Intersections Working Group Presents Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez
Zoom PrincetonA discussion of Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature with Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez, Associate Professor of English, African-American and African Studies at Michigan State University. If you are interested in attending the workshop and being reimbursed for a copy of the book, please register using the following link: https://forms.gle/JF3B5xy35jYuhxSj7\ The first 20 Princeton affiliates […]
Objectivity and the News: Reexamining Facts, Truth, and Fairness
via ZoomDoes news coverage require a makeover?
M+M | Albena Yaneva: Crafting History
via Zoom PrincetonInterlocutor: Mark Wigley, Columbia University GSAPP, emeritus During the 1990s a flurry of concurrent developments in the social sciences and the arts brought archives to the fore of scholarly limelight: the “archival fever” in the arts and philosophy (Derrida, 1996), the emergence of the trend of “archival ethnography” in anthropology (Sahlins, 1992) and the “empirical […]
Reporting on the US-Mexico Border Crisis During the Pandemic
via Zoom PrincetonAlice Driver will share her experience reporting on the border crisis in Reynosa, Mexico during the pandemic. She traveled to Reynosa in August 2020 to interview asylum seekers about how they were navigating coronavirus and climate change. She will also discuss her border reporting collaborations with Chinese neorealist painter Liu Xiaodong and National Geographic photographer […]
After the Riot: Partisanship and Political Life in the Wake of January 6
Zoom PrincetonThis timely discussion will feature five Princeton University faculty as they consider the events of January 6, the Trump impeachment trial, and how political misinformation is affecting American democracy. Panelists: Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emeritus Jacob Shapiro, Professor of Politics and International Affairs Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics Sean […]
