On Reelecting Monolingualism
A71 Simpson International BuildingTaking examples from contemporary Europe and the United States, this lecture will evaluate four propositions: that monolingualism is a political structure on the rise, for reasons that outstrip mere nationalist and nativist animus; that monolingualism as a powerful political structure maintains an increasingly tentative reference to speakers’ actual speech practices, deriving additional power from that […]
The Gold of the Steppe-Rulers: the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós (ca. 700 – 820 CE)
106 McCormick 106 McCormickFalko Daim is a Short-Term Visiting Fellow in Comparative Antiquity: A Humanities Council Global Initiative. From 2003 to 2018, he was director of the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum in Mainz. Before 2003, he was Professor at the University of Vienna and held several visiting professorships at international universities, among them Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Bratislava, Xi’an, and Bukarest. An […]
Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonBob Dylan’s Poetics is the first comprehensive book on both the poetics and politics of Dylans compositions. Labyrinth and the Princeton Public Library invite you to a presentation and discussion with the author and scholar-musician Nigel Smith (English).
