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Princeton University Humanities Council

We seek to foster creative scholarship, transformative teaching, and intellectual collaboration by bringing humanities departments and programs into dialogue with arts and sciences.

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Princeton University Humanities Council

The Council Chair and Executive Director lead an administrative team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and activities.

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        Fri, 4/19 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            What is slave agency and how did it affect the history of ancient societies?        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Crete                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 27, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 105 Chancellor Green    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Prado at Princeton        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 13, 2023 · 11:30 am—1:00 pm         · 397 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Fictional Realism–What our Relationship to the Non-Existing Teaches Us About Reality        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 21, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 127 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Citizenship as the City’s Revealing Mirror: Comparative Considerations on the Content and Historical Context of Citizenship in ancient Athens and Rome        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Kostas Buraselis, University of Athens                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 4, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Taxing the Rich in the Just City: Cicero and Dionysius on Fiscal Fairness        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Andrew Monson, NYU                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 23, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Working for the Emperor: Behind the Scenes at Antium        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Molly Swetnam-Burland, William and Mary                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 1, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 161 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            ‘Disturbed’ memories? Tomb reuse in central Apulia in the 4th century BCE        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Bice Peruzzi, Rutgers University                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        December 3, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 161 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            New Avenues of Architectural Research on Samothrace: The Stoa as a structure and a social space        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Samuel Holzman, Art and Archaeology Department, Princeton University                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 10, 2021 · 12:30 pm—2:00 pm         ·     
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Piranesi on the Page: exhibition viewing        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Lycophron, Cato, and the Invention of Italian History        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            David Potter, University of Michigan/Institute for Advanced Study                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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