Translating Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry: Challenges and Opportunities
144 Louis A. Simpson BuildingThis talk will focus on what is often considered the very first text of the Arabic language, Imru al-Qays’ long mu’allaqa or “hanging poem” (6th century CE). Kareem will read […]
Gendered Objects: Literarische Ding- und Geschlechtercodierungen im 19. Jahrhundert
205 East Pyne 205 East Pyne, PrincetonGerman Department Fall Lecture Series
Triggering Presuppositions
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonA Linguistics lecture by Philippe Schlenker whose research explores indexicals and indirect discourse, intensional semantics, anaphora, presuppositions, as well as semantic paradoxes.
Who Counts?: A Symposium on Intersectional Data
B Floor, Firestone Library B Floor, Firestone LibraryData is not neutral. The ways in which it is gathered, curated, analyzed, described, stored, and communicated all serve as opportunities for bias. “Who Counts?: A Symposium on Intersectional Data” […]
Fake Letters: Authors and Agendas in the Ancient World
010 East Pyne 010 East Pyne, PrincetonThe writing of fake letters was widely practiced in antiquity. But how and why did the pseudepigrapher go about his work? To answer such a question, this paper focuses on […]
Battle on the Border: Inside the Midterm Elections—A Newsmaker Dinner with Kathleen McCleery
Private Dining Room, Mathey CollegeBroadcast journalist Kathleen McCleery joins Joe Stephens, director of Princeton’s Program in Journalism, to discuss next month’s hotly contested midterm elections. McCleery is a special correspondent and freelance producer for […]