New Avenues of Architectural Research on Samothrace: The Stoa as a structure and a social space
161 East Pyne 161 East PyneThe Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace, home to one of the ancient world’s most important mystery cults, overflows with innovative architecture of the early Hellenistic period. The sanctuary’s largest building, however, has long been overlooked. A new campaign of architectural fieldwork focused on the 100-meter-long Stoa has revealed a startling engineering innovation underneath this portico’s […]
A Conversation with Alexander Nehamas
Betts Auditorium and Zoom PrincetonJohn the Department of Philosophy for the launch of their 2021 Classical Philosophy Conference. Inthis hybrid event, Hendrik Lorenz (Philosophy) and Benjamin Morison (Philosophy) will interview Alexander Nehamas, the Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, about his life and career on […]
“The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Famine,” presented by the Fund for Irish Studies at Princeton University
Zoom PrincetonCian T. McMahon, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, lectures on “The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Famine” with introduction by Paul Muldoon as part of the 2021-22 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. The standard story of Ireland’s […]
Lament, Liturgy and the End of Time in Hildegard of Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum
102 Woolworth PrincetonThis presentation is based on chapters from Margot Fassler's forthcoming book Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century: Hildegard's Illuminated Scivias (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022). The emphasis here is on Hildegard's sung play, the Ordo Virtutum, and one aspect of that play, the laments that are found within it and set […]
