Jan. 30: ORONO, A. James McAdams, leading expert on contemporary German politics, will speak on “The German Election and the Victory of Angela Merkel With the United States,” at noon at UMO Buchanan Alumni House. 581-3571

Jan. 31: BANGOR, area resident, Robert Sypitkowski will speak about tsunami-ravaged Southeast Asia at 7 p.m. at Bangor Public Library lecture hall, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

Feb. 1: LEWISTON, Alan Schwartz, Sterling professor of law at Yale Law School, will speak on “The Economics Rationality Assumption and its Challengers,” at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Muskie Archives. Free 786-6255

Feb. 2: LEWISTON, Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr professor of law at Columbia Law School, will speak on “Reconstructing Civil Rights for an Uncertain Future,” at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Chapel, College Street. Free 786-6255

Feb. 2: PORTLAND, the annual ANES alumni lecture will be held at 7 p.m. at USM Glickman Library. 780-4920

Feb. 5: WISCASSET, Timothy S. Dinsmore, historical archaeologist, will speak on “The Archaeological Discovery of the 17th Century Walter Phillip’s Homestead Site in Newcastle,” at 2 p.m. at the 911 Communications Center. 737-2239

Feb. 7: LEWISTON, former sweatshop workers will speak at 4 p.m. at Bates College Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. Free 786-6330

Feb. 10: LEWISTON, women from Morocco and Togo will speak at 10 a.m. at the Wisdom Center, 97 Blake St. 784-0155