Arbiters of Divorce: Islamic Marriage Law and Indian Secularism
WebinarRespondent: Satyel Larson, Near Eastern Studies Katherine Lemons is Associate Professor of Anthropology at McGill University and author of Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism (2019, Cornell University Press). Her areas of research and expertise include anthropology of Islam and secularism, gender and kinship, and law. This event requires registration. […]
Reading Benjamin Politically. The Historical Materialist
via Zoom - Registration RequiredBenjamin’s eighth thesis on the concept of history reads: “The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the rule.” What does the tradition of the oppressed look like? What is today’s state of emergency? And what is the “real state of emergency”? […]
“Nous sommes les messagers d’une époque”: Documenting Race and Resistance at the Euro-African Border
via Zoom PrincetonRace in France Lecture Series "Nous sommes les messagers d'une époque": Documenting Race and Resistance at the Euro-African Border Open to members of the Princeton University community. If you would like to participate, please contact Kelly Eggers for the Zoom ID. Made possible by the 250th Anniversary Fund for Innovation in Undergraduate Education and the Program in […]
M+M: Pelin Tan + Thomas Keenan: Architecture and the Rights of a More-Than-Human World
Zoom and Facebook PrincetonDiscussions of the relationship between human rights and architecture tend to focus on the destruction of buildings in conflict zones or the construction of shelters in emergency conditions. Sometimes critical evaluations of bad buildings—prisons and detention centers, border walls, military installations, etc.—are the topic of these discussions. These are all essential topics, but they are […]
Film Forum: “Stan and Ollie” (2018)
via ZoomUCHV Film Forum Screening and discussion. Synchronized viewing of "Stan and Ollie" at 7PM: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/91745603401 Discussion on Zoom at 9PM with Michael Wood (English) "Stan and Ollie" is available on Starz through Amazon Prime. The Music Box and County Hospital (two L&H shorts) are readily available on Youtube or on AmazonPrime ($1.99).
