BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Princeton University Humanities Council - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Princeton University Humanities Council
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20210314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20211107T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20220313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20221106T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220922T152304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T152336Z
UID:49747-1664218800-1664226000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:UCHV Film Forum: Gordon Parks' The Learning Tree (1969)
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of “Love\, That’s America\,” the Fall 2022 UCHV Film Forum.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/uchv-film-forum-gordon-parks-the-learning-tree-1969/
LOCATION:Green Hall 0-S-6\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/926-TheLearningTreeGreenHall.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="kim girman":MAILTO:kgirman@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T213000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220916T115110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T115110Z
UID:49591-1664222400-1664227800@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Jacques Schwarz-Bart presents The Harlem Suite
DESCRIPTION:Jacques Schwarz-Bart presents The Harlem Suite in preview of the 2023 CD release. \nJacques Schwarz-Bart has been at the center of several musical revolutions: neo-soul next to D’angelo and Erika Badu\, New Jazz as a founding member of Roy Hargrove RH Factor. He outright created two surging new styles: Gwoka Jazz\, and Voodoo jazz\, reuniting jazz music with its Afro-Caribbean and spiritual origins. Jacques’ impressionistic writing\, powerful tone\, and wide-ranging language – both lyrical and angular – have fueled a growing presence on the world stage. \nCo-sponsored by the Department of Music\nFree and open to the public. Tickets required \nMore information about this event.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/jacques-schwarz-bart-presents-the-harlem-suite/
LOCATION:Taplin Auditorium
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JBS-Image_2.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T131500
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220822T200253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T202431Z
UID:48848-1664280000-1664284500@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Taking a Knee: Human Rights\, Social Justice and Sports Writing for a Conflicted World
DESCRIPTION:Steve Fainaru\, a visiting McGraw Professor of Writing in the Program in Journalism\, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at ESPN and co-author of the New York Times best seller “League of Denial: The NFL\, Concussions and the Battle for Truth.” Over 35 years in journalism\, he has worked as a sportswriter\, investigative reporter\, editor and foreign correspondent. Discussant Tera W. Hunter is Edwards Professor of American History\, Professor of History and African American Studies and acting chair of the Humanities Council. \nThe Humanities Council’s Program in Journalism invites faculty\, graduate students and staff to participate in the next in our series of events where distinguished visiting journalists discuss their work and pressing issues of the day with faculty from a variety of disciplines. These lunchtime talks offer intimate looks inside the work of colleagues and an opportunity for dialogue across specialties. \nAttendance by reservation only. Space is limited; RSVP to Margo Bresnen at mbresnen@princeton.edu\, noting your University affiliation. \nEmail Margo Bresnen\, Journalism Program Manager\, at mbresnen@princeton.edu with any questions or difficulties.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/taking-a-knee/
LOCATION:16 Joseph Henry House
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/stevefainaru-e1661199604806.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T131500
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220907T025223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T152029Z
UID:49309-1664280000-1664284500@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Arriving in the Present: Transcultural Perspectives in Contemporary German-Speaking Contexts—A Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce a new reading group\, the first phase in a three-part initiative to expand and diversify the community of the Department of German at Princeton by fostering the study of an increasingly relevant field in German Studies: “Transnational Literatures” and “Literature of (Post-) Migration.” A group organized by Professors Sara S. Poor and Barbara N. Nagel and consisting of faculty and students from Princeton\, Rutgers\, and U Penn will meet six times in the coming academic year to discuss new works being discussed in social media\, cultural venues\, and in academic circles. Our objectives are twofold: 1) to familiarize ourselves with some recent primary materials (short story\, novel\, film\, drama); and 2) to foster connections between Germanists both here and at our neighboring institutions. \nNB: Hard copies of novels will be supplied for up to 30 students participating in-person. \nMaking this project possible is the generous support provided by a Flash Grant from Princeton University’s Humanities Council. \nPlease join us for our first hybrid meeting\, held from 12:00-1:15 PM EST to accommodate faculty and students who are currently abroad. For those able to attend in person\, lunch will be provided. \nPlease RSVP if interested in participating\, either in person or on Zoom\, to Mary Grayson Brook\, mbrook@princeton.edu. You must RSVP to receive the Zoom link and a PDF of the reading. \nSeptember 27: Sharon Dodua Otoo\, Herr Gröttrupp setzt sich hin (short story\, 2016) (Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis)
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/arriving-in-the-present-transcultural-perspectives-in-contemporary-german-speaking-contexts-a-reading-group/
LOCATION:011 East Pyne and Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_112176325_219600946982_1_original-bhDxe7.tmp_.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Grayson Brook":MAILTO:mbrook@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220927T155825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T155825Z
UID:49863-1664296200-1664305200@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Hamaguchi in Residence: Screening and Discussion of the Workshop Student Films
DESCRIPTION:Oscar award winning filmmaker\, Hamaguchi Ryusuke\, is among the most thoughtful and original filmmakers working in global cinema today. He has made movies across diverse genres\, technical experimentations and production modalities. During his short residence in Princeton\, Hamaguchi organized a workshop to develop three short films from a single screenplay. Ten student writers\, actors and production assistants\, selected from a pool of over one hundred applicants\, worked over the course of two intense weekend days to learn\, rehearse\, plan and shoot the three film iterations\, which Hamaguchi then edited himself. This public session will feature screenings of the films and critical reflections on the production process.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/hamaguchi-in-residence-screening-and-discussion-of-the-workshop-student-films/
LOCATION:James M. Stewart ’32 Theater\, James M. Stewart ’32 Theater\, 185 Nassau St.\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hamaguchi.jpg
GEO:40.3467174;-74.6568772
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=James M. Stewart ’32 Theater James M. Stewart ’32 Theater 185 Nassau St. Princeton NJ 08544 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=James M. Stewart ’32 Theater\, 185 Nassau St.:geo:-74.6568772,40.3467174
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T183000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220921T131311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T131311Z
UID:49732-1664298000-1664303400@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Body Work and Media Design: The F+F School for Experimental Design 1971-1981
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Program in Media + Modernity | Princeton University presents: \nMichael Hiltbrunner\n“Body Work and Media Design:\nthe F+F School for Experimental Design 1971-1981”\n[Response: Anna-Maria Meister\, Beatriz Colomina]\nTuesday\, September 27\, 2022 @5pm ET\nN107 (School of Architecture) \nDo we lose our bodies within technology today? At the F+F School co-founded by activist artists in Zurich in 1971 there was critique of the individual with the aim of shifting its understanding from the single body to its place in a group\, its social function\, and the political subject within society. This was reflected in the F+F&’s radical educational methods in fostering collaborative work and decision-making\,\nand it’s public presence. There were “Happenings\,” “Action Art\,” political actions\, long durational sessions of up to 72 hours\, but also a Witches’ Course for women run by Doris Stauffer and a counter Men’s Course taught by Serge Stauffer. Technology and body work were closely associated in experimental ways. Lecturers had to teach in fields in which they were not professionally educated but this polemically “unprofessional” approach was difficult to maintain and gave way to a traditional division of technology and body work in the 1980s. This event returns to the early experiments to explore their emancipatory potential today. \nMichael Hiltbrunner is a cultural anthropologist and art scholar at the Institute for Contemporary Art Research at Zurich University of the Arts. His recent research focuses on personal archives of research-based art and the F+F School in Zurich as a lab for experimental design. \nAnna-Maria Meister is Professor of Architecture Theory and Science at Technical University of Darmstadt. Her work focuses on the interdependencies of bureaucratization of design and the design of bureaucracies. She has co-curated the collaborative international research project “Radical Pedagogies” and co-edited the recently published eponymous book (MIT Press\, 2022). \nBeatriz Colomina is the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture. Her most recent books are X-Ray Architecture (Lars Muller\, 2019)and Radical Pedagogies\, ed. with Ignacio Gonzalez Galan\, Evangelos Kotsioris\, and Anna-Maria Meister (MIT Press\, 2022). \nImage Caption: CH FF1971-D B-10-S02-013\, Stadtarchiv Zürich\, Archive F+F school\, 1978. \nM+M recommends using face masks whenever indoors.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/body-work-and-media-design-the-ff-school-for-experimental-design-1971-1981/
LOCATION:Room N107\, School of Architecture\, Room N107\, School of Architecture\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Iason Stathatos":MAILTO:iasons@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220921T131047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T131047Z
UID:49737-1664382600-1664388000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Whose Water? A Conversation About the Human Impact of California’s Water Policies
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of Barron Bixler: Watershed\, Bernstein Gallery’s inaugural exhibition of our 2022­–23 season. \nTaking Bixler’s photographic project about water in California as a springboard\, this conversation will examine how water has indelibly shaped the Golden State’s landscape\, politics\, economy\, and culture for more than a century. Designed to move more water than has ever been moved by any civilization in history\, California’s massive water system has had both far-reaching and hyperlocal consequences. Join us to hear powerful perspectives on the communities\, ecosystems\, cultural resources\, and sacred sites that are being threatened by a system at its breaking point. \nBernstein Gallery is located on the lower level of Robertson Hall. The conversation with Mark Arax\, Kathy Jefferson Bancroft\, and Barron Bixler\, which will be moderated by Bernstein Gallery curator Kristin Poor\, will be held in Robertson Hall Bowl 016\, adjacent to the gallery. You can also register to attend virtually at this link.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/whose-water-a-conversation-about-the-human-impact-of-californias-water-policies/
LOCATION:016 Robertson Hall and Livestream
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/watershed-6x7-268_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Barron Bixler":MAILTO:bixler@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220922T130318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T130318Z
UID:49762-1664452800-1664458200@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Global Existential Challenges: Democratic Challenges & Backsliding in the Global South
DESCRIPTION:Democratic backsliding and autocratization are posing threats around the world. Anti-pluralist forces have challenged democratic institutions\, civil liberties\, and political norms. This panel will discuss these developments in the global south\, with a focus on Latin America\, Africa\, and South Asia. A future panel will analyze these challenges in the global north. \nSpeakers: \nJeremy I. Adelman\, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History. Cotsen Faculty Fellow. Director of the Global History Lab at Princeton University. \nAtul Kohli\, David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs. Professor of Politics and International Affairs\, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. \nJennifer A. Widner\, Professor of Politics and International Affairs\, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Director of Innovations for Successful Societies. \nModerator: \nDeborah J. Yashar\, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. Professor of Politics and International Affairs\, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Director\, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/global-existential-challenges-democratic-challenges-backsliding-in-the-global-south/
LOCATION:A71 Louis A. Simpson International Building\, A71 Louis A. Simpson International Building\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Quinn Russell":MAILTO:qrussell@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220927T022538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T022538Z
UID:49844-1664469000-1664474400@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:"Cities of Gold?" Immigration\, Prosperity\, and Place in the American Economy
DESCRIPTION:Immigration drives the growth of American cities and suburbs\, while economic opportunities draw immigrants to metropolitan areas. Yet immigration remains a contentious political issue across the country\, and world. In this talk\, award-winning scholars Leah Boustan (Economics\, Princeton) and Andrew Sandoval-Strausz (History/Latinx Studies\, Penn State)\, will discuss the relationship between immigration\, place\, and the economy. The talk will address the ways that historical data\, oral histories\, and archival materials\, can provide us with nuanced insights into the relationship between immigration and community in America.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/cities-of-gold-immigration-prosperity-and-place-in-the-american-economy/
LOCATION:A71 Louis A. Simpson Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Jacquelyn Walsh":MAILTO:jw42@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T183000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220901T184243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T184243Z
UID:49172-1664472600-1664476200@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Friends Annual Mary Pitcairn Keating Lecture | Art Museums on the Verge: Christopher Knight
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Knight\, art critic for the Los Angeles Times\, will deliver this year’s annual Mary Pitcairn Keating Lecture. Museums have always been under stress\, Knight argues—but never more than they are today. Knight offers a bird’s-eye view of where museums are now\, why\, and where they might be headed. Reception to follow. \nThe 2020 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism\, Knight was also a finalist for the award in 1991\, 2001\, and 2007. Prior to joining the Times in 1989\, he served as assistant director for public information at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1979–80) and as curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art\, San Diego (1976–79).
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/friends-annual-mary-pitcairn-keating-lecture-art-museums-on-the-verge-christopher-knight/
LOCATION:101 Friend Center
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/la-bio-christopher-knight.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristina Giasi":MAILTO:kgiasi@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220929T193000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220927T155452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T155452Z
UID:49857-1664474400-1664479800@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Book Launch: Radical Pedagogies
DESCRIPTION:In the decades after World War II\, new forms of learning transformed architectural education. These radical experiments sought to upend disciplinary foundations and conventional assumptions about the nature of architecture as much as they challenged modernist and colonial norms\, decentered building\, imagined new roles for the architect\, and envisioned participatory forms of practice. Although many of the experimental programs were subsequently abandoned\, terminated\, or assimilated\, they nevertheless helped shape and in some sense define architectural discourse and practice. This book explores and documents these radical pedagogies and efforts to defy architecture’s status quo. \nPlease join Princeton School of Architecture in celebrating the launch of Radical Pedagogies (MIT Press\, 2022) with editors Beatriz Colomina\, Ignacio G. Galán\, Evangelos Kotsioris\, and Anna-Maria Meister; presenters Anthony Acciavatti\, Esther Choi\, Diana Cristóbal Olave\, Curt Gambetta\, Ruo Jia\, Lydia Kallipoliti\, Ivan Lopez Munuera\, Masha Panteleyeva\, Federica Vannucchi\, Mark Wasiuta\, Mark Wigley; and respondents Sylvia Lavin and Anthony Vidler. \nEditors: \nBeatriz Colomina \nHoward Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture\, Princeton School of Architecture \nIgnacio G. Galán \nAssistant Professor\, Department of Architecture\, Barnard+Columbia Colleges \nEvangelos Kotsioris \nAssistant Curator\, Department of Architecture and Design\, The Museum of Modern Art \nAnna-Maria Meister \nAssistant Professor for Architecture Theory and Science\, Technical University of Darmstadt \nPresenters: \nAnthony Acciavatti\nDiana Balmori Assistant Professor\, Yale School of Architecture \nEsther Choi\nPostdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art\, Getty/ ACLS \nDiana Cristóbal Olave\nAdjunct Assistant Professor\, Barnard College and The City College of New York \nCurt Gambetta\nVisiting Critic\, Cornell University AAP \nRuo Jia\nVisiting Assistant Professor\, Graduate Architecture & Urban Design Pratt Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor\, The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\, The City College of New York; Founder and Director\, IfWorks \nLydia Kallipoliti\nAssistant Professor\, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture\, The Cooper Union; Principal\, ANAcycle research thinktank \nIvan Lopez Munuera\nVisiting Lecturer at Architecture\, Bard College \nMasha Panteleyeva\nAdjunct Associate Professor\, School of Architecture\, Pratt Institute \nFederica Vannucchi\nPratt School of Architecture; Royal College of Art\, London \nMark Wasiuta\nSenior Lecturer in Architecture at Columbia GSAPP and Co-Director of the Critical\, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture program \nMark Wigley\nProfessor and Dean Emeritus at Columbia GSAPP \nRespondents: \nSylvia Lavin\nProfessor of the History and Theory of Architecture\, Princeton School of Architecture \nAnthony Vidler\nVisiting Faculty\, Princeton School of Architecture; Professor of Architecture\, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture\, The Cooper Union \nLectures made possible by the Jean Labatut Memorial Lectures in Architecture and Urban Planning Fund.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/book-launch-radical-pedagogies/
LOCATION:Betts Auditorium
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Radical-Pedagogies.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Carrie Ruddick":MAILTO:cruddick@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220901T184505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T025422Z
UID:49175-1664546400-1664550000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Faculty Panel: Seeing Shipwrecks
DESCRIPTION:Join Princeton scholars from the humanities and sciences for an interdisciplinary discussion exploring four paintings\, now on view in the Art@Bainbridge exhibition Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Panelists will speak about their favorite works from their distinct scholarly perspectives\, underscoring how different forms of knowledge can inform and help shape our perception. Reception to follow. \nPanelists: \nKarl Kusserow\, curator of Shipwrecks and John Wilmerding Curator of American Art at the Princeton University Art Museum \nNicole D. Legnani\, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese \nLaure Resplandy\, Assistant Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute \nJerry C. Zee\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/faculty-panel-seeing-shipwrecks/
LOCATION:Betts Auditorium and Zoom\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AB-2022-63_VEN.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristina Giasi":MAILTO:kgiasi@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220930T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221002T220000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220930T183406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T183406Z
UID:49894-1664568000-1664748000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Celebration/Party Time
DESCRIPTION:Two short works by the renowned playwright Harold Pinter. CELEBRATION\, an interplay between two vivacious dinner parties with enough dry irony and sarcasm to keep you laughing all night. In PARTY TIME\, eight wealthy guests gather for a house party amidst the upheaval outside. As the night goes on\, subtle tensions grow. What’s going on outside? And what happened to Jimmy? Join us for an immersive show of dark hilarity\, irony\, and innuendo. \nTickets are $8 for students or FREE through Student Events\, $10 for faculty and seniors\, and $12 for general audiences. Buy tickets online at tickets.princeton.edu (preferred)\, the Frist ticketing office at (609) 258-9220\, or at the Theatre Intime box office 45 minutes before each show time. \nContent Warning: Celebration and Party Time include scenes that discuss and/or portray implied sexual content\, profanity\, and alcohol use. Scenes in Party Time depict abusive relationships\, implied unrest\, and ableist language; scenes in Celebration include mentions of incest; and scenes in both shows include mentions of sexual assault\, murder\, adultery\, and profanity. Please prioritize your comfort and wellbeing when deciding whether to engage with the content of this production; if you have any questions about the content of the plays or would like a list of more specific content warnings\, please contact sjafri@princeton.edu and km6212@princeton.edu. \n“Celebration (Pinter)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/celebration-party-time/
LOCATION:Theatre Intime\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cpt-long.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Emily Yang":MAILTO:ey3875@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220901T001048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T001048Z
UID:49101-1664814600-1664820000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Howard Crosby Butler: The Man Who Went to Wake The Dead\, 1872-1922
DESCRIPTION:Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Lecture \nWe remember Howard Crosby Butler on the one-hundredth anniversary of his death in 1922 and celebrate his life. Born in 1872\, Butler received his MA at Princeton in 1893 and after completing a professional course in architecture\, joined Princeton faculty in 1895. He became the first Master in Residence of the Princeton Graduate College in 1905. He was a dedicated and passionate teacher who became a legend among his students. As a young man he led three courageous and successful expeditions deep into Syria resulting in seminal publications documenting the art\, architecture\, and culture of a part of the classical and late antique world then only barely known. His contributions to archaeology were culminated in the four years of explorations and excavations at Sardis\, Turkey\, where he was the director (1909-1914\, 1922). At the crossroads of East and West\, Butler’s path-breaking work at Sardis constitute the foundation of the continuing exploration of this site by a different American team. Butler contributed to the war effort by serving on many professional and international committees and offering his advice on the important question on archaeological sites and preservation of cultural heritages in occupied territories. In close observation\, Butler’s personal and professional life was challenged by hard questions and difficult choices of ethics and integrity. We approach to these issues not to judge but to understand within the context of the world he lived in. \nSponsors\n\nVisual Resources\, Department of Art & Archaeology\nCommittee for the Study of Late Antiquity\nLecture made possible in part by the Jean Labatut Memorial Lectures in Architecture and Urban Planning Fund through Princeton University’s School of Architecture
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/howard-crosby-butler-the-man-who-went-to-wake-the-dead-1872-1922/
LOCATION:219 Aaron Burr Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Artemis-Temple-Capital-C-drawing-Visual-Resources-Butler-Yegul-Lecture-Oct.-3-2022-Thumbnail.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mo Chen":MAILTO:mochen@princeton.edu
GEO:40.3467174;-74.6568772
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220901T184611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T184611Z
UID:49143-1664814600-1664820000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Ahasver\, the Wandering Jew: Between History and Literature
DESCRIPTION:The Wandering Jew is one of the most important figures in the history of Antisemitism. In its modern iteration\, it dates to a most mysterious pamphlet\, published anonymously and by an unknown publisher somewhere in German-speaking Europe in 1602. The pamphlet describes how a Jew named Ahasverus mocked Christ on his way to the Crucifixion\, for which God cursed him to wander the earth until the Second Coming. The lecture will present new evidence about the origins of the 1602 pamphlet\, discuss the surprising motivation behind it\, and reveal new details about its early reception history.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/ahasver-the-wandering-jew-between-history-and-literature/
LOCATION:205 East Pyne
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wandering-Jew-cropped-2.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Romaine":MAILTO:fromaine@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220916T115531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T115531Z
UID:49424-1664814600-1664820000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Roman failure: inequality in practice
DESCRIPTION:The case of the Early Imperial small rural settlement of Marzuolo\, in south-central Etruria\, paints a micro-history of arrested developments: a couple of decades into the site’s existence\, an abandoned wine-production facility was converted into a blacksmithing workshop\, which in turn burnt down and was abandoned soon after. But were both these endings failures? This paper uses the concept of failure as an epistemic lens to examine inequality: who could fail in the Roman world\, and for whom was failure not an option? Was failure tied up with particular notions of the future\, and were those equally distributed? Did failure in the Roman world feature as a stepping-stone towards growth\, as per modern Silicon Valley-credos? \nZoom option available. No registration required to attend in person.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/roman-failure-inequality-in-practice/
LOCATION:East Pyne 010 and Zoom\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Copyright-Marzuolo-Archaeological-Project.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Eileen Robinson":MAILTO:eileenrobinson@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220922T152608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T152748Z
UID:49792-1664823600-1664830800@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:UCHV Film Forum: Melvin Van Peebles' Three Day Pass (1969)
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of “Love\, That’s America\,” the Fall 2022 UCHV Film Forum.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/uchv-film-forum-melvin-van-peebles-three-day-pass-1969/
LOCATION:Green Hall 0-S-6\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ff-2022-fall-1003-threedaypassgreenhall.jpg.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T131500
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220927T022715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T022715Z
UID:49848-1664884800-1664889300@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Fall 2022 Mellon Forum on the Urban Environment / Palm Politics
DESCRIPTION:Nipa palm is one of the most commonly found species in tropical habitats that meet the ocean\, and it has a wide spectrum of uses in estuarine places. It is woven into panels for walls\, folded into shingles for roofs\, it is threaded\, thatched\, fermented\, bunched and tied into baskets\, hats\, mats and brooms. Its fruit is eaten as a dessert ingredient in Malaysia and Singapore\, while it is fermented to become a kind of liquor in the Philippines\, known as tuba. Palm is a machine for living of and living in. However\, this perennial\, ubiquitous\, living material\, has had a brittle relationship to the realm of architectural study\, where it is often sidelined as so-called “vernacular” architecture. The epistemic trajectory of houses built from nipa or coconut palm and bamboo is at odds with a construction process that is often gendered and tied to traditional\, lived knowledge. This talk explores how palms (arecaceae) have come to be interpreted in their various architectural guises.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/fall-2022-mellon-forum-on-the-urban-environment-palm-politics/
LOCATION:Betts Auditorium and Zoom\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Oct-4-2022-Forum-horizontal.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Jacquelyn Walsh":MAILTO:jw42@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T132000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220830T164153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T001148Z
UID:49077-1664971200-1664976000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium: “Beginnings and Anomalies. The Example of Medieval Iberia”
DESCRIPTION:Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium Series for the 2022-23 academic year. \nMarina S. Brownlee (Spanish & Portuguese) will present the lunchtime talk\, “Beginnings and Anomalies. The Example of Medieval Iberia.” \nPlease RSVP for this event here.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/medieval-studies-faculty-colloquium-beginnings-and-anomalies-the-example-of-medieval-iberia/
LOCATION:209 Scheide Caldwell\, 209 Scheide Caldwell\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/colloquia-image-Barcelona-scaled.jpg
GEO:40.3494863;-74.6585743
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell Princeton NJ 08544 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=209 Scheide Caldwell:geo:-74.6585743,40.3494863
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T132000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220919T184254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T184254Z
UID:49655-1664971200-1664976000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Sonorous Worlds: Musical Enchantment in Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:Why have thousands of Venezuelan youth and their families chosen to invest their desires in classical music? In this talk\, Yana Stainova will discuss her new book Sonorous Worlds: Musical Enchantment in Venezuela\, based on 16 months of ethnographic research with musicians from Venezuela’s classical music program El Sistema. The state-funded initiative provides free classical music education and instruments to almost a million young people all over the country. The book looks at how these young people engage with what she calls “enchantment\,” that is\, how through musical practices they create worlds that escape\, rupture\, and critique dominant structures of power. Stainova’s focus on artistic practice and enchantment allows her to theorize the successes and failures of political projects through the lens of the everyday transformations in people’s lives. \nABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER\nYana Stainova is an interdisciplinary scholar interested in art\, migration\, and the lived experience of violence in Latin America. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University\, and is currently assistant professor of anthropology at McMaster University. \nDISCUSSANT\nJoão Biehl\, Chair of Anthropology\, Princeton University \nREGISTER HERE \nOpen to Princeton students and faculty\, and specially invited guests. A “to-go” lunch will be provided at the conclusion of the event.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/sonorous-worlds-musical-enchantment-in-venezuela/
LOCATION:216 Aaron Burr Hall\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-18-at-4.23.37-PM.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Damaris Zayas":MAILTO:damaris@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220926T143818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T143818Z
UID:49817-1664987400-1664992800@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Marx’s Critique and its Implications for a Critical Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will present the principles and epistemological aspects of Marx’s critical method and the specific categorical structures associated with it. It will thus present\, among other things\, Marx’s distinction between the esoteric and exoteric levels of analysis\, between the real object and the object of knowledge\, and indicate the connection of his epistemological approach with that of French historical epistemology. It will then attempt to show\, using Marx’s critique of political economy as an example\, how Marx’s method of historicizing categories and “denaturalizing” them can be an effective tool for a critical theory of deideologization and defetishization.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/marxs-critique-and-its-implications-for-a-critical-philosophy/
LOCATION:100 Jones Hall
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Petr-photo.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220914T201058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T115308Z
UID:49555-1664987400-1664996400@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:EHL Seminar: “HistoGenes: Integrating Genomic\, Archaeological\, and Historical Perspectives on Eastern Central Europe"
DESCRIPTION:Presentations will take place in Aaron Burr 219 from 4:30-6:30 PM\, with a coffee and treats reception preceding the talk from 4-4:30PM in the lobby outside the room. A Q&A session will follow the talk from 6:30-7PM \nHistoGenes is an ambitious project funded by the European Research Council to study population movements and community structures in the Carpathian Basin between the fifth and ninth centuries. The project is sequencing ancient DNA from over 100 cemeteries and 6000 individuals and coordinating the genomic data produced with archaeological\, isotopic\, and historical data in the largest project of its type ever undertaken. During the presentation\, Krishna Veeramah and Patrick Geary will present an overview of the genomic and historical framework of the project\, and Deven Vyas\, Yijie Tian\, and István Koncz will present specific examples of how HistoGenes is analyzing specific communities in the region.\n \nRegister on the EHL website. \nThis seminar is organized by The Environmental History Lab (EHL)\, an interdisciplinary program affiliated with the Program in Medieval Studies and funded by a Humanities Council David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Grant for innovation. \nAttendance is possible by Zoom (via registration) or in-person. \nIn-person attendees are required to wear face masks while in the room.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/ehl-seminar-histogenes-integrating-genomic-archaeological-and-historical-perspectives-on-eastern-central-europe/
LOCATION:219 Aaron Burr Hall or Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EHL-2.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221005T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220926T144017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T144017Z
UID:49820-1664989200-1664996400@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Glare Captured Through Telescope Eyes: On Seeing and Unseeming in the New Ethers
DESCRIPTION:Ethers come and go. Devices make present spectacular and sublime incomprehensibilities\, the tiniest shudders in space and time\, a glimmer from something so distant its seeming existence might just be an effect of the mechanism – lending interest to Adorno’s line about the splinter in one’s eye being the best magnifying glass . Our media eyes are directed towards an cosmic turbidity offworld\, but we have our clouds\, fogs\, ethers on Earth too and they equally present conundrums to the unaided eye. This talk explores galactic desire and earthbound ethers designed to capture and communicate the business of the world. It asks what nature\, what new nature\, is seen through new and old lenses and how does it look back. Adorno claimed in 1956 that ‘Philosophy exists in order to redeem what you see in the look of an animal’. What do we see in – and through – robot eyes? In the lens of telescopes? What do they see in us\, and for whom? Can we speak of a new ontology of vision – or subsumption by the provisional – in the age of turbid media? \nEsther Leslie is Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck\, University of London. Her interests lie in the poetics of science and imbrications of politics and technologies\, with a particular focus on the work of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno\, as well as the poetics of science\, European literary and visual modernism and avant gardes\, animation\, colour and madness. Current work focuses on turbid media and the aesthetics of turbulence. Her books include various studies and translations of Walter Benjamin\, as well as Hollywood Flatlands: Animation\, Critical Theory and the Avant Garde (2002); Synthetic Worlds: Nature\, Art and the Chemical Industry (2005); Derelicts: Thought Worms from the Wreckage (2014)\, Liquid Crystals: The Science and Art of a Fluid Form (2016) and Deeper in the Pyramid (2018) and The Inextinguishable (2021)\, both with Melanie Jackson.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/glare-captured-through-telescope-eyes-on-seeing-and-unseeming-in-the-new-ethers/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Florian Endres":MAILTO:fendres@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221010
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220930T194019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T124915Z
UID:49932-1665025200-1665284399@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Troubling Times: South Asia and the Postcolonial
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend Princeton’s 2022 South Asia conference\, ′Troubling Times: South Asia and the Postcolonial’. The conference will take place from Thursday 6th October to Saturday 8th October in A71\, Louis A. Simpson International Building. \nThe conference has an exciting line-up of panellists and speakers\, who will interrogate “post-coloniality” as a paradigm for representing South Asia. There will be three keynote addresses: Priya Gopal\, Professor of English at the University of Cambridge is a public intellectual who has commented widely on empire\, race and literary radicalism. She will talk about how issues of caste disrupt “postcolonial” axioms. Shahidul Alam\, Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist\, will be flying to Princeton from documenta to share his work (pictured below)\, and thoughts about alternative lexicons for framing South Asia. Natasha Ginwala\, associate curator at Gropius Bau\, Berlin and Colomboscope\, Sri Lanka\, will contribute her knowledge and experience as a curator and thinker of contemporary art and visual culture. \nIn addition to the keynotes\, the conference has an interesting and provocative array of panellists\, who will present on issues ranging from the use of artificial intelligence to reconstruct ancient manuscripts to popular comedy in the aftermath of Partition. The full list of panels and panellists is on the conference website: https://southasiaworkshop.wordpress.com/2022-conference-program/  \nCo-sponsors: The Chadha Center for Global India\, the Humanities Council\, the Center for Digital Humanities\, High Meadows Environmental Institute\, School of Architecture\, School of Public and International Affairs\, Department of Religion\, Department of Classics\, PIIRS\, University Center for Human Values\, The Lichtenstein Institute\, Department of Art & Archaeology\, Department of Comparative Literature\, Department of English\, Department of Near Eastern Studies\, the Bobst Center for Peace and Justics\, The Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies\, The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities\, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies\, the Program in Media and Modernity\, and the Program in Translation.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/princeton-south-asia-conference/
LOCATION:A71 Simpson International Building
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nasreen-Mohamedi_Untitled_1977_MoMA.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220923T134324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T183816Z
UID:49756-1665048600-1665075600@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:A Symposium on the Work of Patrice Nganang
DESCRIPTION:Panel 1:\nJean-Michel Devesa\, Writer (University of Limoges\, France): Minorizing the French language in the work of Nganang [in French]\nPeter Vakunta (Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center\, Monterey-California): Is this French? The Task of Teaching Nganang’s Temps de chien\nBertrand Eric Oka Kouame (University of Abidjan-Cocody\, Ivory Coast): Patrice Nganang\, a writer between theory and practice [in French] \nPanel 2:\nArmelle Touko (Akindra Editions\, Yaounde): Generation Change and the House of Writers\nRoger Fopa (University of Maroua/Université de KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa): On the experience of building school classes in Yaounde\nNsah Mala (Aarhus University\, Denmark): Dog stories and the Anglophone question \nPlease register at this link. \nFood will be served\, please list any allergies or dietary restrictions. \nPlease contact mandrie@princeton.edu if you require any special accommodations in order to attend. \nSponsored by: The Department of English\, the Department of French and Italian\, the Department of African American Studies\, the Department of Comparative Literature\, Lewis Center for the Arts\, and the Humanities Council.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/a-symposium-on-the-work-of-patrice-nganang/
LOCATION:Prospect House\, Presidential Dining Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Quinn Russell":MAILTO:qrussell@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220929T135040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T135040Z
UID:49880-1665057600-1665061200@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:The Sassoons: The Global Merchants and the Making of a Dynasty
DESCRIPTION:The influential merchants of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the globalization of today. The Sassoons\, a Baghdadi-Jewish trading family\, built a global trading enterprise by taking advantage of major historical developments during the nineteenth century. Their story is not just one of an Arab Jewish family that settled in India\, traded in China\, and aspired to be British. It also presents an extraordinary vista into the world in which they lived and prospered economically\, politically\, and socially. \nThe Global Merchants (Pantheon\, 2022) is about the Sassoons’ rise as well as their decline: Why each happened\, how political and economic changes after the First World War adversely affected them\, and finally\, how realizing their aspirations to reach the upper echelons of British society led to their disengagement from business and prevented them from adapting to the new economic and political world order. \nThis is a hybrid event. Register here for the Zoom link. \nJoseph Sassoon is the director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown University. He holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College\, Oxford. In 2013\, his book Saddam Hussein’s Ba‘th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (Cambridge University Press\, 2012) won the prestigious British-Kuwait Prize for the best book on the Middle East. Prof. Sassoon completed his D.Phil. at St Antony’s College\, Oxford. He has published extensively on Iraq and its economy and on the Middle East. The Global Merchants is his fifth book.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/the-sassoons-the-global-merchants-and-the-making-of-a-dynasty/
LOCATION:202 Jones Hall and Zoom\, 202 Jones Hall\, NJ
ORGANIZER;CN="Ruchi Chaudhary":MAILTO:rc9054@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220922T130751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T130751Z
UID:49765-1665073800-1665079200@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:The Spirit of ’76: Slavery\, Empire\, and the Anthropocene in Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Kindred’
DESCRIPTION:The Effron Center for the Study of America presents the Fall 2022 Anschutz Lecture: Susana Morris \nIn 1976\, the United States was celebrating the Bicentennial\, or the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Still reeling from Vietnam\, Watergate\, and the previous decade’s culture wars\, the still young nation threw itself into the culmination of a series self-congratulatory festivities to combat the cheerless national mood. Set in both 1976 and antebellum America\, Butler’s Kindred is part of a cadre of the 1970s neo-slave narratives that reckon with the nation’s legacy in ways that the Bicentennial’s commemorative stamps\, coins\, and patriotic parades could never do. Kindred tells the ugly\, complicated\, unvarnished history of America\, demythologizing the past and giving readers a clearer view of the present. In this talk\, I will discuss the role of the Bicentennial in Butler’s work\, especially as it relates to the legacy of slavery and the concurrent rise of the American empire and the Anthropocene. \nSusana M. Morris is associate professor of literature\, media\, and communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women’s Literature (UVA 2014)\, co-editor\, with Brittney C. Cooper and Robin M. Boylorn\, of The Crunk Feminist Collection (Feminist Press 2017)\, and co-author\, with Brittney C. Cooper and Chanel Craft Tanner\, of the young adult handbook\, Feminist AF: The Guide to Crushing Girlhood (Norton 2021). She is the co-founder of The Crunk Feminist Collective and has written for Gawker\, Long Reads\, Cosmopolitan.com and Ebony.com\, and has also been featured on NPR\, the BBC\, Essence magazine\, and The New York Times. Her research and teaching interests explore Black women’s relationships to Afrofuturism\, the Anthropocene\, and feminism. She is currently at work on a cultural biography of Octavia Butler\, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/the-spirit-of-76-slavery-empire-and-the-anthropocene-in-octavia-e-butlers-kindred/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/susana-morris-16x9-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Quinn Russell":MAILTO:qrussell@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T192000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220831T212643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T001317Z
UID:49113-1665079200-1665084000@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Medieval Studies Book Club: Wonderful to Relate: Miracle Stories and Miracle Collecting in High Medieval England
DESCRIPTION:To start off the academic year\, the Medieval Studies Book Club will be meeting on Thursday\, October 6 from 6 to 7:20pm to discuss Rachel Koopmans’s “Wonderful to Relate: Miracle Stories and Miracle Collecting in High Medieval England” (2011).  \nIf you would like to join us for a lively book discussion and dinner\, please RSVP by Tuesday\, September 6th to Alice Morandy.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/medieval-studies-book-club-wonderful-to-relate-miracle-stories-and-miracle-collecting-in-high-medieval-england/
LOCATION:209 Scheide Caldwell\, 209 Scheide Caldwell\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
GEO:40.3494863;-74.6585743
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=209 Scheide Caldwell 209 Scheide Caldwell Princeton NJ 08544 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=209 Scheide Caldwell:geo:-74.6585743,40.3494863
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220926T144131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T144131Z
UID:49814-1665149400-1665156600@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Reassessing Rousseau’s Political Antiquity
DESCRIPTION:This interdisciplinary panel will discuss Flora Champy’s recent book\, L’Antiquité politique de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Paris: Classiques Garnier\, 2022). Studying Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s use of ancient material helps us explore several questions: how significant are examples in political writing? How important is the Early Modern regime of symbolism to foundational works of political theory? Rousseau deliberately turned traditionally educational and cultural material into tools of critical inquiry. Early on\, his interest moved away from illustrious figures to focus on the city-state as a political community. Putting forward the Roman Republic as his main political model\, Rousseau emphasized the connection between anthropology and politics\, moral education and civic activity. He also addressed a pressing issue: how can political authority retain legitimacy through the eventfulness of history? \nSpeakers\n• David Bell\, Princeton University\n• Flora Champy\, Princeton University\n• Christopher J. Kelly\, Boston College\n• Melissa Lane\, Princeton University\n• James Swenson\, Rutgers University
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/reassessing-rousseaus-political-antiquity/
LOCATION:105 Chancellor Green
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mucius_Scaevola_devant_Porsenna_-_Charles_Le_Brun.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221007T153000
DTSTAMP:20260525T184438
CREATED:20220930T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T150015Z
UID:49915-1665151200-1665156600@humanities.princeton.edu
SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Marianne Nicolson
DESCRIPTION:Marianne Nicolson is an artist and activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations. She will discuss her artistic practice\, which incorporates light sculptures\, installations\, writing\, graphic arts\, and advocacy for Indigenous land rights. \nJoin us—in person or live via Zoom—for a conversation with the artist moderated by Rachael Z. DeLue\, Chair of the Department of Art & Archaeology and Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art. \nThis program is cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum\, Institutional Equity and Diversity\, and the Office of Religious Life. \nFree registration via Zoom here. (When prompted\, click to sign in as “attendee.”) \nThis event will include live closed captions in both English and Spanish. English captions are available directly in the Zoom toolbar by clicking the “CC” icon. To access Spanish-language captioning\, open Streamtext\, where you can select “Spanish” to see the live captioning. \nPara acceder a los subtítulos en varios idiomas\, ingrese al seminario web de Zoom durante un evento en vivo\, luego abra un navegador web separado para visitar esta página donde puede seleccionar “español” o el idioma de su elección.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/artist-conversation-marianne-nicolson/
LOCATION:Betts Auditorium and Zoom\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Marianne-Nicolson.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR