Profiles in Innovative Teaching: Katie Chenoweth
330 Frist PrincetonIn this series, faculty tell the story of a pedagogical innovation or change they have made at Princeton. Katie Chenoweth will reflect on designing and teaching a hands-on course on the philosopher Jacques Derrida, “Derrida’s Library: Deconstruction and the Book,” making use of Derrida’s working library and archival materials, now housed at Princeton.
Long Nineteenth Century Workshop
48 McCosh"Outlines of the Old Regime & Revolution: Silhouettes, Portraiture, and Memory in France, 1760-1800." A work in progress presented by Hannah Stamler (History) as part of the Long Nineteenth Century Workshop, an interdisciplinary forum for graduate student work, sponsored by the Victorian Colloquium in English. Please contact Jessica at terekhov@princeton.edu for the pre-circulated paper and […]
The Taiwan Expedition: New Perspectives on Japanese Imperialism and the Meiji Restoration
202 Jones PrincetonIn the spring of 1874 the Japanese government sent an expedition to southern Taiwan ostensibly to punish indigenous villagers who had murdered dozens of people from Ryūkyū. Contemporary records show that the Japanese government also attempted to colonize eastern Taiwan and it justified its actions using the argument that a state must spread civilization and political authority […]
The Guest’s View: Objectivity, Disposability, and Ann Hui’s Cinema
010 East PyneWith reference to the acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui (許鞍華), this lecture discusses the notion of “the guest’s perspective” in relation to Chinese idiom, cinematic form, and the class politics of contemporary migranthood. The lecture will include remarks on Hui’s thought-provoking film 天水圍的夜與霧 / Night and Fog (2009). Rey Chow, Professor of Literature at […]
Of Remorseless Cannibals and Loving Scribes
Firestone Library Rare Books and Special Collections Princeton University, PrincetonThe lecture will look at samples and highlights from Princeton University's collection of Ethiopian manuscripts (1500s - 1900s) A reception on the C floor of Firestone Library will follow. This event has a limited capacity. Please RSVP to Evgeniia Lambrinaki at evgeniia@princeton.edu. Sponsored by the Humanities Council, Princeton University Library, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of […]
Disquiets of Working in Colonial Field: The Affective Space of Archives
103 Chancellor GreenThis session is a meeting of the Postcolonial Humanities Working Group, sponsored by the Humanities Council. Places are limited. Please email Dannelle Gutarra Cordero at dgutarra@princeton.edu to RSVP.
“Greek To Me”: Making Form Out of Chaos
103 Scheide Caldwell 103 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonBook talk and reading by Mary Norris (The New Yorker) Respondent: Kathleen Crown (Humanities Council)
Book Talk: Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonAcademic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work. Can academic freedom survive in this environmentand must we rearticulate […]
Book Talk: Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
Princeton Public LibraryPrinceton professors Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse, co-authors of Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974, discuss their book which examines the divisive domestic politics of the last 40 years. The pair argue that the mid-1970s saw multiple rifts in the social order which have led to the political polarization we see […]
