After the Backlash: Reconsidering the Ethics, Politics, and Law of Borders and Migration
300 WallaceHow, if at all, should we rethink migration policy in light of the backlash against migrants in the US and Europe? Has the backlash revealed genuine but neglected concerns? Can civic nationalist concerns -- special obligations toward fellow citizens, special concern with shared history and culture -- be reconciled with cosmopolitan duties to human beings […]
Transformations: A Conference for Leonard Barkan
Chancellor Green Rotunda Chancellor Green Rotunda, PrincetonThe Department of Comparative Literature hosts a conference to celebrate the work of Leonard Barkan (Comparative Literature). For schedule and speakers, visit the conference website
Symposium: Necessary to Form a Lawyer
101 McCormickLaw, History, and Political Thought in Thomas Jefferson’s Legal Commonplace Book. Co-sponsored by The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University Press, Center for Collaborative History, Program in Law and Public Affairs, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Humanities Council
Ērānšahr in Transition-West and Central Asia Between the Sasanians and Islam, 600-750 CE
399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building PrincetonThis conference brings together the leading scholars of the fields of late antique, Sasanian, and early Islamic history in order to study the period of transition – defined broadly as 600-750 CE – in Central and West Asia, with a particular focus on the social, political, economic, and institutional history of the Sasanian Empire. Free […]
Histories of Sexuality and Erudition: Institutions, Texts, Practices
211 Dickinson 211 Dickinson, PrincetonThis two-day workshop will explore links between sexuality and the lived practices of knowledge production across different contexts and cultures. It will bring together scholars from different fields to collectively examine diverse, historically contingent cases at the juncture between the history of sexuality and the history of scholarship. Registration is required to attend this workshop. […]
