Is Democracy in the Arab World a Trap? Reflections on the Arab Spring and the Case of Tunisia
202 Jones Hall and Zoom 202 Jones Hall, NJPolitical messaging to Arab countries before 2011 strongly conveyed the idea that establishing democracy would enable them to join the club of advanced and developed countries. They would not only enjoy freedom but also a standard of living comparable to their neighbors on the north shore of the Mediterranean. Eleven years after the Arab spring […]
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, invention […]
Organizing Stories: Open House
Effron Center Gather Space (Morrison Hall, 2nd Floor)Do you want to bridge advocacy and academia? Organizing Stories connects intellectual work and movement work through our intersectional scholarly-activist praxis. We will be featuring some of this campus’s most prominent advocates and activists. Come learn about our goals and enjoy snacks and swag! RSVP Here This ongoing student-driven project investigates the long history of […]
LLL: Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
Labyrinth Books and Livestream 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonLabyrinth and the Princeton Public Library invite you to a conversation with a distinguished music historian and perhaps the best known, self-proclaimed, rock’n roll groupie, about Morrison’s new musical biography of Stevie Nicks, which paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Join us at Labyrinth or click here to register for the […]
