When Pages Breathe: Immersive Elocution of Literature, an installation
CoLab Gallery, Lewis Arts ComplexLecturer in Theater Chesney Snow and students in his fall course, “The Oral Interpretation of Toni and William,” present a multimedia oral interpretation of literature installation that examines speech as […]
Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “Engaging the Sensoria in Premodern Qur’an Commentary”
209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell, PrincetonThe Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Fall 2023. Tehseen Thaver (Religion) will present this lunchtime talk on Wednesday, December 6. What is the […]
Readings from The Princeton Comics Notebook
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, PrincetonStudents in E.S. Glenn’s fall Princeton Atelier course, “How to Write a Graphic Novel,” read from The Princeton Comics Notebook, an anthology of stories created over the course of the […]
2023-24 Old Dominion Public Lecture Series – Women’s Property and the Downward Spiral into Fraud: Questioning the Persistent Narrative of Progress in Women’s Legal Status
010 East Pyne PrincetonThe assumption that women’s legal status has steadily improved over time is so entrenched that it is now difficult to imagine otherwise. That narrative of progress, however, ignores dramatic legal changes […]
Information structure insights from sign language anaphora
1-S-5 Green Hall 1-S-5 Green Hall, PrincetonNotions of topic and focus have been well-studied in sign languages, which - like many spoken languages - tend to have word orders highly influenced by information structural considerations, along […]
A Conversation on Literature and the Climate Crisis with Pierre Ducrozet
100 Jones HallA Conversation with French writer Pierre Ducrozet, the author of Le Grand Vertige, in discussion with Göran Blix (in English). This conversation on the climate crisis will take its cue […]
China: From a Nationless State to a Nation Defined by State
202 Jones HallReading a pre-modern concept into the modern era rather than reading modern notions back into the past, “China: From a Nationless State to a Nation Defined by State” explores how […]
Sex and Gender Complexity in Scientific Research
100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson HallResearchers across disciplines increasingly recognize the importance of accounting for the intersectional complexity of sex and gender. There is undeniable evidence that sex-related biological variables (such as chromosomes, hormones, external […]
“‘Tafaḍḍal,’ Come in and Delve!” – Or How to Sense the In/Visible Space in Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Firestone Library, Special Collections, C-FloorMedieval and early modern illustrators of the Islamic world developed various techniques to communicate spatial concepts and narratives on paper. They transformed the––seemingly––flat surface not only with their brush, but […]
Science and Social Justice Salon: Sex and Gender Complexity
056 Bernstein Gallery, Robertson HallThe Science and Social Justice Salon series aims to build bridges between scientists and humanists interested in critically examining the social and ethical impacts of scientific work. The December Salon […]
