2019-2020 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize
PrincetonAre you a collector of books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, recordings, coins, or other materials collected by libraries? Submit an essay about your collection for a chance to win the 2019-2020 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize, which is awarded annually to an undergraduate student who shows the most thought and ingenuity in assembling a thematically […]
Amazonian Poetics | Poéticas Amazônicas Workshop
144 Simpson International BuildingAmazonian Poetics | Poéticas Amazônicas is a Brazil LAB/Princeton University & Museu Nacional/UFRJ workshop. Complete program is available here. For a a list of speakers and program schedule, visit: https://bit.ly/33ft3VN Co-sponsored by PIIRS, Social Anthropology Program of Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Princeton Environmental Institute, Program in Latin American Studies, Humanities Council, the University Center for Human Values, […]
My Princeton Oral History Training
Mudd LibraryMy Princeton Oral History Project is an initiative to create a space for students who feel left out of the dominant Princeton narrative by capturing and sharing their unique experiences through recorded interviews. The project aims to capture students' experiences in and outside of Princeton, guided through questions such as why they chose Princeton, what […]
Paradoxes of Parrhesia
209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonThe Greek word parrhesía, usually translated with “frankness”, has a long history in Antiquity. Its first known mention is in one of Euripides’ works; he defines parrhesía as a crucial prerogative of the Athenian citizens who are allowed to contribute to debates in the popular assembly. During Late Antiquity, the term is still used widely […]
Film Screening: Pat Steir
Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, PrincetonThe groundbreaking artist Pat Steir has been at the forefront of American painting for half a century, and her professional and personal lives have intersected with those of many of the most influential artists and poets of her generation. This intimate, revelatory portrait was shot over the course of three years, primarily in Steir’s home and […]
Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies 50th Anniversary Symposium
10 McCoshThe Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies marks the center’s 50th anniversary. Participants: Sir David Cannadine, History Carlo Ginzburg, University of California, Los Angeles Andrew Abbott, University of Chicago Natalie Zemon Davis, History Gyan Prakash, History Hilda Sabato, University of Buenos Aires Yael A. Sternhell, Tel Aviv University Daniel T. Rodgers, History Angela N. […]
