Svetlana Kana Radević: Aggregate Assemblies, 2023 Womxn in Design and Architecture Conference
Betts AuditoriumRegister here. Svetlana Kana Radević’s architecture is a radical act of mediation. Rising to prominence in post-war Yugoslavia, her buildings speak on all scales, engaging geo-political and social complexities. Drawing […]
Telling Stories of Economic Inequality
16 Joseph Henry HouseWhether we are conscious of it or not, finance and money underpin most of our biggest life decisions. Our personal economics determine where we are born, where we live, where […]
Law, Citizenship, and Dissent in India
Various PrincetonREGISTER HERE. The past few years have been witness to a renewed interest in the question of citizenship in India. These conversations have taken on greater urgency in light of […]
Medieval Black Sea Seminar Series
211 Dickinson Hall or ZoomThursday, March 2, 2023 4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom Lilyana Yordanova, École française d’Athènes | “Entangled Past and Selective Present: the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast at the […]
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
A17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building Washington Road, PrincetonThe Society of Fellows invites you to a book talk with past fellow Margot Canaday (History) on her most recent publication "Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America," a […]
Are the Kids Alright? Examining the intergenerational Discourse on Social Networking Services and Smartphone-Related Harm in Contemporary Japan
302 Frist Campus Center 302 Frist Campus Center, PrincetonA talk from Kimberly Hassel (University of Arizona) ABSTRACT: In this talk, I introduce the intergenerational discourse on Social Networking Services (SNS) and smartphone usage in contemporary Japan, with a […]
Sovereignties of the Imagination: Worlding from the Ethnographic Museum
010 East Pyne PrincetonABSTRACT: This presentation takes up some of the more recent academic explorations of the concept of “worlding” to think about possible futures of the so-called ethnographic or world cultures museum. […]
In Pursuit of Companionship: Hansen’s Disease in the Jōdo Shinshū Moral Imagination
202 Jones HallBuddhist Studies Workshop In premodern Japan, Hansen’s disease (or leprosy, as it is better known) evoked a mixture of fascination, pity, and awe, and was often described as a “karmic […]
Metapoesis in Late ʿAbbāsid Poetry: The Dove, the Crow, and the Camel in al-Maʿarrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand
397 Julis Romo Rabinowitz BuildingThis talk takes examples of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s (363–449/973–1057) use of animal imagery—doves, crows, camels—to conduct an exploration of the themes of mourning, longing, and of poetry itself in his […]
Japan’s Magna Carta: Property, Inheritance and Gender in Medieval Japan
Zoom PrincetonIn 1232, Japan’s first warrior government formalized the Jōei Code, which became the basis of Japanese law for centuries. After briefly comparing this code with the unrelated Magna Carta, this […]
Felon: An American Washi Tale by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre CenterAlone in solitary confinement, a teenager called out to the men in the hole with him: “Somebody, send me a book!” Moments later, Dudley Randall’s The Black Poets slid under his cell […]
L’Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset & La seconde surprise de l’amour by Marivaux
Art on Hulfish 11 Hulfish St, PrincetonL'Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset and La Seconde surprise de l'amour by Marivaux. Directed by Florent Masse. Featuring Morgan Teman '23, Gavin LaPlace '23, Clément Herman GS, […]
