The Archaeology of the European Steppe: Huns, Avars, and Other Bad Europeans
203 Scheide Caldwell HouseFalko 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, […]
The Swedish-led Gendarmerie in Persia 1911-1916 State Building and Internal Colonization
219 Aaron Burr PrincetonThis talk will investigate the Swedish-led gendarmerie in Persia (Iran) as a case of state building through defensive modernisation (weaker state modernises its institutions to resist stronger states). The gendarmerie […]
A Hebrew Renaissance in 10th Century Egypt: The Mystery of the Earliest Medieval Jewish Documents
McCormick 106 McCormick 106, Princeton.Literary Stories of Migration
399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building PrincetonConversation with Tracy K. Smith, Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Creative Writing and author Imbolo Mbue (Behold the Dreamers) Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series, Session XI: Literary […]
The Problem of Speech’s Presence in Late Ancient Christianity
1879 Hall Lounge 1879 Hall Lounge, PrincetonLounge Seminar
The Future of Black Studies (In Theory)
010 East PyneThis paper revisits the moment of emergence for Black studies, paying particular attention to the ferment of social and cultural activity that happened in the early 1970s. Through attention to […]
M+M: Documenting the Disaster: On Philip Scheffner’s “Havarie (2016)”
N107 School of ArchitectureECS workshop – The Right of Languages: Justice, Translatability, and Multilingualism
209 Scheide Caldwell HouseA workshop organized by the ECS Graduate Affiliate Working Group on Traveling Identities and Migration. How have concepts and practices around justice, belonging, and citizenship been reformulated in the last […]
Days & Days: Poems and Kill Class: Poems
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonAn evening of poetry to celebrate two important new collections. Michael Dickman’s intuitive, agile verse captures us in its unusual pulse. Image-driven and shape-driven, the poems of Days & Days […]