Translating Egyptians: Race-Consciousness of 1960s Egyptians in the African American Imagination
144 Louis A. Simpson BuildingIn "…And Bid Him Sing," a novel by David Graham DuBois published in 1975, the author reflects on his experience as an African American intellectual in self-imposed exile in 1960s Cairo, Egypt. DuBois was the stepson of pioneer Black pan-African intellectual and activist-scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois. His sojourn in Cairo marks a metaphoric return to […]
Progressive Politics in a Turbulent World: A New Pink Tide in Latin America?
216 Aaron Burr HallThis panel discussion will address the emergence of new progressive governments in the region, with a focus on Brazil and Chile. PLAS has invited Professor Campello and Ambassador Valdés to ask about the most urgent challenges that these new governments currently face amidst a world of increasing nativism and economic distress. If the early 2000s saw […]
CFS Faber Lecture: Cinematic Faces and Hands
Betts AuditoriumJoin the Committee for Film Studies for this Faber Lecture, the second talk in our spring 2023 series that brings prominent film scholars into conversation with members of the Princeton community. This event features Mary Ann Doane, Class of 1937 Professor of Film & Media at the University of California-Berkeley. Faber Lecture title “Cinematic Faces […]
“The Making Out of Americans: Biology and the Poetics of Queer Social Reproduction”
40 McCosh 40 McCosh, PrincetonCecire specializes in American literature since 1880 and the theory of minor knowledges. Her book "Experimental: American Literature and the Aesthetics of Knowledge" was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2019. Her research areas include history of science, poetics, gender and sexuality, childhood, media, and visual culture.
Black Girls Fly: Ruminations on Religion, Race, and Technology
Green Hall 0-S-6 PrincetonLeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, where she serves as the Director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Director for Black Culture and History. She will be in conversation with Princeton University Graduate Student Ariyanne Colston. Whether investigating practices of specific communities, exploring cultural production […]
AfroColombia: A panorama of life and living in Chocó
East Pyne Lower HyphenEl Chocó is an lush area of western Colombia with beaches on the Pacific and the Caribbean coast. Many rivers also cross this land, making fishing one of the most important activities in this region. El Chocó has one of the highest rates of rainfall of any place in the world. You can find a […]