PLAS Graduate Works-in-Progress: Ingrid Brioso Rieumont and Benjamin Murphy
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, Princeton"The Time of the Cadaver: Machado de Assis's The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas”: Ingrid Brioso Rieumont (Spanish and Portuguese) "Technology, Sociology, and the Problem of Observation: Video at the Centro de Arte y Comunicación in Buenos Aires": Benjamin Murphy (Art and Archaeology) This talk analyzes the emergence of video art in Argentina through an […]
Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonAfter World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and precipitous fall in Cold War America of a theory that attributed man’s evolutionary success to his unique capacity for murder. Erika Milam (History) and Miguel Centeno (Sociology) will debate Milam’s […]
Martin Fröst, Clarinet and Henrik Måwe, Piano
Richardson Auditorium Richardson Auditorium, PrincetonWhen asked “What’s your favorite instrument to hear in a classical music recital?” most people’s default response probably wouldn’t be “the clarinet.” That is, until they’ve heard the sweeping sounds of Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst.
