Memento by Hala Moughanie: A staged reading
Berlind Theatre Rehearsal RoomA stranger shows up in the main square of a village. He’s expecting to buy the land on behalf of his company, which plans to turn it into a profitable rice field. As he waits for the seller who was supposed to meet him there, he talks with a woman whom he takes to be […]
The medieval transmission of ancient knowledge in colonial and post-colonial narratives: moving beyond them with help from the Greek and Arabic grammarians
East Pyne 010 and Zoom PrincetonSince the sixteenth century, the transmission of knowledge from antiquity to modernity was pieced together as follows: the sciences were born in the ancient Near East and Egypt. They were received in the ancient Greek world and were furnished with a theoretical background in philosophy. Philosophy and science were cherished in the Roman world but […]
Confused by All the Chatter? Journalists, Researchers & Policymakers Talk Chatbots and Other Large Language Models
Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall, PrincetonAs part of the CITP Digital Investigators Conference, the public is invited to join in person or virtually for this event. Please register here to attend in person. The livestream will be available here. Powerful new technologies like OpenAI’s “ChatGPT” or Google’s “Bard” have sparked excitement over the potential they have to transform how we work, learn and communicate […]
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
Labyrinth Books and Livestream 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonPlease join us for a conversation about the LGBT workforce in America in honor of the publication of Margot Canaday’s important new book, which shows how LGBT history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past. Margot Canaday is professor of history at Princeton University. She is the author […]
