Princeton French Film Festival
Various PrincetonThe French and Francophone Society, along with its generous partners at Princeton University and beyond, are thrilled to invite you all to the first-ever Princeton French Film Festival, happening from April 16th to 28th at various venues across our campus. A unique opportunity to discover the richness and diversity of Francophone cultures through the magic […]
“Our Muses Are Our Ancestors”: Contemporary Indigenous Writers of North America and Greco-Roman Antiquity.
A71 Louis A. Simpson Building and ZoomIn a little known history, generations of Indigenous writers of North America have engaged in a variety of ways with Greco-Roman antiquity, sometimes to make comparisons with their own ancient and still-living cultures, sometimes in order to talk back to narratives of Native barbarism or savagery, and cumulatively and collectively contributing to Indigenous survivance. My lecture, whose […]
“Manuscripts at the Foundations of Modern Law: Multispectral Imaging, Artificial Intelligence and the Recovery of Gaius’s Institutes and the oldest Koran”
103 Scheide CaldwellThe modern legal system rests on several pillars of legal thought. Gaius’s Institutes, the only surviving record of Roman law, is taught at universities across the world. Unfortunately, the only manuscript of it is a severely damaged palimpsest. In the Islamic tradition, the Quran serves as the legal template. The oldest Quran, however, has scratch-outs […]
Georgian Literature Against the Red Terror
103 Chancellor GreenThe beginning of 20th century was marked by the fatal clash of Modernistic tendencies, already established in Georgian literature, with newly born Soviet ideology. The Bolshevik Revolution, which reached Georgia […]
Cinema with Power | Princeton Public Lectures: Social Justice, Power and Politics in India Cinema
50 McCosh Hall 50 McCosh Hall, PrincetonEminent filmmaker Prakash Jha, in conversation with Princeton Historian Gyan Prakash, will introduce the genre of Indian cinema(s) featured recently at the 2023 Oscars. They will discuss the trajectory of […]
On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonMary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and influential argument for women’s equality, delivering a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place. […]
Kassler Lecture: Ecological Architecture (Rescheduled from Fall 2022)
Betts AuditoriumEmilio Ambasz (born 1943, Argentina; Spanish citizen by Royal Grant) is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning architect, designer, and inventor widely recognized as a pioneer of Green Architecture. Integrating landscape and […]
2023 Anthony B. Evnin Lecture: Stories from the Field – Conservation Photography
50 McCosh Hall 50 McCosh Hall, PrincetonStories have the power to persuade and motivate. In conservation, they can be a critical first step in convincing people to take action. In this talk, scientists turned wildlife photographers […]
