EHL Seminar: “Disentangling Genetic, Cultural, and Environmental Effects on Stature in Ancient Europe”
East Pyne 010 or Zoom East Pyne Building, PrincetonThis seminar is organized by The Environmental History Lab (EHL), an interdisciplinary program affiliated with the Program in Medieval Studies and funded by a Humanities Council David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Grant for innovation. Attendance is possible by Zoom (via registration) or in-person. In-person attendees are required to wear face masks while in the room. Register on the EHL […]
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
111 East Pyne 111 East PyneJoin French novelist Olivier Guez for a discussion on his acclaimed novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele. Olivier Guez is a French journalist, essayist, and writer. He won the 2017 Prix Renaudot for his novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (La disparition de Josef Mengele). Registration required.
Tanner Lectures on Human Values: “Known and Strange Things: The Political Necessity of Art”
101 Friend CenterABSTRACT: The relationship between democracy and art has shifted simultaneously in opposite directions. On the one hand, very few people still believe that aesthetic experience has a positive political value. Yet, on the other, democratic practice is increasingly saturated in performativity and the fictional narratives of identity. Ideas that once belonged to artists – provocation, […]
LAMB Workshop: Curfew: Or, For the Time Being
209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonPlease join us for the Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine workshop on Wednesday 11/9, to discuss Jordan Skinner's paper "Curfew: Or, For the Time Being." Andrew Finn will be commenting. Food will be provided. About LAMB: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Graduate Workshop at Princeton (LAMB) provides interdisciplinary forums for presenting research, fostering community, and training […]
A Bird in the Hand: The Work of ESTAR(SER)
Labyrinth Books and Livestream 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonDream-scholars and archival fabulists, the artist-researchers of the ESTAR(SER) collective pursue the evasive angel of “pure attention,” creating occasions to test the power of the focused mind and the vital senses. To celebrate the publication of the group’s new book, In Search of the Third Bird, as well as the opening of the year-long exhibition, “THE THIRD, […]
