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SUMMARY:PISC Paper nº3: "Ripple Effects of Arabization. Coptic History and Memory in late-medieval Egypt"
DESCRIPTION:“This paper\, part of my book project which traces the cultural consequences of Arabization in late-medieval Egypt\, wrestles with the tidal changes in Coptic historical writing\, from its initial Arabization\, 11th–14th centuries. First\, I consider the new features and rhetorical styles of the original Arabic sections of the History of the Patriarchs. I briefly situate these trends vis-à-vis contemporary developments in Islamic (Arabic and Persian) and Syriac Christian historical writing. Second\, I discuss the Arabic chronicle by the lay Coptic bureaucrat al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Abī l-Faḍāʾil (d. 1358)\, specifically its coverage of the Damascus fire of 1340\, when Syrian Christians were charged with arson. This chronicle marks the end of Coptic chronicles. In the final section\, I consider the setting and possible reasons for this abrupt end of an erstwhile thriving genre. With this eclipse of prose historical writing\, martyrology and hagiography become the primary modes of addressing the Coptic past\, the vehicles of social memory and communal identity.” \nThe Princeton Islamic Studies Colloquium (PISC) is a forum at Princeton University for workshopping students’ and guest scholars’ works-in-progress in Islamic Studies and related fields. Co-sponsored by the Center for Collaborative History\, the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity\, and the Humanities Council. \nThe paper as well as a Zoom link will be provided upon registration to the event: https://tinyurl.com/pisc2023
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/pisc-paper-no3-ripple-effects-of-arabization-coptic-history-and-memory-in-late-medieval-egypt/
LOCATION:202 Jones Hall
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SUMMARY:L’Avant-Scène presents Fragments XXIII
DESCRIPTION:L’Avant-Scène presents Fragments XXIII performed by students enrolled in FRE-THR 211 and directed by Florent Masse. \nThe presentation will feature scenes from Dom Juan\, Le Tartuffe\, and Le Malade imaginaire by Molière\, Andromaque and Britannicus by Racine\, and excerpts from Ionesco\, Koltès and Lagarce as well as Baptiste Amann\, Penda Diouf\, and Mohamed El Khatib. \nIn French\, the approximate running time is 90 minutes. Registration advised.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/lavant-scene-presents-fragments-xxiii/
LOCATION:Godfrey Kerr Theater Studio\, Lewis Arts complex\, 122 ALEXANDER STREET\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “Engaging the Sensoria in Premodern Qur’an Commentary"
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nWhat is the relationship between Qur’an exegesis\, ritual practice\, and the formations of religious identities and communities? This is the central question this presentation will address by focusing on the first complete and extant Persian Qur’an commentary to have been composed by a Twelver Shi‘i scholar\, Shaykh Abu al-Futuh Razi (d. 1157)\, titled The Cool Breeze of Paradise and Breath for the Soul. Through a close reading of Razi’s exegesis I show the interaction of Qur’an exegesis\, Shi’i rituals of remembrance and the cultivation of distinct sensorial reactions and capacities – an important medium for the narration\, transmission\, and indeed determination of religious identities. I argue that Razi’s commentary served the dual role of “explanatory written text” and “oral ritual telling\,” while establishing its authority in each of these contexts. \nPlease RSVP Here. Lunch will be provided.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/medieval-faculty-colloquium-engaging-the-sensoria-in-premodern-quran-commentary-5/
LOCATION:209 Scheide Caldwell\, 209 Scheide Caldwell\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Readings from The Princeton Comics Notebook
DESCRIPTION:Students 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 semester combining drawings and text. Glenn is a regular cartoonist for The New Yorker and creator of the graphic novels Unsmooth #1 (2020) and its prequel Unsmooth #2: BUM (2021). All audiences attending will receive a published copy of the graphic anthology. \nAdmission: Free and open to the public; no tickets required.\nAccessibility: Labyrinth Books is an accessible venue. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at least one week in advance at LewisCenter@princeton.edu
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/readings-from-the-princeton-comics-notebook/
LOCATION:Labyrinth Books\, 122 Nassau Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08542\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Lewis Center":MAILTO:lewiscenter@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:The 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 in the nineteenth century that worked in the opposite direction\, undermining traditional claims that women had to property and\, increasingly\, linking women’s control of property to fraud.  Ultimately\, the specter of fraud compromised all women’s legal ability to own and manage property\, with results that are still with us today. \nRECEPTION TO FOLLOW. \nLaura F. Edwards is the Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty.  She focuses on the legal history of the nineteenth-century United States\, with an emphasis on people’s interactions with law and the legal system. Her most recent book\, “Only the Clothes on Her Back:  Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States\,” received the Merle Curti award for the best book in social history from the Organization of American Historians. As an Old Dominion Research Professor\, Edwards will focus on her book project\, “No Account:  Credit\, Property\, and Women’s Lives in the United States\,” which traces the material consequences of the shift from unwritten to written forms of law in the lives of women in the nineteenth century United States. \n\nOld Dominion Research Professors contribute to the Council’s programs and events and engage the campus community in sustained discussions about their research. This cohort of senior faculty join a yearlong program designed to provide additional research time and to enhance the humanities community more broadly. They also serve as faculty fellows in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. Old Dominion Professors are full professors in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/2023-24-old-dominion-public-lecture-series-2/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Information structure insights from sign language anaphora
DESCRIPTION:Notions 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 with perhaps some modality-specific considerations provided by suprasegmental nonmanuals\, the tight integration of iconic gestures into the grammatical structure\, etc. The use of signing space/”loci” for anaphora is often considered to be another modality-specific feature\, bearing on questions about semantic analyses of anaphora generally and how anaphoricity relates to other notions like definiteness\, givenness\, and contrast. This talk will provide both experimental and theoretical arguments for how the use of sign language anaphora relates to information structure in sign languages and\, by extension\, some existing questions in spoken languages regarding the relationship between anaphoricity and information structure. \n  \n  \nKathryn Davidson (BA University of Pennsylvania\, PhD University of California\, San Diego) is a Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University\, where she directs the Meaning and Modality lab and is a member of the Mind\, Brain\, and Behavior program. She previously had postdoctoral positions at the University of Connecticut and Yale University. Her research interests include formal semantics and pragmatics\, language acquisition\, and experimental semantics/pragmatics and connections between semantics and cognitive science\, and she frequently asks questions from the perspective of language in the visual modality\, both full sign languages like ASL as well as the visual/gestural aspects of spoken languages.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/information-structure-insights-from-sign-language-anaphora/
LOCATION:1-S-5 Green Hall\, 1-S-5 Green Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Conversation on Literature and the Climate Crisis with Pierre Ducrozet
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with French writer Pierre Ducrozet\, the author of Le Grand Vertige\, in discussion with Göran Blix (in English). \nThis conversation on the climate crisis will take its cue from Pierre Ducrozet’s recent eco-thriller—Le grand vertige (2020)—a global road novel\, absurdist adventure story\, speculative fiction about the paths and pitfalls on the road to change\, generational portrait\, and dizzying tableau of a burning planet betrayed by its short-sighted leaders. In this novel\, we follow a colorful cast of youthful characters (by turns comic\, heroic\, absurd\, and inspiring)\, who set out on a global odyssey to look for solutions and identify new ways to inhabit our bodies and planet to avert the coming crisis. Are they on the right track? Do their actions help trigger any meaningful change? How far is it legitimate to go? And how should writing itself best try to address this dilemma? With Pierre\, we will discuss how modern literature\, especially Le grand vertige\, looks for new ways to confront the climate crisis and incites readers to reflect. We will also have occasion to ask Pierre about his collaboration with director Cyril Dion (Demain; Animal) on the forthcoming film version of the novel.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/a-conversation-on-literature-and-the-climate-crisis-with-pierre-ducrozet/
LOCATION:100 Jones Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T180000
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SUMMARY:China: From a Nationless State to a Nation Defined by State
DESCRIPTION:Reading 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 China and Chinese nationalism have been shaped by the multifaceted concept “guo.” A word for dynastic state in classical Chinese\, this term came to be used for the modern nation-state since the 19th century through translation of international law and introduction of nationalism to China as mediated by Chinese overseas and transnational intellectuals. But “guo’s” lingering meaning of “regime”—or political dynasty as broadly defined—continued to undermine both the ethnic and civic aspects of nation-building in China’s Qing-to-Republic transition. The strong connotation of the state over the people and the regime above institutions of governance within the triple-faced “guo” (nation-state-regime) fully revived after 1949\, influencing class politics under Mao and rising state patriotism in contemporary China.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/china-from-a-nationless-state-to-a-nation-defined-by-state/
LOCATION:202 Jones Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chao-Hui Jenny Liu":MAILTO:chaoliu@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Sex and Gender Complexity in Scientific Research
DESCRIPTION:Researchers 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 genitalia and internal reproductive structures) develop in ways that cannot be easily sorted to stereotypical binary categories. To further complicate the picture\, gender-related social variables (like roles\, identities\, and behaviors) are temporally and culturally specific\, and can shape sex differences. Oversimplified accounts of sex and gender detract from research quality in ways that can harm those the research takes up\, or fails to take up. This panel will discuss the importance of\, and the challenges posed by accounting for sex and gender complexity in empirical research\, as well as the tight relationship between rigor and equity where investigating sex and gender differences is concerned. \nFor the event\, please register here. \nPanelists:\n-Mia Miyagi\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Center for Computational Molecular Biology and the Data Science Institute\, Brown University\n-Agustín Fuentes\, Professor\, Anthropology\, Princeton University\n-Catherine Clune-Taylor\, Assistant Professor\, Program in Gender and Sexuality\, Princeton University \nPresented by the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies\nOrganized by Catherine Clune-Taylor
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/sex-and-gender-complexity-in-scientific-research/
LOCATION:100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium\, Robertson Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T183000
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SUMMARY:"'Tafaḍḍal\,' Come in and Delve!" – Or How to Sense the In/Visible Space in Manuscripts of the Islamic World
DESCRIPTION:Medieval 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 also through deliberate incorporation of the senses beyond the ocular to nudge the reader and viewer to wander through and explore what can be sensed through the script and the illustrations. The question is\, then\, how did this process work? How was space on these surfaces experienced\, especially when the space is not immediately visible? Entering and delving into an array of manuscripts from Special Collections\, Fatih Tarhan will guide through the process of “seeing” in concert with all senses.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/tafa%e1%b8%8d%e1%b8%8dal-come-in-and-delve-or-how-to-sense-the-in-visible-space-in-manuscripts-of-the-islamic-world/
LOCATION:Firestone Library\, Special Collections\, C-Floor
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stephanie Oster":MAILTO:soster@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T193000
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SUMMARY:Science and Social Justice Salon: Sex and Gender Complexity
DESCRIPTION:The 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 immediately follows a panel discussion on sex and gender complexity in scientific research\, featuring Catherine Clune-Taylor (Princeton Gender and Sexuality Studies) in conversation with Agustin Fuentes (Princeton Anthropology) and Mia Miyagi (Brown Center for Computational Biology). We will engage with normative\, epistemic\, and institutional questions around sex and gender complexity. What does the biocultural complexity of sex and gender imply for our epistemic standards and research practices? How should one respond to insistence on outdated\, binary conceptions of sex and gender in their field? What do academic standards and debates regarding sex and gender as binary have to do with issues of free speech? \nJoin us to build community and share questions over drinks and light fare in a relaxed\, casual setting! \nRSVP here.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/science-and-social-justice-salon-sex-and-gender-complexity/
LOCATION:056 Bernstein Gallery\, Robertson Hall
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Clack":MAILTO:jclack@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T132000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
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SUMMARY:“Sensory Stimuli And The Construction Of Monarchical Power In Roman Processions”
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on the sensory stimuli associated with the image of the Roman emperor in religious processions. Starting from one of the basic premises of studies on sensoriality – that sensations are one of the factors that construct reality – I will focus on the interaction between sensations and the stimuli that provoked them\, especially on the movement of the statues. I propose reading the movement of images from a kinesthetic perspective\, which will allow us to see how this movement might provoke a “dissonant sensory experience” (in Emma-Jayne Graham’s words) related to the nature of the emperor’s power. I argue that the resulting ambiguities allow us to delve deeper into the construction of ideas about the power of the emperor.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/sensory-stimuli-and-the-construction-of-monarchical-power-in-hellenistic-and-roman-processions/
LOCATION:203 Scheide Caldwell House
ORGANIZER;CN="Eleni Banis":MAILTO:hbanis@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T180000
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SUMMARY:Africa & Byzantium at The Met
DESCRIPTION:Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 330–1453)\, but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa\, Egypt\, Nubia\, Ethiopia\, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had a lasting impact on the Mediterranean world. Bringing together a range of masterworks—from mosaic\, sculpture\, pottery\, and metalwork to luxury objects\, paintings\, and religious manuscripts—The Met’s exhibition\, Africa & Byzantium\, recounts Africa’s central role in international trade and cultural exchange networks. With artworks rarely or never before seen in public\, the exhibition sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of medieval Africa. \nIn this lecture\, Met Curator\, Andrea Myers Achi\, will present an overview of the main themes and key loans of her exhibition\, which opens on November 19th\, 2023. She will also share the process of developing a large-scale loan exhibition that builds on The Met’s legacy of groundbreaking exhibitions on Byzantium.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/africa-byzantium-at-the-met/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mo Chen":MAILTO:mochen@princeton.edu
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231207T180000
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SUMMARY:"EHL and ART478 Present… A Viking Funeral!"
DESCRIPTION:The students from ART478 “The Vikings: History and Archaeology” will present their final research projects as a collaborative scripted performance of a Viking funeral. The event is open to the public\, and will be held in the Chancellor Green Rotunda from 4:30-6:00pm on Thursday December 7. Come learn how the medieval Norse buried their dead\, as well as how modern scholars can use archaeological evidence to recover individual life stories and experiences. \n*In-person only\, no hybrid option. Light refreshments will be served starting at 4 pm.* \n\nThe Environmental History Lab is supported by a David A. Gardner ‘69 Magic Grant from the Humanities Council and the Program in Medieval Studies. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Art & Archaeology. 
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/ehl-seminar-ehl-and-art478-presents-a-viking-funeral-4/
LOCATION:Chancellor Green Rotunda\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gastronativism: Food\, Identity\, Politics
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk by Fabio Parasecoli\n\nThe table unites and divides: it connects those who get to sit around it and excludes those who have not been invited. In recent decades we have witnessed the rise of gastronativism\, the ideological use of food to determine who belongs and who doesn’t in a community. \nThe Italian political right is outraged by halal tortellini and a pork-free lasagna served at the Vatican. In India\, Hindu fundamentalists organize attacks on Muslims who sell beef. European anti-immigrant politicians denounce couscous and kebabs. In the United States\, burgers become an arena for political fights about American identity and climate change\, with conservatives leveraging attitudes about meat\, organic food\, and veganism to identify not only outsiders\, but also the enemy within the country. \nIn an era of populist movements\, food has become a potent symbol of identity. As globalization and neoliberalism have transformed food systems\, people have responded by seeking to return to their roots. Many have embraced local ingredients and notions of cultural heritage\, but this impulse can play into the hands of nationalist and xenophobic political projects. However\, gastronativism does not always exclude: at times\, like in the case of the US food movement\, it can channel pride in culinary traditions toward resisting transnational corporations\, uplifting marginalized and oppressed groups\, and assisting people left behind by globalization. \n\nThe Princeton Food Project is supported by a Humanities Council Magic Grant for Innovation.   \nQuestions can be sent to foodproject@princeton.edu
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/gastronativism-food-identity-politics/
LOCATION:016 Robertson Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
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SUMMARY:"1784\, Year of Quiet Revolutions in North American Empires" | Colonial and Revolutionary Americas Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The pre-circulated paper will be available one-week prior to the workshop. The paper will be available to the Princeton University community via SharePoint. All others should request a copy of the paper by emailing Jack Callaghan at jc117@princeton.edu. \nJessica Choppin Roney is Associate Professor of History at Temple University and Associate Editor for Critical Engagements at the Journal of the Early Republic. She is working on a book provisionally titled The Revolution Out of Bounds which argues that much of the most transformative\, even “revolutionary\,” work to emerge from the US War of Independence happened not in the core thirteen states that revolted\, but in the creation\, (re)settlement\, and political arrangement of the colonies made possible out of and because of the war—stretching from Nova Scotia down the St. Lawrence River Valley to the Great Lakes\, the Ohio Valley\, trans-Appalachian west\, to New Orleans. She has published articles in or forthcoming in the Journal of American History\, Journal of the Early Republic\, William and Mary Quarterly\, Early American Studies\, and Eighteenth-Century Studies\, and she is author of Governed by a Spirit of Opposition: The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia (JHU\, 2014). \nThis workshop is generously co-sponsored by the Effron Center for the Study of America.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/1784-year-of-quiet-revolutions-in-north-american-empires-colonial-and-revolutionary-americas-workshop/
LOCATION:211 Dickinson Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Loessy":MAILTO:jloessy@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T144500
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20231130T154854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T154854Z
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SUMMARY:Public Philosophy in Classical Greece: 470-370 BCE
DESCRIPTION:These public talks are part of the book project-workshop\, Public Philosophy in Classical Greece: 470 – 370 BCE\, under contract with Cambridge University Press and co-edited by Mirjam Kotwick (Princeton) and Christopher Moore (Penn State). The sourcebook’s aim is to reframe the study of classical Greek philosophy by contending that essential material for reconstructing and assessing early philosophical debates is to be found in authors beyond the usual canon of Pre-socratics and Sophists and in texts written for a broader public\, such as by historians\, poets\, orators\, doctors\, and music theorists\, among others. \nIn addition to collaboration on the volume itself\, the workshop is presenting public talks by invited speakers on issues related to the volume’s vision. These talks are open to the members of the Princeton community: \nVictoria Wohl (Toronto): “The Demos\, the public subject\, and the politics of particularity in fifth-century Athens” (Friday\, Dec. 8\, 10.45pm-12.00pm)\nStephen White (Texas): “Wordpower and the Rhetoric of Necessity in Public Discourse” (Friday\, Dec. 8\, 1.30pm-2.45pm) \nPlease register for these talks via email to lsoucy@PRINCETON.EDU. \nPresented by the Classics Department and co-sponsored by the Program in Classical Philosophy\, the Center for Human Values\, the Humanities Council\, and the Center for Culture\, Society and Religion at Princeton.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/public-philosophy-in-classical-greece-470-370-bce/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mirjam Kotwick":MAILTO:mkotwick@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T132000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20231120T210558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T210558Z
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SUMMARY:“Manifestations of Policy Learning in Greece and Southern Europe: The Case of EU Soft Law”
DESCRIPTION:Do European Union soft law instruments such as the Open Method of Coordination and\, more recently\, the European Semester promote policy learning in Greece? If so\, what types of policy learning are observed? If not\, why? These are the key questions my lecture raises. On a theoretical level\, I present a typology of policy learning that covers different types of learning within soft modes of governance. (The latter refers to non-binding EU instruments – for example\, recommendations instead of directives.) On an empirical level\, I present findings that cover a critical period of contemporary Greek politics: the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis and the first years of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). My findings demonstrate not only a variety of learning types in Greece but\, most importantly\, that specific political and administrative conditions\, such as high levels of bureaucracy\, influence policy learning. I also offer insights into the post-2018 period when Greece gradually exited the MoUs. Finally\, I compare Greece and two other Southern European countries\, Spain and Italy\, in terms of policy learning via EU soft law.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/manifestations-of-policy-learning-in-greece-and-southern-europe-the-case-of-eu-soft-law/
LOCATION:103 Scheide Caldwell
ORGANIZER;CN="Eleni Banis":MAILTO:hbanis@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231208T170000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20231130T205558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T205558Z
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SUMMARY:The Harmonious al-Andalus
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, December 8\, 3:30-5:00 PM in 103 Chancellor Green for the third invited guest lecture of the “Smells\, Sounds\, and Textures of Iberian Modernity” talk series\, entitled “The Harmonious al-Andalus”. Our invited guest speaker\, Eric Calderwood\, is Associate Professor in Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Drawing from his recent book entitled On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus\, he will speak to the connection between art\, music\, and the legacy of Al-Andalus in Moroccan contemporary culture. We will have a few extra copies of his book which we will be offering to the first graduate students to attend the talk. \nGenerously sponsored by:\nCenter for Culture\, Society\, and Religion\nDepartment of Anthropology\nDepartment of Art & Archaeology\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\nDepartment of Music\nDepartment of Near Eastern Studies\nDepartment of Spanish & Portuguese\nDepartment of Religion\nHumanities Council\nInterdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities\nProgram in European Cultural Studies
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/the-harmonious-al-andalus/
LOCATION:103 Chancellor Green
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ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Congdon":MAILTO:rcongdon@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231211T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20231206T182050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T182050Z
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SUMMARY:"Expertise and Experience in the Greek Feminist Birth Control Movement\, 1974-1986"
DESCRIPTION:My research investigates the production and circulation of knowledge about abortion and contraception in the Greek feminist birth control movement (1974-1986)\, demonstrating how the Greek feminists adopted and modified the aims and practices of the international feminist movement. As participants in a “boundary movement” that operated both inside and outside academia\, women and feminists blurred the lines between scientific and experiential expertise. Exposing the difficulty of conceptualizing experiential expertise\, I draw upon the work of feminist scholar Sara Ahmed. She coined the term “sweaty concept” to describe the intellectual labor needed to give the concept meaning. I argue that we can only understand the concept of birth control within the co-production of gender\, experience\, and expertise.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/expertise-and-experience-in-the-greek-feminist-birth-control-movement-1974-1986/
LOCATION:103 Scheide Caldwell
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eleni Banis":MAILTO:hbanis@princeton.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20231206T182355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T182355Z
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SUMMARY:“Type of Contact Matters: Prosocial Behaviour Towards Asylum Seekers and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Greece”
DESCRIPTION:Why do ingroup members help outgroup strangers? Focusing on the case of Greece in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis\, I study behavioral motivations of host community members who offered assistance to asylum seekers. Drawing on an in-depth analysis of behavioral patterns and their variations\, I assert the importance of the type of intergroup contact in influencing prosocial actions.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/type-of-contact-matters-prosocial-behaviour-towards-asylum-seekers-and-the-syrian-refugee-crisis-in-greece/
LOCATION:103 Scheide Caldwell
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eleni Banis":MAILTO:hbanis@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240122T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240122T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240122T164109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T165715Z
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SUMMARY:Waldemar Cordeiro: Bits of the Planet
DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Launch of New Digital Exhibition\nThe curatorial team of Natalia Brizuela\, Ian Alan Paul\, and Rachel Price are pleased to host a one-day\, in-person launch of a groundbreaking online exhibition exploring the life and work of Waldemar Cordeiro\, a prominent Brazilian post-war artist and theorist. Curators will guide visitors through the digital exhibition\, followed by an exploration of related materials from Princeton’s robust collections of concrete poetry\, selected and discussed by Special Collections Librarians Molly Dotson and Sal Hammerman. \nBits of the Planet is an experimental online platform that delves into Cordeiro’s legacy\, showcasing his Concrete painting\, landscape architecture\, computer art\, and prescient theories on “arteônica” — computational art in the face of global challenges. \nThe platform incorporates a rich array of materials from Cordeiro’s archive\, including artworks\, documents\, notes\, plans\, and essays. Visitors can navigate through these materials using modes inspired by Cordeiro’s formal and theoretical interests. The exhibition is structured around four central concepts: Mathematics\, Computation\, Landscape\, and Language\, grouping diverse materials into constellations of related works and revealing connections between Cordeiro’s seemingly disparate practices. \nWaldemar Cordeiro was born in Rome in 1925 and moved to Brazil in 1946\, where his work moved from figuration to geometric art and landscape architecture. His innovative gardens mirrored the geometric forms of his concrete paintings\, rejecting imitations of “untouched nature.” In the 1960s\, influenced by information theory and mass media\, Cordeiro began manipulating pop cultural objects and mass media images. Between 1968 and 1973 he created pioneering computer art on an IBM 360/44. \nWaldemar Cordeiro: Bits of the Planet brings Cordeiro’s visionary legacy into the digital realm\, offering algorithmically generative ways to engage with Cordeiro’s work. Cordeiro’s insights into decentralized information sharing resonate strongly today. As he foresaw 50 years ago\, “centers\, as information’s physical site or as a place in which things are exchanged\, are gradually losing their function.” Bits of the Planet reflects this reality\, making Cordeiro’s work globally accessible\, offering a prophetic perspective on the promise and threats of new media and the climate crisis. \nFor more information about the virtual launch and to experience Waldemar Cordeiro: Bits of the Planet\, please visit the event page. \nMedia Contact: bitsoftheplanet@gmail.com \nWaldemar Cordeiro: Bits of the Planet received support from a Humanities Council Collaborative Humanities Grant\, the Brazil LAB\, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/waldemar-cordeiro-bits-of-the-planet/
LOCATION:Firestone Library\, Rare Books and Special Collections
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240131T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20230920T165621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T214139Z
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SUMMARY:Is prediction multilevel grammatical inference?
DESCRIPTION:Nearly all researchers agree that active dependency resolution relies\, to some extent\, on prediction: comprehenders appear to commit to analyses in advance of unambiguous confirmatory evidence. Researchers disagree\, however\, on how far in advance prediction occurs\, what portions of linguistic representation(s) are predicted\, and how to characterize the mechanisms that subserve predictive processes. In this talk\, I’ll present results from a series of collaborative studies on the processing of dependencies in Norwegian\, Dutch\, and English (and maybe Tagalog) to probe the limits of prediction. I’ll argue (i) that comprehenders can make predictions earlier than is commonly assumed\, (ii) that fine-grained predictions are made above the lexical level\, and (iii) that predictive mechanisms are (relatively) grammatically faithful. I discuss how these results support a model of hierarchical prediction as inference to the best analysis across multiple levels of linguistic representation. \nDave Kush is an assistant professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His areas of interest include sentence processing\, syntax\, and cross-linguistic variation.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/is-prediction-multilevel-grammatical-inference/
LOCATION:1-S-5 Green Hall\, 1-S-5 Green Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T023110Z
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SUMMARY:“Presbyterianism and Enlightenment”
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will be offered in hybrid\, both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for those who attend virtually. \nThe “Scottish Enlightenment” is a key component of the narrative of modernity. Many of the problems discussed by such thinkers as David Hume and Adam Smith are still with us in one form or another\, in many sub-disciplines of philosophy and social science. \nBecause of the key thinkers associated with it\, the Scottish Enlightenment has often been associated with a form of liberal Protestantism\, or outright atheism. This has left the majority religious group within Scotland—the Presbyterians—in a curious position. It would almost seem as if the innovative wave of ideas simply passed by most of the residents of the locale wherein they originated. There has been occasional efforts made to connect the two phenomena—Presbyterianism and Enlightenment—but they hardly amount to a full treatment. \nIn this presentation\, Cha examines the many intersections between Presbyterianism and Enlightenment over the “long” eighteenth century\, c.1680-c.1840. He will situate the Scottish Enlightenment within the broader context of religious and intellectual trends in England\, continental Europe\, and America over the same period. Cha will stress the importance of thinking about precursors as well as afterlives\, continuity as well as change\, in conceptualizing the “Scottish Enlightenment(s).” \nMin Tae Cha is Nova Forum Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Religion\, University of Southern California. He earned a Ph.D. in History (2023) with the dissertation “Constitutional Religion: Presbyterians between the British and American Empires.” He is interested in the intersections of religious and legal-constitutional history\, transnational ethno-religious networks\, secularization\, and the social history of ideas. \nREGISTER HERE.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/presbyterianism-and-enlightenment/
LOCATION:211 Dickinson Hall or Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Loessy":MAILTO:jloessy@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240131T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240108T161500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T022855Z
UID:58039-1706718600-1706724000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Eberhard L. Faber IV Memorial Lecture: Writing About Eastern Europe in Troubled Times
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Wilson has a Ph.D. from Princeton’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. She is one of the most visible writers on Russia and Eastern Europe\, with her work appearing in The New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, The New York Times Book Review\, Harper’s\, The Nation\, etc. In 2022 she received the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Book Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle. \n 
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/eberhard-l-faber-iv-memorial-lecture-writing-about-eastern-europe-in-troubled-times/
LOCATION:245 East Pyne\, 245 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240122T155658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T155658Z
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SUMMARY:Scenario for a Past Future\, Exhibition Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Artist Josephine Meckseper\, former Belknap Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton\, presents an interactive multimedia installation\, Scenario for a Past Future\, at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Hurley Gallery. Projected life-size for the first time\, Meckseper’s virtual artwork\, which she created in partnership with the digital arts organization DMINTI and architect Hani Rashid in 2022\, takes visitors inside a modernist glass vitrine inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion and Bruno Taut’s Alpine architecture. Visitors will be able to experience and enter the virtual environment in real time at the gallery.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/scenario-for-a-past-future-exhibition-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Hurley Gallery\, Lewis Arts complex
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brigid Doherty":MAILTO:bdoherty@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240116T154214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T154214Z
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SUMMARY:silver through the grass like nothing (a new work in-process)
DESCRIPTION:silver through the grass like nothing finds Princeton Arts Fellow yuniya edi kwon stretching her capacities as a solo performer\, creating an immersive world of sound\, welcome and unwelcome shadows\, entangled gazes\, and fluid voices\, within which she journeys as both messenger and message. The piece is a ritual convergence of continuums\, including embodied story-singing\, experimental music-theater\, and emergent movement. Connecting to the history of pearl relics (sari) and their keepers\, as well as the true story of yuniya’s sudden\, sibylline illnesses and their accompanying medical traumas\, silver through the grass like nothing is an impressionistic\, bardo-like meditation on sickness\, grief\, and the body’s incessant pull toward transformation. Created and performed by kwon with dramaturgical support from Du Yun\, and lighting design by Maggie Heath\, this is an early\, in-process performance. The complete work will be premiered in March 2025 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn\, New York. A post-show Q&A will be led by Assistant Professor of Music Nathalie Joachim.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/silver-through-the-grass-like-nothing-a-new-work-in-process/
LOCATION:Hearst Dance Theater\, NJ\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Shuquin Windbush":MAILTO:sw6303@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240201T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240123T204524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T212905Z
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SUMMARY:Locality and linguistic theory: The crucial role of African tone languages
DESCRIPTION:We are at a juncture when the communication practices of other species are becoming better understood\, which linguists can take as an opportunity to readdress a fundamental question: what makes human language human? In this talk\, I will examine one core architectural property of language\, namely “locality”\, which restricts the possible long-distance interactions in linguistic representations. While theories of locality in phonology and morphology typically involve adjacency between interacting elements\, this talk presents two novel case studies from minority African tone languages showing that linguistic tone has looser locality demands than counterpart consonants and vowels. Such work demonstrates the outsized role which low-resource languages continue to play in linguistic theory\, and the importance of maintaining long-term collaborations with speaker communities. \nDr. Nicholas Rolle received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2018 and currently holds a research position at the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin\, Germany. He is a phonologist whose research spans both linguistic theory and fieldwork-based language description\, specializing in the languages of West Africa. Most recently\, his research has focused on the ability of pitch in African sound systems to signal a wider range of meanings than in more familiar non-African languages. He has published widely in both theoretical and Africanist journals\, including Phonology\, Linguistic Inquiry\, Morphology\, and the Journal for African Languages and Linguistics. \n 
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/locality-and-linguistic-theory-the-crucial-role-of-african-tone-languages/
LOCATION:1-S-5 Green Hall\, 1-S-5 Green Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240201T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
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SUMMARY:Waapance! ‘Let it Light!’: Awakening Myaamia ‘Miami Indian’ Storytelling Practices
DESCRIPTION:George Ironstrack\, citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and assistant director of the Myaamia Center will share the story of the revitalization of Myaamia ‘Miami Indian’ storytelling practices along with a few Aalhsoohkaana ‘Winter Stories’ and Aacimoona ‘Historical Narratives’ as examples of the progress of this effort. The renewal of storytelling practices sits within a larger Miami Tribe effort to reclaim and revitalize their language after a thirty year period of dormancy. The storytelling discussion will focus on how this language and culture revitalization effort is helping the community heal from their history of forced removals\, land loss\, and educational abuse. \n\n\n\nSponsors\n\nNative American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton\nLand\, Language\, and Art\, a Global Initiative From the Humanities Council\nPrinceton American Indian and Indigenous Studies Working Group
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/waapance-let-it-light-awakening-myaamia-miami-indian-storytelling-practices/
LOCATION:210 Dickinson Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T190000
DTSTAMP:20260626T122418
CREATED:20240118T141745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T015527Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Out: an evening of fiction and poetry
DESCRIPTION:Princeton faculty and graduate students will share their new writing during an evening of readings and refreshments. Aliya Ram\, Julia Kornberg\, Ilya Kaminsky\, Jeff Dolven\, Joyce Carol Oates\, and Rachael Uwada Clifford will read their poetry and fiction. This event is part of the IHUM Salon Series. \nPlease note this event will take place in the 2nd Floor Newsroom in Princeton Public Library.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/writers-out-an-evening-of-fiction-and-poetry/
LOCATION:Princeton Public Library (2nd Floor Newsroom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Barbara Leavey":MAILTO:blleavey@princeton.edu
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