Translating YA Arabic Literature: Exploring Limits, Negotiating Expectations
144 Louis A. Simpson BuildingYoung adult (YA) literature typically explores and reflects the trials, tribulations and jubilations of youthful lives. Given that cultures shape the trajectories of life, and given the rich diversity of […]
The world in between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa ∙Telling the story through museum artifacts
010 East PyneThe talk discusses the complex interrelationship between ancient Egypt and Nubia based on a new planned exhibition slated to open at the University of Virginia. Beyond merely acknowledging the geographical […]
From Empathy to Resentment: A Short History of Identification
205 East Pyne“Identity” and “Identification” have become widely spread political-cultural battle cries in our days. This made us forget that it was only since the 1960s that these terms have come into […]
Poetry Reading: dg nanouk okpik
Taplin Gallery, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon StAmerican Book Award–winning poet dg nanouk okpik’s second collection of poems, Blood Snow, tells a continuum story of a homeland under erasure, in an ethos of erosion, in a multitude […]
Author Talk: Priya Vulchi’22 and Ruha Benjamin
Princeton Public LibraryFrom the co-author of Tell Me Who You Are and a TED speaker, a book that reveals the importance of friendship as a tool of social justice. Friendship is good for your […]
