Dante’s Lasting Presence in Popular Culture
Zoom PrincetonA two-day international conference on Dante’s vital presence in global pop culture. Graphic novels, comic books, rock and pop songs, film and television productions, video and board games, all extend the impact of Dante’s work beyond its institutional life in schools and universities. The conference brings together experts exploring the many media in which Dante’s […]
Princeton Poetry Festival, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre CenterThe biennial Princeton Poetry Festival, organized by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, returns in-person with a full day of readings, panel discussions and a lecture featuring poets Reginald Dwayne Betts, Victoria Chang, Laura Kasischke, and Patricia Smith from the U.S.; Sasha Dugdale and Daljit Nagra from the U.K.; Javier Zamora from El Salvador; and Polina […]
The Haitians: A Decolonial History (Book Discussion, Part IV)
Zoom PrincetonThe Haitians Book Club is an interdisciplinary working group that welcomes students and scholars, both inside and outside the academy, to a series of discussions about “The Haitians: A Decolonial History,” author Jean Casimir’s landmark work of theory and history. Over the course of the series, we aim to unpack the ideological and structural continuities […]
Volunteer ****1864: A documentary film by Sandra Kogut
010 East Pyne PrincetonFilm screening followed by discussion with the director. Discussants: João Biehl, Guilherme Fagundes & Maria Luísa Lucas (Anthropology and Brazil LAB). Synopsis: Brazil has the world’s second highest death toll due to COVID-19. The government’s necropolitics can be captured in two little words uttered by President Jair Bolsonaro at the height of the pandemic: “So […]
