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Near Eastern Studies Virtual Seminar Respondent: Lara Harb, Near Eastern Studies Open to the public. Registration Required: https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h-O1xJdlQMGMoB9RKPMztQ  

Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu studied philosophy at Princeton and completed his Ph.D. in Ottoman History and Arabic Philosophy at Harvard. He currently teaches Islamic history at Wellesley College. Registration details to follow.

The essay that will be pre-circulated for this workshop addresses the liminal movements of language that Paul Celan renders most pronounced in, among others, the collection of poems that he would call From Threshold to Threshold (Von Schwelle zu Schwelle). Already the title exposes each “threshold”-word to part from itself—“from threshold”—towards the same—“to threshold”—without coinciding […]

Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian at the University of Oxford, presents an exploration of the deliberate destruction of knowledge – especially of libraries and archives through history, from the ancient libraries and archives of Mesopotamia, through the Great Library of Alexandria, the European Reformation of the 16th century, through to more recent attacks, including the Holocaust, […]

COVID-19 continues to impact health and economies around the globe, but the pandemic has had another effect: exposing entrenched inequalities in society and healthcare—and creating new ones. The ethical problems surrounding coronavirus are numerous and profound. “COVID-19 has revealed  truths and accentuated challenges that are already inherent in our society and healthcare system,” said  Keith Wailoo, PhD, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Drawing on lessons learned from past […]