When Eric Weiner comes to campus next month, a lot of people will be thinking about his search for the happiest places in the world.

We have been reading about it in his book, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, the 2009-10 Campus Community Book Project.

Weiner’s evening address on Dec. 1 closes out the project, after a quarter full of special programs and discussions on the book’s theme, not to mention the book’s inclusion in curriculum around the campus.

But, before we get to the author’s talk, two programs remain:

Nov. 30 — “The Internal Geography of Well-Being: Training Attention and Emotion Regulation Through Intensive Meditation — with Brain, Behavioral and Biochemical Evidence.” Cliff Saron, assistant research scientist, Center for Mind and Brain. Free. 12:10-1:30 p.m., Hamilton Room, Heitman Staff Learning Center (formerly the Hog Barn).

Dec. 1 — “Why Are Republicans So Happy? (and Other Tales from the Science of Happiness), a Forum@MC panel discussion with Weiner; psychology professor Robert Emmons (whose books include The Psychology of Gratitude and the forthcoming THANKS!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier); and other faculty. Free. 4-5 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Weiner’s Dec. 1 address is a ticketed event in Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center. The talk is scheduled from 8 to 9:30 p.m., with a book signing to follow.

Tickets for the author’s address: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or mondaviarts.org

The bookstore is selling the book at the discounted price of $9.95.

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