Seuls en Scène – Princeton French Theater Festival
Princeton UniversitySeuls 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 dynamic and engaging French productions. This year we are thrilled to resume the French Theater Festival in person in collaboration with the 51st Edition of […]
Mellon Forum // Race Empire Environment // The Politics of Dwelling
Betts Auditorium and Zoom PrincetonGovernment 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 HallEsta 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, PrincetonAbstract: 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 impersonal pronouns are used to refer to first person plurals. Empirically, this work provides new data from Mayan languages to the understudied phenomenon of first […]
2022 Princeton University Constitution Day
50 McCosh Hall 50 McCosh Hall, PrincetonThe 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. This year’s Constitution Day panel considers “discontents” as they are shaped by the American constitutional framework. We will discuss how broad understandings of “liberties” and […]
LAMB Workshop: Preliminary Remarks on Thomas Hélye and the Miracula Antiqua
203 Scheide Caldwell HouseThe Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Workshop at Princeton University (LAMB) brings together graduate students from across departments and disciplines who study and research any region ca. 300-1500 CE, and offers an opportunity to present and discuss their research with others from within and outside their fields. In addition to providing scholarly support, development, and camaraderie, LAMB […]
