In the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny protection to abortion under the United States Constitution, the representation, presence and absence of narratives related to […] »
In the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny protection to abortion under the United States Constitution, the representation, presence and absence of narratives related to […] »
Now in its third year, the Archival Silences Working Group, presented by the Humanities Council, is hosting a public webinar series highlighting work that redresses the blind spots of institutional repositories. The […] »
Now in its third year, the Archival Silences Working Group presents a public webinar series highlighting work that redresses the blind spots of institutional repositories. In conversation with catalogers, archivists, and curators, this discussion will ask questions »
What does it mean to “collect”? To build “an archive”? When speaking of “the archive” it can be easy to think that the objects in collections are inherently meant to […] »
How do authors write back to the history and literary traditions that they seek to revise and correct? »
Scholars and archivists discuss the challenges they face working in the archives. »
Seminar series addresses the biases inherent in past and present archival practice. »
How can archives be transformed by creative writing? »
The second event in the Humanities Council series of webinars about inherent biases in archival practices, past and present. Organized by Kinohi Nishikawa (English) and Emma Sarconi (Special Collections), in the second year […] »
A series of webinars about inherent biases in archival practices, past and present. »
The Archival Silences Working Group convened in Fall 2019 with the goal of fostering a campus-wide conversation about the limits, freedoms, frustrations, and complications presented by the biases inherent in […] »
The Humanities Council is pleased to present “Archives and the Future,” the 17th Annual Humanities Colloquium on Thursday, September 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chancellor Green Rotunda. The event, […] »
The Humanities Council’s kick-off event features a wide-ranging conversation about central issues in our research, teaching, and intellectual life. This year’s speakers include distinguished Princeton scholars whose work represents different […] »
Now in its third year, the Archival Silences Working Group, presented by the Humanities Council, is hosting a public webinar series highlighting work that redresses the blind spots of institutional repositories. On […] »
Kinohi Nishikawa specializes in twentieth-century African American literature, book history, and popular culture. With Emma Sarconi, he co-founded the Humanities Council’s Archival Silences Working Group. Read his full bio. »
By Lisa Kraege, Humanities Council When faced with the brutality of archives of colonial and historical medicine, how can scholars practice care, both for themselves and the subjects depicted therein? […] »
By Lisa Kraege, Humanities Council The Humanities Council Archival Silences Working Group hosted its last event of the 2020-2021 academic year on March 2 with the webinar “Fictioning Archives.” The […] »
Bodies of Knowledge: Questions of embodiment are engaged through medical humanities, disability studies, aesthetics, and environmental studies. Archival Silences: Archivists and scholars examine the biases inherent in past and present […] »
Panel reflects on knowledge hierarchies in institutional archives. »
The Humanities Council strategically incubates projects that examine systemic racism, and the inequality and injustice it engenders. In line with our mission to engage diverse perspectives, we support initiatives that encompass a […] »
