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Seuls en Scène – Princeton French Theater Festival

Princeton University

Seuls en Scène brings celebrated French actors and directors, as well as promising early-career artists, to Princeton University and the local community to present their work, introducing American audiences to […]

Mellon Forum // Race Empire Environment // The Politics of Dwelling

Betts Auditorium and Zoom Princeton

Government legitimacy and domestic well-being are closely linked. In France and Senegal, West Africans’ capacity to feel at home was critical to an emergent politics of dwelling, as domestic spaces were at the heart of intense political debates from 1900 to 1980. The politics of dwelling emerged from discussions centered on architecture, including barracks for […]

Un Apocalipsis Bíblico: Guerra de Vietnam, Religión y Orden Ecológico en la Obra de León Ferrari

216 Aaron Burr Hall

Esta charla abordará los vínculos entre religión y orden ecológico en la obra del artista argentino León Ferrari. Nos centraremos en develar los orígenes de ese interés en sus intervenciones contra la Guerra de Vietnam, y analizaremos la intersección entre la cosmología occidental y destrucción ecológica que atravesó su obra desde los años 60. ACERCA […]

“Us” as “one”: First person plurals as impersonals in Mayan

1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, Princeton

Abstract: I investigate the phenomenon whereby first person plurals in Mayan languages are employed in impersonal and generic contexts. This is the opposite pattern documented for some (Indo-)European languages where […]

2022 Princeton University Constitution Day

50 McCosh Hall 50 McCosh Hall, Princeton

The United States was founded in response to discontent with social, political, cultural, and economic systems. As a result, social discontents themselves became legitimated through the making of the Constitution. […]

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