On ‘Political Disappointment’ and its Origins in a Princeton English Dissertation
Hinds Library, McCosh Hinds Library, McCosh, PrincetonSara Marcus discusses her new book Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis and its origins in her Princeton dissertation, along with discussion of her time as a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Princeton. Diana Fuss serves as interlocutor. Sara Marcus is assistant professor of English at the […]
“Value and slavery, or the longue durée of the analog-digital distinction”
School of Architecture, Room S118Graduate Program in Media + Modernity | Princeton University Seb Franklin "Value and slavery, or the longue durée of the analog-digital distinction” Tuesday, October 24, 2023 @12pm ET S118 (School of Architecture) :: Please note that this event will start at 12:00 pm instead of 5:00 pm, and that it will take place in Room […]
“Good Music and Bad Music in Late Antiquity”
103 Scheide CaldwellChristians were debating the aesthetics and morality of music more than a millennium and a half before the Satanic panic. But their debates weren't solely or even mostly about the putatively demonic properties of music. They were also anchored in the conviction that music had serious psychological and behavioral ramifications, and this talk explores how […]
Princeton Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
East Pyne Courtyard4:30 pm Community altar building Dancing Spoken word poetry 6 pm Reception Day of the Dead is an Indigenous and Catholic syncretic practice in Mexico and Latin America that remembers and honors the deceased. Day of the Dead in the United States is a place where Latina/o/x communities can gather, honor, remember and claim space. […]
Gauss Seminars in Criticism: Silvia Federici
Betts AuditoriumThe Humanities Council’s Fall 2023 Gauss Seminars in Criticism will be presented by Silvia Federici, Professor of Political Philosophy and International Studies, Emerita, Hofstra University. Her visit, under the general […]
The Nassau Literary Review’s 181st Anniversary Conference: Diversity and Representation in NassLit and Princeton’s History
Chancellor Green Rotunda PrincetonThe Nassau Literary Review (NassLit) is the second oldest undergraduate literary magazine in the nation and the oldest student publication at Princeton University. As this year marks the Review’s 181st […]
“Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis”
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonIn her new cultural history of the United States, Sara Marcus shows how artists, intellectuals, and activists turned political disappointment—the unfulfilled desire for change—into a basis for solidarity. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, […]
Le Théâtre d’Alice Zeniter: Conversation avec Florent Masse
202 Madison HallThe Department of French and Italian presents “Le Théâtre d’Alice Zeniter Conversation avec Florent Masse” organized by André Benhaïm, featuring Alice Zeniter, novelist, translator, screenwriter, and director and Florent Masse, […]
