Rethinking Concrete: Material Conventions in the Anthropocene
Zoom and Facebook PrincetonCONFERENCE Rethinking Concrete: Material Conventions in the Anthropocene, an interdisciplinary conference organized by Forrest Meggers (Architecture) and Lucia Allais (Columbia), will discuss new approaches to the lifespan, material dynamics, cultural history, and design potential of reinforced concrete. Once conceived as a quintessentially modernist material, a “liquid stone” that announced the arrival of an eternal present, […]
Changing the Law in the Early Roman Empire
via ZoomDown to the time of Augustus, testamentary trusts (fideicommissa) were informal instruments. That is, the testator depended upon the good faith of the heir to carry out any such trust. Under Augustus, these arrangements were made (in our terms) legally binding. So, if a designated heir accepted an inheritance, to which a fideicommissum was attached, that […]
South Asia Graduate Workshop: Thorn in the Side of Empire
via ZoomThorn in the Side of Empire: Navigating Global Networks of Imperial and Anti-Colonial Thought With Wilfrid Scawen
