Workshop on Technology, Empire, and Decolonization in South Asia
ZoomSalma Siddique will speak on “Nitrate Cities: Thinking Spectatorship in South Asia Through Film Materiality,” with comments from respondent SV Srinivas (Azim Premji University) as part of the Spring 2021 Workshop on Technology, Empire, and Decolonization in South Asia. Papers will be pre-circulated 10 days ahead of time. Register via Zoom to receive the paper […]
Is this America? Conversations on Jill Lepore’s “This America: The Case for the Nation”
ZoomAn interdisciplinary discussion on the the University Pre-read.
Book Talk: Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons
Livestream PrincetonIn his new book, Daniel Heller-Roazen explores the role of the missing in human communities, asking an urgent question: How does a person become a nonperson, whether by disappearance, disenfranchisement, or civil, social, or biological death? He is joined by critic and art historian Hal Foster for a many-faceted consideration of what it means for […]
A Past Becomes a Heritage: The Negro Units of the Federal Theater Project
ZoomThe Lewis Center for the Arts launches a partnership with New York City-based CLASSIX, a collective of Black theater artists and scholars dedicated to expanding the classical theater canon through an exploration of dramatic works by Black writers. The kick-off event, a Humanities Council Magic Project, features recorded readings by professional actors of excerpts of […]
