. For more information, contact wrestling-officers@mit.edu.

Join us at the MIT List Visual Arts Center for a unique chance to connect with other Boston area graduate art students and emerging artists.For this special networking event, the List Center invites Boston area graduate art students, recent grads, and emerging artists to come together and create connections, while learning more about our exhibitions and highlighting community, placemaking, and professional development.This event will begin with an exhibition tour of Pedro Goméz-Egaña: The Great Learning led by Curator Natalie Bell, followed by networking activities for a chance to meet new colleagues. The evening will close off with several raffled prizes while attendees can enjoy hors d'oeuvres provided by Formaggio Kitchen.6-6:45 PM Exhibition tour of Pedro Goméz-Egaña: The Great Learning 6:45-8 PM Networking activities and open receptionThis event is supported by the MIT Office of Graduate Education.

Join us in the 14th Women Take The Reel Film Festival!Film Screening followed by Q&A with Dir. Jan Haaken and Hessann Farooqi (BCAN)Facillitated by Prof. Catherine D’IgnazioThe film is set along the rivers of Oregon and follows activists as they enlist the necessity defense in a jury trial after being arrested for a direct action at Zenith Energy in Portland. This story of climate resistance in the Pacific Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists and white allies as they resist oil trains and trucks carrying these highly inflammable products through treaty lands. In following the path of oil-by-rail and oil resistance along the Columbia, we revisit lessons of the New Deal era of building massive dams and what climate activists take from that era in thinking about a Green New Deal.