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October 5, 2021 · 12:30 pm1:30 pm · 10 Guyot Hall and Zoom

HMEI Faculty Seminar: “Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean”

Christina Gerhardt, High Meadows Environmental Institute

High Meadows Environmental Institute; Department of German

October 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

People, Politics and Journalism: How Americans consume news in an era of partisanship and social media

Terence Samuel, Journalism; with Stephen Macedo, Politics

Program in Journalism
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October 1, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom

A History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words

Máire ní Mhaonaigh and Sharon Arbuthnot, authors

Fund for Irish Studies at Princeton University

September 30, 2021 · 8:00 pm9:00 pm · Zoom

SAB Artist Conversation: Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney

Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney, artists

Princeton University Art Museum

September 30, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 010 East Pyne

Scriptural Vitality in Ancient Judaism: Poesis and Forward Moving Philology

Hindy Najman, Oriel College, University of Oxford

Humanities Council; Program in Judaic Studies

September 30, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom

Decolonial Abstraction: Frank Bowling’s Atlantic Errantry

Kobena Mercer, Bard College

Department of Art and Archaeology, James F. Haley '50 Memorial Lecture

September 29, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · Betts Auditorium and Zoom

Mellon Forum: RETURN // Architecture, Customs and Return in Lagos

Adedoyin Teriba, Vassar College; Chukwuemeka V. Chukwuemeka, Architecture

Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism + the Humanities

September 29, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:20 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

Forget Feudalism: Kenya and Balliol College

D. Vance Smith, English

Program in Medieval Studies

September 28, 2021 · 5:00 pm6:30 pm · Zoom

The Accumulated Traumas of Honduran Displacement

Tomás Ayuso, writer and documentary photojournalist

Program in Latin American Studies; Program in Journalism

September 27, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom

Medical Bondage, Mobility, and Fugitive Logic: Revisiting Harriet Tubman as an Intellectual Figure

Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Humanities Council; Center for Digital Humanities; Department of African American Studies; Department of Art and Archaeology
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September 27, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom

Let Them Rest in Peace: The Sacred Burials of Frescoes, Pots, and Rooms in the House of the Frescoes at Knossos

Emilia Oddo, Tulane University

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Program in Archaeology, Thompson Lecture

September 27, 2021 · 12:30 pm1:30 pm · Zoom

Translating Medieval Texts

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Institute for Advanced Study and University of Pittsburgh

Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication; Program in Medieval Studies

September 23, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom Webinar and Livestream

15th Annual Humanities Colloquium

Humanities Council
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September 22, 2021 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Betts Auditorium and Livestream

Re-Framing International: Ethics, Sustainability, and Equity in a Global Context

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Philosophy; Chika Okeke-Agulu, Art and Archaeology; Deborah Yashar, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Office of the Dean of the College; Office of the Provost

September 22, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · Zoom

PIIRS Director’s Book Forum: The Hungry Eye with Leonard Barkan

Leonard Barkan, Comparative Literature

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

September 22, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · Betts Auditorium and Zoom

Mellon Forum: RETURN // Returning to the Lacustrine City in La Ciudad de México

Vera Candiani, History; Dean Chahim, Architecture; Seth Denizen, Architecture

Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism + the Humanities

May 21, 2021 · 11:00 am12:30 pm · via Zoom

Reunions 2021 Panel: Phew: What a Year! Journalists Review the News and How It Was Covered

Nancy Cordes *99; Marc Fisher '80; Frank Langfitt '86; Danielle Ivory '05; Tanzina Vega

Princeton Alumni Weekly; Program in Journalism

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