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 […]
PLAS Graduate Works-in-Progress: Charlie Hankin and Patrick J. Signoret
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, PrincetonRaplove: The Politics of Recursion in Latin American Hip-Hop Charlie Hankin (Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton) This paper explores a widespread tendency toward mise-en-abyme by rappers in Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti: the common gesture of rapping about rap or in apostrophe to hip-hop in quasi-religious veneration. Listening closely to song lyrics, I explore the ways self-reflexive […]
Proposing a New Course
330 Frist PrincetonHow do you design a new course that will be compelling to students? How do you refresh an existing course? What opportunities does the new General Education designation, Culture and Difference, offer to faculty as they propose new courses? At this workshop, we will explore ways to organize a course around questions, problems, and puzzles, […]
The Art of Being Human: St. Cecilia Through Poetry and Film
McCormick 101 and Princeton University Art MuseumCelebrating the aesthetic riches of the Princeton University Art Museum, a series of interdisciplinary events will examine human nature from the perspectives of music, poetry, painting, stained glass, and sculpture. Joe Perez-Benzo '17, who majored in history as an undergraduate at Princeton University and is pursuing the Master of Liberal Arts at the University of […]
The Archive of Psychoanalysis: The Temptation of the Plot in Freud’s Studies on Hysteria
219 Aaron Burr PrincetonIsabelle Alfandary is a Professor of American Literature at the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle and head of the Collège International de Philosophie. Her work focuses on the intersection of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and literature. Professor Alfandary is the author of Derrida-Lacan: L'écriture entre psychanalyse et déconstruction, where she explores the question of writing in the work of Jacques […]
NEW TIME AND LOCATION: The Secret Lives of PhDs
Princeton Entrepreneurial Hub 34 Chambers St, PrincetonQuickly search Google Images for “professor” or “PhD.” What do you see? Perhaps solitary figures in front of chalkboards, or groups of scholars in full medieval regalia. But such outfits appear on only rare occasions, and PhD earners are spending less and less time in front of chalkboards. In fact, the majority of PhDs produced […]
How the Bulgarian Jews Survived the Holocaust
Princeton Public LibraryIn this talk, Joseph Benatov discusses the history of Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust. In 1943, Bulgaria complied with German demands and deported nearly 11,400 Jews from occupied territories in northern Greece and Yugoslavia (Macedonia). At the same time, Bulgaria successfully resisted German pressures to deport the 50,000 Jews living in Bulgaria. Benatov offers an […]
Equivocation: A Play Reading and Panel
McCosh 50 PrincetonEquivocation whirls through William Shakespeare, his daughter Judith, the undercover Jesuit priest Fr. Henry Garnett, the Gunpowder Plot, and the history of Catholics in England. With a crackling dialogue and rich characterization, the play delves into the nature of theater and of faith by highlighting a particularly explosive period. Alexi Sargeant, Managing Director of The […]
