Material Aesthetics, Tonality, and the Politics of Racial Mixture in Puerto Plata
216 Aaron Burr HallSince the late 1990s, the port city of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic has anchored a host of public and private efforts to remake the city center into a cultural heritage […]
René Char’s Mobility
15 Joseph Henry House Joseph Henry House, PrincetonRarely have René Char’s life and work been looked at from the standpoint of “mobility.” Combining approaches from the humanities and the social sciences, this lecture will argue that this […]
“Securitas: Embodied Concept”
East Pyne 010 and Zoom PrincetonOur modern concept of national security has roots in ancient Rome. First attested in Cicero’s philosophical works, the Latin word securitas originally meant peace of mind in a strictly psychological […]
Immersion: Reporting From Within Vulnerable Communities
Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall, PrincetonImmersing yourself in the lives of others for weeks or years can yield insight into the plight of marginalized groups—refugees, needy children, communities of the street. It also presents ethical […]
The ‘Cross of Gold’ revisited: Money and Populism in the Age of Empire
Green Hall 0-S-6 PrincetonRosalind Morris’ work is addressed to the histories and social lives—including the deaths and afterlives—produced in the interstices of industrial and resource-based capitalism in the Global South. Those interests extend […]
Europe and the Wolf: Militant Economies of Sound in Pere Portabella and Carles Santos
300 Wallace HallThis presentation is drawn from Nadal-Melsió’s forthcoming book, Europe and the Wolf: Political Variations on a Musical Concept. The book recuperates the Baroque musical concept of the “wolf”—the dissonant note that tuning […]
A Conversation with Sandy Ouvrier
298 Julis Romo Rabinowitz BuildingA Conversation On Actors’ Training at the Paris Conservatory In French Moderated by Florent Masse, Director of L’Avant-Scène, Department of French and Italian
Born Under Punches
Betts AuditoriumDavid Goodman is Acting Dean, Director of the Bachelor of Architectural Studies and the Master of Architecture, and Professor of Architecture at the IE School of Architecture and Design in […]
