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Past OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Events

February 23, 2023 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall

Immersion: Reporting From Within Vulnerable Communities

Nadja Drost, Journalism; Kathryn Edin, SPIA; Andrea Elliott, Journalism; Rena Lederman, Anthropology

Program in Journalism; Department of Anthropology; Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

December 7, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 1-S-5 Green Hall

On the origins of Cikunda, “a language without a land” (Presentation of the OriKunda project)

Rozenn Guérois, LLACAN (African Languages and Cultures Laboratory)

Program in Linguistics

November 30, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 1-S-5 Green Hall

Experiments in Euphemism Detection

Anna Feldman, Montclair State University

Program in Linguistics

September 14, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 1-S-5 Green Hall

“Us” as “one”: First person plurals as impersonals in Mayan

Carol Rose Little, University of Oklahoma

Program in Linguistics

April 1, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · Zoom

Race, Race-Thinking and Identity in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies: Archaeology and Race

Bonnie Effros, University of British Columbia; Susanne Hakenbeck, University of Cambridge 

Program in Medieval Studies
Image of an archaeologist studying skeletons in the field.

March 28, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · Zoom

Book Talk | Organize the world. Another Cold War Story

Sandrine Kott, University of Geneva

Center for Collaborative History

March 1, 2022 · 6:00 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

Black Earth Film Series: Rob Herring screens “The Need to GROW”

Rob Herring, Filmmaker

Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Visual Arts

View Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins

February 17, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom and Livestream

Reporting on Repressive Governments: How journalists overcome barriers to safeguard free speech and inform democracy

Barbara Demick, Journalism; Razia Iqbal, Journalism; Maria Ressa '86, Rappler; Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology

Program in Journalism; Office of Communications; Department of Anthropology

February 16, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom

Form and Meaning in a Sign Language Lexicon

Naomi Caselli, Boston University

Program in Linguistics

February 14, 2022 · 6:00 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

Black Earth Film Series: Khalik Allah screens Black Mother

Khalik Allah, Filmmaker

Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Visual Arts
Still image from the film "Black Mother"

December 14, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · Zoom

Skin and Blood? Blackness and Arabness in Middle Eastern Perspectives

Rachel Schine, NYU AbuDhabi; Peter Webb, Leiden University

Program in Medieval Studies
medieval map

December 8, 2021 · 6:00 pm7:00 pm · Livestream

Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #3

Monica Huerta, English, American Studies; Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Classics

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; Lewis Center for the Arts; Humanities Council; Department of English

November 19, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · Virtual

Environment and Observation in the Dutch Golden Age

Anne Goldgar, University of Southern California; Emmanuel Kreike, History

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS)
two ships on the water

November 18, 2021 · 5:00 pm · 219 Aaron Burr

“Hymns for Humanists”: Dessa on Religion, Humanism, and Artistic Inspiration

Dessa, rapper, singer, and writer

Department of Religion; Humanities Council; Lewis Center for the Arts; Center for Culture, Society and Religion
Poster for Dessa, a rapper, singer, and writer

November 11, 2021 · 6:00 pm · Livestream

Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #2

Monica Huerta, English, American Studies; Lili Loofbourow, writer

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; Lewis Center for the Arts; Humanities Council; Department of English

November 10, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · via Zoom

3rd Person Singular and Default Case in Child African American English

Lisa Green, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Program in Linguistics

October 26, 2021 · 5:00 pm6:30 pm · Zoom

Journalism at Borders: Covering Mexico in a Time of Pandemic, Migration and Violence

Adela Navarro Bello, Semanario Zeta; Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post; Adriana Zehbrauskas, photojournalist and documentary photographer

Program in Latin American Studies; Program in Journalism; Center for Migration and Development

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