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 […]
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 Global Health and Health Policy) Jhumpa Lahiri (Creative Writing) Elena Fratto (Slavic) Bonnie Bassler (Molecular Biology) Judith Hamera (Dance) Eric Avery (Artist, psychiatrist) Co-sponsored by […]
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 about Aristotle’s Poetics. In addition to the public-facing events listed above, our invited authors will gather in private seminars to workshop their individual contributions with […]
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 first European printing types, the publication of church indulgences in the 1450s, the earliest efforts to decorate multiple printed books by hand, the rediscovery of […]
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 that covered the city’s walls, however, reveals a town full of personal musings and written communication: from prayers to the gods to greetings to friends, […]
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 diverse backgrounds, communities, and environments. Representatives of People & Stories, which seeks to “invite under-served participants to find fresh understanding of themselves, of others, and […]
