Value and Solidarity
TBD PrincetonMarx’s theory of the value form provides an alternative to common sense—i.e. ideological—understandings of the relationship between culture and economy. Might it also be useful to unblocking the perceptual and political impasses characterizing our academic wars of position against the universal? Co-Sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of English.
Focus on Ukraine Seminar Series: Is Ukraine Still Post-Soviet?
016 Robertson HallJoin visiting research scholars for this discussion, part of the “Focus on Ukraine” seminar series. Open to the Public. RSVP required. SPEAKERS: Mark R. Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics Iuliia Skubytska, Associate Research Scholar, Judaic Studies Yana Prymachenko, Visiting Research Scholar, Department of History Mykola Riabchuk, Associate Research Scholar, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination […]
On the origins of Cikunda, “a language without a land” (Presentation of the OriKunda project)
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonIn this talk, I will present the OriKunda project (April 2023 - March 2027, funded by the National Agency for Research, France), which aims to review the unique history of the Cikunda people (pronounced /ʧikunda/), from its genesis until today, through their language. Originally, the Cikunda were troops of Bantu-speaking slave soldiers from different communities […]
‘Angélica’ Film Screening and Q & A with Marisol Gómez-Mouakad
219 Aaron Burr HallAngélica, the story of a Puerto Rican woman who spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life. 100 mins. Spanish with English Subtitles. Co-sponsored with the Program in Latin American Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the […]
Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative
Labyrinth Books and Livestream 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonThe scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks’s new book is a reckoning with today’s flourishing cult of story. We invite you to a presentation and discussion. Join us at Labyrinth or click here to register for the livestream. Forty years after publishing his seminal work Reading for the Plot, his important contribution to what came to be known […]
