Born This Way: Science and Citizenship in the American LGBTQ Movement
A71 Louis A. Simpson BuildingWork-in-Progesss Series Please RSVP here.
Scientific Racism in the French Debate about General Liberty during the Haitian Revolution
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, PrincetonThis presentation aims to explore the influence of scientific racism in the primary sources of the contemporary transatlantic debate about general liberty during the historical episode of the Haitian Revolution. This paper simultaneously identifies and contextualizes the presence of monogenism, polygenism, biological determinism, geographical determinism, and historical determinism in the dissertations full of figurative language […]
Environmental Humanities Colloquium: Humans as Acquired Taste
111 East Pyne 111 East PyneJacob Dlamini, will discuss how the policy of killing predators that attack humans is primarily based on the assumption that humans are separate from the food chain and does not have a strong basis in animal-behavior science. “Man-eaters” are framed as deviants from the species hierarchy that acquired a taste for human flesh. Dlamini will […]
Full Extreme: Party Music, Affect, and the Politics of Modernity
Cone Seminar Room, WoolworthDuring Carnival masquerade, music occupies the streets. Members of masquerade bands carefully choose the songs they play along the circuit they travel for one important reason: to have their favorite song win the Road March competition. The Road March winner is determined by the number of times a song is played at the judging points […]
On Content and Method
North Gallery, School of Architecture PrincetonThis event will bring together architect Mario Gooden and photographer James Welling in discussion with Matthew Au and Mira Henry within the Current Interests exhibition, currently on display in the SoA’s North Gallery. The conversation will focus on notions of “content” and “method” in dialog with Gooden’s formidable book, Dark Space, and Welling’s distinct career of photographic work.
Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonBook launch We invite you to join us for an inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic. Iran Reframed offers unprecedented access to those who wield power in Iran as they debate and define the future of the Republic. This book […]
Reading by Aleksandar Hemon and Andrew Motion
Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts Complex PrincetonPrinceton University’s renowned Program in Creative Writing continues a year-long celebration of its 80th anniversary with a reading by National Book Award finalist, MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Princeton faculty member Aleksandar Hemon and 1999-2009 U.K. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, two of 80 writers helping to celebrate this milestone anniversary.
