“Horses, Wheels, and Languages. Indo-European in the Ancient Near East.”
161 East Pyne and ZoomWhen comparative linguistics was born in the 19th century, scholars explained the distribution of Indo-European languages by population dispersal: as PIE-speakers migrated into different regions of Eurasia, they lost contact and their speech diverged, producing the various branches of the family. This model still underwrites an approach to Greek culture which explains its resemblances to other IE-speaking […]
Romanticism and the Material Fragment
205 East Pyne and ZoomAn unnamed man (probably Friedrich Schlegel) cuts out silhouettes of himself to give away as party favors. So begins the longest fragment (#336) to appear in the programmatic Early Romantic Athenäumsfragmente of 1798, one that is attributed to theologian and philosopher Friedrich Schleiermacher. Papercutting is hidden in plain sight at the center of German Romanticism’s […]
Fury and Justice in the Humanities
McCosh Hall, Room 10Register here: https://forms.gle/FTujJWYE78hq1DdH6 Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley) will deliver the Eberhard L. Faber Class of 1915 Memorial Lecture in Literature. Sponsored by: The Eberhard L. Faber 1915 Memorial Fund in the Humanities Council and The English Department
Hidden in Plain Sight: the Rediscovery of an Italian Classic
321 East Pyne 321 East Pyne, PrincetonMichael F. Moore in conversation with Yiyun Li (Princeton University) on Moore's new translation of The Betrothed, by Alessandro Manzoni. The talk will explore how Moore brought a 19th-century Italian historical novel into modern American English, and the startling relevance of this text today. Please complete the Registration Form to attend this event.
Reading by Jonah Mixon-Webster and Creative Writing Seniors
Drapkin Studio at Lewis Arts complex PrincetonPoet, educator, scholar, and art activist Jonah Mixon-Webster, whose debut poetry collection, Stereo(TYPE), received the PEN America/Joyce Osterweil Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, reads from his work along with four creative writing seniors. The C.K. Williams Reading Series showcases senior thesis students of the Program in Creative […]
UCHV Film Forum: Julius Onah’s Luce (2019)
Green Hall 0-S-6 PrincetonThis event is part of “Love, That’s America,” the Fall 2022 UCHV Film Forum.