Kwartler Lecture
010 East Pyne"Israel through a Colored Lens: African-American Perspectives on Mizrahi Israelis"
The Role of Race in the 2020 Elections
16 Joseph Henry House Joseph Henry House, PrincetonVisiting Ferris Professor Errin Haines Whack is The Associated Press' national writer on race and ethnicity, covering the intersection of race, politics, culture, and identity. She has also written about community policing, gun violence, minority activism, and urban policy. Her course focuses on black women in the electorate and the upcoming 2020 elections. Discussant Ali […]
Emergency Politics as Emergency Claim-making
A17 Julis Romo RabinowitzWhile at Princeton University, Jennifer Rubenstein was a member of the 2005-2008 Society of Fellows' cohort and a lecturer in the Department of Politics. Presently she is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia specializing in political theory. In her talk, she will argue for a major shift in how we think […]
Artist Talk: Jordan Nassar
50 McCosh PrincetonIn conjunction with the exhibition Jordan Nassar: Between Sky and Earth, the inaugural installation of the Art Museum’s gallery project Art@Bainbridge, Nassar will discuss his work with exhibition curator Alex Bacon, with an introduction by Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mitra Abbaspour. A reception in the Museum will follow.
Sanctified Sisters: A History of Protestant Deaconesses
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonIn the late nineteenth century, a new movement arose within American Protestant Christianity. Unsalaried groups of women began living together, wearing plain dress, and taking up nursing, teaching, and other works of welfare. Modeled after the lifestyles of Catholic nuns, these women became America’s first deaconesses. We invite you to a conversation about an important […]
Open Archive: World War II on the Princeton Homefront
Princeton Public LibraryStop by the Discovery Center to explore artifacts and archival materials that illustrate how Princeton residents participated in World War II from the homefront through civil defense, rationing and foreign relief efforts. This Open Archive is presented in conjunction with the library and Historical Society of Princeton’s World War II exhibition on view through February […]
Radical Nonfiction Film Series: “My First Film” and “Walled Unwalled”
James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street PrincetonAn expanded cinema performance” is how the utterly original trailer touts filmmaker and artist Zia Anger’s radical new work MY FIRST FILM, but that’s just a start. Anger’s performance piece-meets desktop documentary-meets total deconstruction of everything you think a movie is supposed to be is a searing, hilarious, imaginatively interactive and deeply personal look at the […]
The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas and the Cost of America’s Coasts
Princeton Public LibraryJournalist Gilbert M. Gaul discusses his book “The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas and the Cost of America’s Coasts” with John E. Miller, a coastal floodplain expert who was involved in Superstorm Sandy recovery issues. Gaul’s book looks at the development of the modern coast and the extraordinary risks of building on barrier […]
