Is This Not the Beginning of a Change?: Chernyshevsky, His Time & His Legacy
245 East Pyne 245 East Pyne, PrincetonDespite the political and literary significance of Nikolai Chernyshevksy’s 1863 novel, What Is to Be Done?, it remains relatively unknown and understudied in the U.S. Chernyshevsky himself was an influential critic and editor, at the center of a thriving and influential radical literary culture in the 1860s, who, like the authors who surrounded, has been neglected […]
Both Sides Now: Writing Contradictory Books on the Same Subject
15 Joseph Henry House Joseph Henry House, PrincetonVisiting Ferris Professor Pico Iyer is an acclaimed travel writer and novelist. This year he is bringing out two very different books on Japan, his home of three decades, and the first, Autumn Light, will be published on April 16. Iyer has been a writer for TIME magazine since 1982, and is a frequent contributor […]
Innovative Pedagogical Approaches to Postcolonial Humanities
103 Chancellor GreenFaculty Roundtable Discussion This meeting of the Postcolonial Humanities Working Group, sponsored by the Humanities Council, is open to the public.
She Came Anyway: Graduate Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton
006 Friend Center 006 Friend Center, PrincetonPrinceton University Library presents a panel discussion, reception, and special exhibition highlighting the experiences of Princeton University's female graduate alumni and students. The event, sponsored by Princeton University Library and the Graduate School, is part of a series in support of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library’s current exhibition, “Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the […]
ECS workshop: Marionettes, Mechanics, and Artificial Nature: Robert Lepage’s Production of Stravinsky’s Nightingale
209 Scheide Caldwell HouseA workshop organized by the ECS Graduate Affiliate Working Group on Contemporary Approaches to Opera Studies. Dinner will be served. RSVP to Adeline Heck (aheck@princeton.edu) by April 8.
