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 […]
Symposium: States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing
10 McCoshResponding to the exhibition States of Health, panelists discuss how artists have addressed disease, responded to mental illness, and explored the complexities of care. Speakers: João Biehl (Anthropology; Program in […]
The Poetics of Material Life
219 Aaron Burr PrincetonWe are conceiving of this symposium as an experiment in the form that intellectual collaborations take, just as much as its theme and organizing principle arises from a thought experiment […]
In Principio: The Beginning of Europe’s Printed-Book Trade
399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building PrincetonThis symposium brings together five perspectives on the exhibition “Gutenberg & After: Europe’s First Printers 1450–1470.” Leading specialists in printing history and book collecting will explore the development of the […]
The Inscribed Ancient City: Writing and Reading in First Century Pompeii
209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonWhat occupied the thoughts and interests of the broader population in the early Roman Empire? Without the catastrophic destruction of Pompeii, we would have barely a clue. The fragile plaster […]
Pictorial Argument in Palaeologan Manuscripts
103 Scheide Caldwell 103 Scheide Caldwell, Princeton
Conversations on Identity and Difference
Lawrence Community Center PrincetonIn four Friday sessions—Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 6, and Dec. 13—students and community members will reflect upon service and civic engagement, exploring how narratives can ultimately increase self-awareness among […]
