Calendar of Events

Register 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 […]

Whether 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 we study, where we work, where we spend and our ability to participate in our communities. Acting managing editor of National Public Radio Pallavi Gogoi […]

REGISTER 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 […]

Thursday, 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 Crossroad of Cultures and Religions” Valentina Izmirlieva, Columbia University | “How Moscow Usurped the Baptizer of Rus’: From Muscovy to Putin’s Russia” Zoom Registration – […]

The 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 masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America.

A 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 focus on perceived danger and risk. I first introduce examples of media representations of accidents and incidents to illustrate the fraught boundaries between “sensational” coverage […]

ABSTRACT: 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. For more than three decades now, ethnographic museums – at least those in Europe – have received sustained critique. In its most recent iteration, this […]

Buddhist 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 retribution disease.” The discourse on Hansen’s disease has since shifted to a more medical one, but those who visibly suffer from the effects of the […]

This 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 first diwan, Saqṭ al-Zand (First Sparks of the Tinder). It seeks to explore the interplay of onomatopoeia, etymology, and myth in the creative process whereby […]

Alone 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 door. Those pages were the start of the teen’s transformation into a poet, lawyer, and promoter of the rights of prisoners. Now, 23 years after […]

L'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, Sandra Chen '24, Clément Génibrèdes GS, Lana Gaige '24, Hannah Grunow GS, Éloi Delort '24, James Hamilton '26, Marie-Gabrielle Pelissie du Rausas GS and Gil […]