Singing like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
virtualModern Europe Workshop Registration is required to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a unique link to join the meeting. If there is a pre-circulated paper, it will be distributed to those who registered approximately one-week prior to the workshop Kira Thurman is an assistant professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures […]
All the Best Memories Are Hers
Online PrincetonNew York-based artist Carissa Rodriguez will present two of her films, “The Maid” (2018) and “The Girls” (1997/2018). These works are framed by a short story by writer Robert Walser, tracking a caregiver’s 20-year search for a charge who got lost under her watch. Rodriguez’s own “Maid” follows six embryo-like Newborn (1993) sculptures by Sherrie […]
Past Answers to Current Concerns: Team Discussion
via ZoomThe Climate Change and History Research Initiative, in partnership with the Environmental History Lab of the Program in Medieval Studies, and with the support of the Humanities Council, launches a new series of six online seminars entitled “Past Answers to Current Concerns: Approaches to Understanding Historical Societal Resilience.” The presentations are open to the public. […]
Domestic Archaeology of Deportation
via ZoomThe crash of 1929 and the migration policies of president Hoover forced thousands of Mexicans out of the United States. Deportees found their way back into Mexico, where they reinvented their lives. Post-revolutionary regimes of the time had initiated an ambitious state-led cotton program right on the border between Texas and Tamaulipas. They expanded the […]