The Caribbean Through a Science Fiction Lens
216 Aaron Burr HallThis talk explores the use of science fiction elements in recent Hispanic Caribbean cultural production, in particular the ways in which the estranging nature of science fiction intervenes in reading and viewing patterns in the Caribbean context. While some science fiction narratives introduce new worlds or envision radically different future environments, many recent science fiction […]
The Invention of the “Political Offender”: The Sino-Japanese War and the Abortive Sino-American Extradition Treaty, 1893-1895
202 Jones HallThe “decade of regicide” (1892-1901) shook major world powers and resulted in a new legal definition of “political offenders,” paving the way for the extradition of anarchists and terrorists in the name of “transnational security.” As with European powers and the United States, the Qing government also grew more desperate to recover its political enemies […]
My talk, others’ talk — Quoted speech and evidentials in Kotiria conversation
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonIn Kotiria, an endangered East Tukano language of northwestern Amazonia, direct or quoted speech is prevalent in informal everyday conversations and is used to represent both actual dialog and the internal monologic speech of oneself and others. This presentation considers the questions: How do speakers use direct speech in conversation? Why is it employed so […]
The Blank Beach: Sand as Material Memory in the Caribbean
111 East Pyne 111 East PyneThis talk challenges the literary representation of the Caribbean beach as an empty, untouched space by examining Martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau’s L’empreinte à Crusoé (2012). It notably considers how Chamoiseau responds to the colonial and exotic fictionalization of the Caribbean shore through the myth of Robinson Crusoe. Following Deleuze’s conceptualization of the blank page, I […]
Debt Working Group Inaugural Meeting
216 Aaron Burr HallThe Debt Working Group brings together faculty, graduate students, and staff who are interested in studying debt from an interdisciplinary perspective. The group addresses issues such as the history and legitimacy of sovereign debt; the (un)sustainability and fairness of consumer debt; the logics of colonial and ecological debts; the affective valences of debt as they […]
The Golden Ass
Labyrinth Books and Livestream 122 Nassau Street, Princeton“Think of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, throw in generous helpings of humor, sex, and magic, and you might get a rough idea of what The Golden Ass is like.” —Peter Singer Peter Singer and Ellen Finkelpearl breathe new life into Apuleius’s hilarious, bawdy tale and one of the earliest novels—accentuating its remarkable empathy for animals. […]
