The Spirit of Truth-Seeking II
Arts Council of PrincetonThe Arts Council of Princeton will host an exhibit of pieces commissioned from "The Spirit of Truth-Seeking I," in which Being Human invited local artists using any medium to capture the Friday, October 11 conversation among Princeton University Professor Robert George, Harvard University Professor Cornel West *80, and Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83. A […]
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique
202 Jones PrincetonNES/TRI Brown Bag Lunch Talk
Is Interpretation a Kind of Translation? Toward A Common Theory of Turbulence
144 Louis A. Simpson BuildingMaxime Rovere is the Eberhard L. Faber Short-Term Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of French and Italian What kind of creativity is involved in the interpretation of a text? What does the word “creativity” mean, when it comes to making a commentary? From Lovejoy to Garber via Collingwood, Skinner and Henrich, […]
The 10th Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonPeter Singer wrote The Life You Can Save to show that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible. On the 10th anniversary of the publication of this hugely influential book, Singer talks about the fight against poverty, which has become only more urgent over the last decade. For the first time […]
Improv and Being Human
Princeton Public Library (Community Room) NJThe Princeton Graduate Improv Club, along with New York-based improvisation instructors, will teach audience members improvisation. Improvisation spurs creative thinking, confidence in public speaking, and unconventional problem-solving. It offers an antidote to social anxiety and expels tension through collective self-expression and laughter. The craft of improvisation necessitates engagement at the top of one’s intelligence, with […]
