Downward Spiral: El Helicoide’s Descent from Mall to Prison
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, PrincetonHailed in the 1950s as a beacon of Latin America’s modernist architecture, Venezuela’s El Helicoide is a futuristic fantasy gone sour. At its conception, this drive-through shopping center embodied a narrative of progress, fueled by soaring oil prices, consumerism, and car culture. Yet a very different story unfolded on its spiral ramps.
Poetry, Mind & Action: How to Know Everything
105 Chancellor Green Chancellor Green 105, PrincetonThe final talk by Oren Izenberg (UC Irvine) in the the Princeton Seminar in Poetry & Poetics series.
How Early Medieval Culture Was Built With Late-Antique Bricks: Scripts, and Books, Between Ravenna, Verona and Bobbio
209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonRedefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton
Mudd LibraryA panel discussion. As part of their current exhibition, "Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton," Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, part of Princeton University Library, will host a panel discussion which examines women’s impact on Princeton University over the past five decades.