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• Humanities Colloquium, September 15, 2010

• Princeton University

Third Annual Humanities Council Colloquium
September 14, 2009, 1:30-5:30
Sessions in 010 East Pyne
Reception following in Chancellor Green Rotunda
You may reserve a space at 8-6948 or hum@princeton.edu

1:30 - Mark Johnston (Department of Philosophy)
On The Illusion of a Self Worth Caring About

3:00 - Break

3:15 - The current state of classical studies: directions, debates, fault lines... A panel with Christian Wildberg and fellow classicists: Marc Domingo-Gygax, Harriet Flower, Constanze Güthenke, and Bob Kaster.

4:15 - Break

4:30 - Edward Eigen (School of Architecture) leading a discussion about the interpretation and historiography of accidents. The point of departure will be a famous railroad accident in Princeton on February 28, 1863. We'll see interesting pieces of evidence (visual and written) and talk about how a history of accident might be written, between eyewitness accounts and the subsequent architectural memorialization.

5:30-7:30 - Buffet reception in Chancellor Green