Calendar of Events

The 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 […]

In 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 […]

The 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 […]

The 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 in 1921, put an end to the three-year independence of the Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) as the country was forcedly reunited with the Soviet Union. […]

Eminent 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 Jha’s work and how Indian cinema — the largest film industry in the world, situated in the most populous nation — has represented socio-political issues […]

Mary 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. Susan J. Wolfson offers new insight into how Wollstonecraft’s particular methods, style, and energy make this case for her readers. She is joined by fellow […]

Emilio 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 building, returning to the community is paramount in his work. He has completed a number of public projects around the world including the Lucile Halsell […]

Stories 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 Jen Guyton *18 and Prasenjeet Yadav share stories from the field, from the savannas of Africa to the highest peaks of the Himalaya, and discuss […]