Mellon Forum: RETURN // Returning to the Lacustrine City in La Ciudad de México
Betts Auditorium and Zoom PrincetonAs Princeton University and cities across the U.S. “return” to a pre-pandemic normal, the Fall 2021 edition of the Princeton-Mellon Research Forum on the Urban Environment asks the question, what does it mean to return? Under whose terms? As we reacquaint ourselves with in person learning and scholarly dialogs, our aim is to use this […]
PIIRS Director’s Book Forum: The Hungry Eye with Leonard Barkan
Zoom PrincetonJoin Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies for the first Director's Book Forum of the year, featuring Professor Leonard Barkan, who will present his new book, "The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance." The Forum will be held from noon to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 […]
Epistemic Oppression and Epistemic Activism
Zoom PrincetonJosé Medina (Northwestern University), a Short-Term Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and Department of Philosophy, will provide an analysis of epistemic oppression as a systemic, group phenomenon in which members of oppressed groups are unfairly constrained or mistreated in the exercise of their agency in meaning-making and knowledge-producing practices. I argue that epistemic oppression […]
Re-Framing International: Ethics, Sustainability, and Equity in a Global Context
Betts Auditorium and Livestream PrincetonOn behalf of the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Provost, we are excited to announce "Re-Framing International"—a year-long conversation on our obligation to engage in ethical, equitable, and sustainable international research, teaching, and service. "Re-Framing International" creates a space for open and frank dialogue about how Princeton students […]
