Calendar of Events

A day-long series of presentations and discussions broaching the operations of comparison and similitude in the methods and practices of art and its histories, with plenty of incursions into other disciplines—notably comparative literature, religion, architecture, music, and philosophy, among others.   The symposium will be opened at 5:30 M on November 29 at the Institute […]

“Reading Matters” is a three-day conference at Princeton University that calls on an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars to respond to contemporary, political problems in their many social, textual, material, and embodied manifestations, and through considering reading as a collaborative, engaged and generative practice. In reflecting on why and how reading matters, participants will consider […]

PEI faculty Rob Nixon, Amilcare Porporato, and David Wilcove, along with Geosciences professor emeritus George Philander, will draw on their research to discuss environmental topics and issues against the backdrop of selected works from Nature’s Nation. Moderated by exhibition co-curator Karl Kusserow and cosponsored by PEI. A reception in the Museum will follow.

In light of continuing interest in slave ownership in and around historical Princeton, this event concentrates on two different histories of slavery. It offers a doubleheader of talks, the first on the role of slave-owners in the development of Princeton township and the fate of runaway slaves, and the second discussing how American officers and […]