Athens and Sparta of the New World: The Classical Passions of Santo Domingo
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, PrincetonThis talk will examine the reception and appropriation of classical Greece and Rome in the Dominican Republic, along the long arc of its trajectory from colony to nation. It will […]
Why a Student is a Willing Termite Rather Than an Irish Elk
205 East Pyne 205 East Pyne, PrincetonGeoff Winthrop-Young is Professor of German at the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) will give the talk "Why a Student […]
Return to River Town: Twenty Years in the Life of a Chinese City
202 Jones 202 Jones, PrincetonPeter Hessler served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1996 to 1998 in Fuling, a small city in the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River. Since then, Hessler has […]