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SUMMARY:Mellon Forum || Christianizing Algiers: Reshaping Urban Identity by “Cross and Plow”
DESCRIPTION:The presentation will center on the territorial interventions of the Catholic Church in Algiers in the 19th century\, examining how the Church reshaped urban space in Algiers through the construction and conversion of buildings in order to advance its aim of resurrecting Augustinian Christendom in North Africa. The larger project from which this presentation is derived seeks to uncover the complex relationship between the church and the multiple actors who helped reconfigure Algiers into a French and largely Christian city. It is structured around three urban practices: the conversion of Muslim institutions\, the consolidation of urban focal points as symbolic cynosures of Christian power\, and the aesthetic and symbolic expression of the buildings themselves and the hidden forms of violence perpetuated by these material forms of representation. This event will be held in-person and via Zoom. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Humanities Council.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/mellon-forum-christianizing-algiers-reshaping-urban-identity-by-cross-and-plow/
LOCATION:School of Architecture and Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jacquelyn Walsh":MAILTO:jw42@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Toward a History of Waiting: Social Hierarchy and Architecture
DESCRIPTION:In early modern continental Western Europe\, antechambers became standard in the residences of the elites. As a time-space infrastructure these rooms shaped encounters between unequals. By imposing spatial distance and temporal delays\, antechambers constituted authority\, rank\, and power. Puff explores both the logic and the experience of waiting in such formative spaces\, showing that time divides as much as it unites\, and that far from what people have said about early moderns\, they approached living in time with apprehensiveness. Situated at the intersection of history\, literature\, and the history of art and architecture\, this wide-ranging talk demonstrates that waiting has a history that has much to tell us about social and power relations in the past and present.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/toward-a-history-of-waiting-social-hierarchy-and-architecture/
LOCATION:205 East Pyne
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Romaine":MAILTO:fromaine@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:The Ver-Fremdworteffekt. Adorno on Language’s Glitches
DESCRIPTION:Theodor W. Adorno has written two texts on foreign words and how they affect language. These texts contain a theory of how something apparently universal gives rise to another\, to a different\, a differently universal universality. The talk will explore what this means structurally and politically. \nFrank Ruda is Chair of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Dundee. His most recent publications include Reading Hegel (with Slavoj Žižek and Agon Hamza\, Polity 2021)\, The Dash – the Other Side of Absolute Knowing (with Rebecca Comay\, MIT Press 2018)\, Gegen-Freiheit. Für einen komischen Fatalismus (Konstanz University Press 2018). The English translation of his Indifference and Repetition\, or Modern Freedom and its Discontents is forthcoming with Fordham University Press in 2023 (including a new preface by Alain Badiou). He is currently working on the manuscript of a book tentatively entitled Stuckness and Courage. On Modes of Absorbing Historical Time and How to Counter Them. \nCo-sponsored by the Humanities Council\, the German Department and the Department of Philosophy
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/the-ver-fremdworteffekt-adorno-on-languages-glitches/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Florian Endres":MAILTO:fendres@princeton.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T193000
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SUMMARY:Reception + Gallery Talk | Living Histories: Space for Reckoning by STOSS Landscape Urbanism + MPdL Studio
DESCRIPTION:How do we ensure that public spaces tell the complex and interconnected histories that have shaped our culture and inform who we are? How do we bring to light those stories that lie buried just beneath the surface of a society in ways that allow us to confront the harder and sometimes brutal realities of our entangled pasts? How is it that we might transform the recognition and commemoration of moments of civic\, political\, and racial violence in ways that allow us to reckon with these histories and set a foundation for conversation and healing? And how do we animate the people that embodied and lived our complex histories in ways that are honorific\, and continue to live on? \nThis will require a new way of thinking about commemoration in public spaces. Rather than focusing on a single person or a single moment in time\, on grand gestures or static monuments\, public space has the capacity to record and trace the multiple lives and histories that have taken place and continue to take place in an unfolding series of stories. Public space should offer opportunities for interactions on people’s own terms; a space for reflection and contemplation and reckoning; a place for discourse\, debate\, gathering\, remembrance\, and even just the simple and ordinary pleasures of everyday life. In public space\, histories can be broadened and deepened; can be enlivened and honored; and can be written anew as part of the evolving life of a city. \nThe proposed reimagining of Martyr’s Park and Dealey Plaza in Dallas\, Texas\, weaves a reconsideration of the site of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with a reframing and enhancement of the proposed Martyr’s Park\, site of the lynching of three innocent Black men. In concert with the nearby Holocaust Museum and the city’s judicial complex on the riverfront\, these places highlight moments of intense racial and political violence in the city while honoring and celebrating the lives lost. \nThe opening reception and gallery talk on February 27\, 2023 at 6pm will be led by Chris Reed\, Mark Lamster\, and Mónica Ponce de León.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/reception-gallery-talk-living-histories-space-for-reckoning-by-stoss-landscape-urbanism-mpdl-studio/
LOCATION:North Gallery\, School of Architecture\, Princeton\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Carrie Ruddick":MAILTO:cruddick@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:2022-23 Old Dominion Public Lecture Series – The Buddhist Wheel of Rebirth: Painting & Performance\, Then & Now
DESCRIPTION:The wheel of rebirth is a familiar sight in Buddhist cultures. The wheel symbolizes the cycle of birth and death\, and paintings with stock images of pleasure and pain constitute a visual curriculum in Buddhist temples. This talk interrogates old and new representations of the wheel of rebirth—some arguably post-capitalist or Protestant—to reconsider the performative dimensions of Buddhist teachings on the afterlife. \nStephen F. Teiser is the D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and professor of religion. His research interests include the transformations of Buddhism throughout Asia\, and his scholarship traces the interaction between cultures along the Silk Road using textual\, artistic\, and material remains. Teiser’s project as Old Dominion Professor in the Humanities Council is to develop his book\, “Curing with Karma: Healing Liturgies in Chinese Buddhism\,” which will engage with moral issues of healing rituals in premodern Buddhist cultures\, the poetics of prayer\, and the materiality of liturgical manuscripts. \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/2022-23-old-dominion-public-lecture-series-stephen-f-teiser/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art Hx Presents: A Conversation with Artist Nate Lewis
DESCRIPTION:During this conversation\, artist Nate Lewis\, the 2022-23 Art Hx: Visual and Medical Legacies of British Colonialism artist-in-residence\, will speak about his practice and recent work exploring monuments\, time\, COVID-19\, and movement/dance. This conversation will be moderated by Jessica Womack\, Art Hx Project Manager and PhD Candidate\, Art and Archaeology\, Princeton University. \nThis event will be held in person and will also be livestreamed. \nTo register for the livestream\, please click here. \nTo register for the in-person event\, please click here. \n\n\n2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence: Nate Lewis \nBased in New York City\, artist Nate Lewis explores history through patterns\, textures\, and rhythm\, creating meditations of celebration and lamentations. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University\, and he practiced critical-care nursing in DC-area hospitals for nine years. \nHis work has been exhibited at the California African American Museum; The Studio Museum in Harlem; The Yale Center for British Art; 21c Museum Hotels; with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services. Past residencies include Pioneer Works and Dieu Donne. Lewis’s work is in the public collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art\, The Studio Museum in Harlem\, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\, Weatherspoon Art Museum\, Santa Barbara Museum of Art\, Blanton Museum of Art\, and The University of Austin at Texas. His most recent solo exhibition\, Tuning the Current\, was on view at Fridman Gallery in New York City earlier this fall. The featured works raised “questions about the interrelatedness of physical movement\, history and healing\, particularly (but not only) in the context of African diasporic art and culture.” To learn more about Lewis’s work\, visit his website: ​​https://natelewisart.com/. \nThe Art Hx Artist-in-Residence program is made possible thanks to the Collaborative Humanities Project of the Humanities Council
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/art-hx-presents-a-conversation-with-artist-nate-lewis/
LOCATION:James Stewart Film Theater\, 185 Nassau Street\, Princeton\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jessica Womack":MAILTO:jw44@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:"The Architecture of Disability"
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, David Gissen will outline a few key concepts from his new book\, The Architecture of Disability: Buildings\, Cities and Landscapes Beyond Access (University of Minnesota Press\, 2022). Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access\, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for “the construction of disability\,” this book fundamentally reconsiders how we conceive of and experience disability in our world. \nDavid Gissen is an author and designer based in New York City. He is Professor of Architecture and Urban History at Parsons School of Design/The New School and a visiting professor at Columbia GSAPP. In addition to The Architecture of Disability\, he is the author of the books Subnature (2009) and Manhattan Atmospheres (2013). \nV. Mitch McEwen is an Assistant Professor at Princeton’s School of Architecture. She is principal of Atelier Office\, director of the Black Box Research Group\, and co-founder of the Black Reconstruction Collective. \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). \nPlease visit M+M’s official website for the full events calendar and current information.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/program-in-media-and-modernity-the-architecture-of-disability/
LOCATION:Room N107\, School of Architecture\, Room N107\, School of Architecture\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Iason Stathatos":MAILTO:iasons@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Archives of Repetition: Adapting Greek Heroines in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Focusing on Agustina Gatto’s Ifigenia en\, and Yara Travieso’s La Medea\, this talk will analyze how contemporary playwrights/directors reimagine Greek characters and myths. Travieso and Gatto demystify canonical works\, and create new forms of audience engagement\, while also playing with the limits of the theatrical experience. In their work\, the use of technology and social media is a powerful tool to connect with wider\, archipelagic communities of spectators. \nABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER \nLilianne Lugo Herrera (Ph.D.\, University of Miami). Before joining PLAS\, Lugo Herrera was a lecturer at the Modern Languages and Literatures Department and the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Miami. Lugo Herrera’s work focuses on the intersection of theater and media in contemporary works by women playwrights. In fall 2023\, she will start an appointment as assistant professor of Spanish at Muhlenberg College. Read more. \nDISCUSSANT \nRachel Price\, Associate Professor\, Spanish and Portuguese \nOpen to students\, faculty\, visiting scholars\, staff and specially invited guests. A boxed lunch will be provided while supplies last.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/archives-of-repetition-adapting-greek-heroines-in-the-digital-age/
LOCATION:216 Aaron Burr Hall\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Damaris Zayas":MAILTO:damaris@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Betting on the Farm (Cornell University Press\, 2022) explains variations in strategic change within Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)\, the nationwide network of farm co-ops that has dominated the Japanese agricultural landscape since the mid-20th century. JA’s tradition-bound organizations are under increasing economic and demographic pressure to expand farmer incomes by adapting co-op strategies to rapidly changing market incentives\, but some local co-ops are adapting more quickly and effectively than others. Drawing on insights from institutionalism theory\, our book ultimately attributes these variations to three sets of local variables: the co-op’s capacity to produce foods that can earn good prices in today’s markets; the quality of co-op leadership; and the appropriate organization of farmer-members behind new co-op strategies. This book support these claims with a mix of quantitative and especially qualitative methodologies\, including in-depth case studies of individual co-ops and farmers. The authors also touch on several related themes\, including long-term changes to the institutional foundations of Japanese farming; the sector’s ongoing economic and demographic crisis and its implications for farm and co-op reform; the diversification of farmers and its impact on farmer ties with the JA system; and JA’s quest to find a workable balance between adapting to freer markets\, on the one hand\, and its longstanding responsibility to contribute public goods to local farm communities\, on the other hand. We also demonstrate how years of seemingly ineffective\, small-scale policy changes have had a cumulative\, transformative effect on both farmers and co-ops—so much so\, we argue\, that pressures for further agricultural reform will likely intensify regardless of a particular government’s position on reform.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/betting-on-the-farm-institutional-change-in-japanese-agriculture/
LOCATION:202 Jones Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chao-Hui Jenny Liu":MAILTO:chaoliu@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Variation in color expression in languages of Cameroon
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \nExplaining observed variation in linguistic data and its correlates is a particular challenge when describing under-studied languages lacking huge corpora. The use of a certain variable may be conditioned phonologically or grammatically\, but also by sociolinguistic factors ranging from speech registers to language contact phenomena. \nIn this talk\, I showcase the various levels of variation in the color system of four Bantu speech communities in southern Cameroon. Based on data from my own fieldwork on Gyeli\, Kwasio\, and Bulu\, I show that there is a high degree of variability with respect to color terms and categories. On the one hand\, the variability can be linked to patterns of color innovation in language contact. On the other hand\, intra-community variation in color word forms and lexical choices is considerable and leaves the question whether the variation can be explained by sociolinguistic factors or whether colors do not constitute a unitary domain in these languages (Levinson 2001). \nIn the second part of the talk\, I argue that sociolinguistic factors are not a standard consideration when explaining variation. This is confirmed in a study of twenty recent reference grammars\, where we find that most instances of sociolinguistic variation are discussed for phonetic/phonological variables and are often explained as dialectal differences. For other types of linguistic variables\, e.g. syntactic\, proposed social correlates of non-grammatical variation are vague. \n***** \nNadine Grimm is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Rochester. She obtained a B.A. in General Linguistics and French at the University of Bielefeld (Germany)in 2006\, and M.A. in African Studies\, German linguistics\, and French at the Humboldt University\, Berlin in 2010\, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Humboldt University\, Berlin in 2015. \nDr. Grimm’s research takes place in a descriptive\, documentary\, and typological framework with a special focus on the grammatical tone\, language contact\, and phonetic features of plosives in northwestern Bantu languages. Nadine has worked on Gyeli\, a Bantu language of Cameroon\, since 2010. Previously\, she studied the numeral system of Ikaan\, a Benue-Congo language of Nigeria. \nShe received the Pāṇini Award by the Association for Linguistic Typology in 2019 for her doctoral dissertation\, which consisted in a grammatical description of Gyeli. The dissertation was published as a book in 2021 (A Grammar of Gyeli\, Language Science Press)\, for which she was awarded the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award by the Linguistic Society of America in 2023.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/variation-in-color-expression-in-languages-of-cameroon/
LOCATION:1-S-5 Green Hall\, 1-S-5 Green Hall\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Universe of Terms: Religion in Visual Metaphor
DESCRIPTION:How can we foster a more inclusive\, responsible\, and communicative future? What if illustrated scholarship is one way to get there? \nOrganized around eight terms in the study of religion\, the groundbreaking\, multifaceted book A Universe of Terms: Religion in Visual Metaphor combines text and image to examine the human as both catalyst of crisis and principal agent for its mitigation. Mona Oraby and Emilie Flamme—a professor and an illustrator—were spurred to create an alternative form for scholarly communication\, one that stages conversations between thinkers who likely would not all find themselves in the same room. This graphic nonfiction book acknowledges the significance of certain terms to the social sciences and the humanities\, narrates their limitations\, and shows why we need a structure and style for thinking them otherwise. It further urges the iterative rethinking of any new terms this exercise yields. Through its unique visual lexicon\, A Universe of Terms explores religious media in postcolonial and secular contexts\, performances of religious feeling\, the political economy of religion\, sacred presence\, and human striving amid social inequality and climate change. Beautifully illustrated and inspired by a range of media from graphic novels to podcasts\, A Universe of Terms is a visual experiment\, one that invites readers to think again and anew about how the visual is integral to thought. \nThis event is free and open to the public. It will not be livestreamed but will be recorded and posted on the CCSR website after the event. \nThe first 20 graduate students\, undergraduate students\, or non-tenure-track scholars to register for this event will receive a copy of the book!
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/a-universe-of-terms-religion-in-visual-metaphor/
LOCATION:A17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building\, Washington Road\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jenny Legath":MAILTO:jlegath@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Organizing Stories: Dinner & Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Join the Organizing Stories team for their first event of the spring semester. Graduate students will discuss cultivating self sustaining praxis and artistic resistance while organizing around labor rights\, gender based violence\, BIPOC maternal health\, and Black liberation! \nRSVP here.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/organizing-stories-dinner-dialogue/
LOCATION:Rockefeller College Private Dining Room
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hellen Wainaina":MAILTO:hw7926@princeton.edu
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SUMMARY:Svetlana Kana Radević: Aggregate Assemblies\, 2023 Womxn in Design and Architecture Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \nSvetlana Kana Radević’s architecture is a radical act of mediation. Rising to prominence in post-war Yugoslavia\, her buildings speak on all scales\, engaging geo-political and social complexities. Drawing from knowledge of materiality and vernacular traditions within her native Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia)\, her work filters modernism’s globalized forces through an intimate\, place-based lens. Radević’s civic spaces re-centered provincial knowledge and facilitated a socially-progressive public sphere within the Yugoslav socialist state. \nAt age 29\, Radević became the youngest and only woman to receive the national Yugoslavian Borba Award for Architecture in 1968 for her design of Hotel Podgorica. Prominent projects such as the Podgorica Bus Terminal\, Petrovac Apartment Building\, and Monument to Fallen Fighters express Radević’s commitment to generating a symbiosis between civic engagement and landscape design through the use of local building materials\, bold forms\, and generous proportions. Radević articulated her own cross-cultural practice\, working simultaneously between the United States\, Japan\, France\, Russia\, and Yugoslavia\, where she eventually returned for the remainder of her career. \nThe seventh Womxn in Design and Architecture Conference at the Princeton School of Architecture honors the life and work of Svetlana Kana Radević. The 2022–23 conference proceedings will call on the discipline with timely topics and inquiries\, such as What is architecture’s role in times of social and political transformation? How can architecture re-center local systems of power\, collective memory\, and vernacular tradition? Disrupting the dichotomy between periphery and center while standing as one of the most avant-garde voices of Yugoslavian architecture\, Radević’s legacy raises questions that are as pressing now as they were during her lifetime. \nParticipants include Ljiljana Blagojević Ph.D.\, Sonja Dragović\, Dr. Lina Džuverović\, Anna Kats\, Ena Kukić\, Vladimir Kulić\, Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Mary Pepchinski\, Dr. Dubravka Sekulić\, Dr. Ljubica Spaskovska\, Łukasz Stanek\, and Alla Vronskaya\, among others. \nA full list of conference participants\, schedule\, and panel descriptions can be viewed at wda.princeton.edu. \nViewing information\nFree and open to the public\, but registration is required to attend in-person. A live stream will also be accessible via the WDA website on the days of the event: wda.princeton.edu. \nAbout WDA\nWomxn in Design and Architecture (WDA) is a graduate student group formed in 2014 at Princeton University School of Architecture. The annual WDA conference celebrates the work and legacy of a pivotal female architect or designer with contributions from international historians and scholars\, in addition to artists\, curators\, and practitioners. Read more. \n2022-23 WDA Members include Olivia Ahmadi\, Jocelyn Beausire\, Marie Chapa\, Julia Chou\, Hermine Demaël\, Keren Dillard\, Sophia Diodati\, Vanessa Gonzalez\, Laura Fegely\, Patty Hazle\, Luciana Hodara Rahde\, Kyara Robinson\, Sofia Rojo\, Ewa Roztocka\, Marie de Testa\, Shoshana Torn\, Priscilla Zhang\, and Janeen Zheng. \nThe WDA conference is made possible by the Jean Labatut Memorial Lecture Fund. WDA is a recognized student organization by The Graduate School of Princeton University. The School of Architecture\, Princeton University\, is registered with the AIA Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) and is committed to developing quality learning activities in accordance with the AIA/CES criteria. \nWDA is open to all Princeton graduate students regardless of identity.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/svetlana-kana-radevic-aggregate-assemblies-2023-womxn-in-design-and-architecture-conference/
LOCATION:Betts Auditorium
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ORGANIZER;CN="Carrie Ruddick":MAILTO:cruddick@princeton.edu
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230302T131500
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SUMMARY:Telling Stories of Economic Inequality
DESCRIPTION:Whether we are conscious of it or not\, finance and money underpin most of our biggest life decisions. Our personal economics determine where we are born\, where we live\, where we study\, where we work\, where we spend and our ability to participate in our communities. Acting managing editor of National Public Radio Pallavi Gogoi will share stories from a career spent putting a human face on business and economics news. \nGogoi\, a visiting Ferris Professor of Journalism in the Program in Journalism\, oversees NPR’s daily news report after years spent as the network’s chief business editor. An award-winning editor\, reporter and writer\, she has covered business and economics in print\, broadcast\, magazine\, newspaper and radio journalism. Discussant Margot Canaday is a Professor of History and the Associate Chair of the Department of History. \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/pallavi-gogoi/
LOCATION:16 Joseph Henry House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T183000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230217T151527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T141235Z
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SUMMARY:Law\, Citizenship\, and Dissent in India
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE. \nThe past few years have been witness to a renewed interest in the question of citizenship in India. These conversations have taken on greater urgency in light of the latest amendments to the country’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2019 and the announcement in that same year of plans for the implementation of a nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC). The CAA amendment of 2019 is the first time in the history of post-colonial India that religion is being used as a criterion for citizenship. The amended Act provides a path to citizenship for persecuted minorities from neighboring countries but excludes Muslims. The NRC creates challenging obstacles before existing citizens and residents of India to prove through documents that they meet its eligibility criteria. The countrywide protests against the CAA and NRC have led to robust debates about the intersection between law\, citizenship\, and dissent. This series of conversations and book discussions will critically analyze the present moment\, but also take a historical approach to questions of secularism\, citizenship and belonging\, hate speech and symbols\, and censorship. The discussions will feature perspectives from lawyers\, historians\, and anthropologists. \nTHURSDAY\, MARCH 2\, 2023 \nSession 1 (Louis A. Simpson Building\, Room 144) \n12:00 – 1:30 pm | Reconfiguring Citizenship in Contemporary India \nSpeaker: Shahrukh Alam\, Advocate\, Supreme Court of India\nDiscussants: Farrah Ahmed\, Professor\, Melbourne Law School/Princeton University\nGyan Prakash\, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History\, Princeton University \nSession 2 (Green Hall 0-S-6) \n4:30 – 6:00 pm | “Terror Trials: Life and Law in Delhi’s Courts” \nSpeaker: Mayur Suresh\, Senior Lecturer in Law at SOAS\, University of London\nDiscussants: Farrah Ahmed\, Professor\, Melbourne Law School/Princeton University\nShahrukh Alam\, Advocate\, Supreme Court of India \nFRIDAY\, MARCH 3\, 2023 \nSession 3 (Louis A. Simpson Building\, Room A71) \n12:00 – 1:30 pm | Hate Symbols and Challenges to Solidarity in the US and India \nSpeaker: Sadaf Jaffer\, Lecturer in South Asian Studies\, Princeton University\nDiscussants: Shahrukh Alam\, Advocate\, Supreme Court of India\nNeeti Nair\, Associate Professor of History\, University of Virginia \nSession 4 (Louis A. Simpson Building\, Room A71) \n4:30 – 6:00 pm | “Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia” \nSpeaker: Neeti Nair\, Associate Professor of History\, University of Virginia\nDiscussants: Gyan Prakash\, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History\, Princeton University\nHarini Kumar\, Postdoctoral Research Associate\, Princeton University \nThis event is part of the ‘Power\, Inequality\, Dissent’ series led by Prof. Divya Cherian (History) and Dr. Harini Kumar (History/CGI). \nCo-sponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies\, the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice\, and the University Center for Human Values.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/law-citizenship-and-dissent-in-india/
LOCATION:Various\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harini Kumar":MAILTO:harinik@princeton.edu
GEO:40.3467174;-74.6568772
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
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SUMMARY:Medieval Black Sea Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 2\, 2023\n4:30 PM | 211 Dickinson Hall & Zoom \n\nLilyana Yordanova\, École française d’Athènes | “Entangled Past and Selective Present: the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast at the Crossroad of Cultures and Religions”\nValentina Izmirlieva\, Columbia University | “How Moscow Usurped the Baptizer of Rus’: From Muscovy to Putin’s Russia”\n\nZoom Registration – For those who wish to attend this seminar virtually. \nRegistration is not required for in-person attendance of this seminar. We kindly ask that you please follow the current University Covid-19 guidelines. \nThe recording of any meeting\, activity or event relating to the Medieval Black Sea Project (and/or distribution of that recording) is not authorised without advance notice to\, consultation with and express permission from the organisers and administrators of the project. Unauthorised recording is a violation of the policy of Princeton University and may result in disciplinary action. For further information on university policies\, please consult with the Office of the General Counsel.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/medieval-black-sea-seminar-series-5/
LOCATION:211 Dickinson Hall or Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230113T194842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T194842Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
DESCRIPTION:The Society of Fellows invites you to a book talk with past fellow Margot Canaday (History) on her most recent publication “Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America\,” a masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/queer-career-sexuality-and-work-in-modern-america/
LOCATION:A17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building\, Washington Road\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rhea Dexter":MAILTO:rdexter@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230213T193218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T193218Z
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SUMMARY:Are the Kids Alright? Examining the intergenerational Discourse on Social Networking Services and Smartphone-Related Harm in Contemporary Japan
DESCRIPTION:A talk from Kimberly Hassel (University of Arizona) \nABSTRACT: \nIn this talk\, I introduce the intergenerational discourse on Social Networking Services (SNS) and smartphone usage in contemporary Japan\, with a focus on perceived danger and risk. I first introduce examples of media representations of accidents and incidents to illustrate the fraught boundaries between “sensational” coverage and “actual” risk. I then highlight the role of Japan’s public health infrastructure in promoting digital safety\, featuring government initiatives that wield the language of anzen anshin (safety and peace of mind) to promote “good” use of digital technologies. I then draw upon conversations with youths and parents during my fieldwork in Japan to highlight the differences and intersections within concerns vocalized by users of different ages. While parents focused on “addiction” and the disruption of life rhythms\, youths centered cyberbullying and mental health. Youths’ discussions of the use of smartphones and SNS as mediators in sociality were accompanied by great reflexivity on what these devices can and cannot do—along with what these devices should and should not do. Concern is thus not limited to parents\, and youths are not necessarily unsuspecting victims of these technologies. I conclude my talk by arguing that in examining intergenerational dissonance\, we must consider context. In the case of Japan\, this context includes the economic downturn of the 1990s\, the subsequent dissipation of previously “stable” life course patterns\, the erosion of ibasho (places of belonging)\, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/are-the-kids-alright-examining-the-intergenerational-discourse-on-social-networking-services-and-smartphone-related-harm-in-contemporary-japan/
LOCATION:302 Frist Campus Center\, 302 Frist Campus Center\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chao-Hui Jenny Liu":MAILTO:chaoliu@princeton.edu
GEO:40.3468512;-74.6552762
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
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SUMMARY:Sovereignties of the Imagination: Worlding from the Ethnographic Museum
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \nThis presentation takes up some of the more recent academic explorations of the concept of “worlding” to think about possible futures of the so-called ethnographic or world cultures museum. For more than three decades now\, ethnographic museums – at least those in Europe – have received sustained critique. In its most recent iteration\, this critique has congregated around ideas of restitution and repatriation\, and more broadly of decolonisation. I will draw on work done within the context of the research collective “Worlding Public Cultures”\, of which I have been a part for the last 3 years\, to take worlding as an analytical and practical/pedagogical category for rethinking the museum as institution\, along with its attendant disciplines of history\, art history and anthropology. \nIn this presentation\, I outline both the main aspects of the critique of ethnographic museums over the last few decades\, and museums’ responses to this critique. I do so by discussing first\, some of the major research projects that ethnographic museums in Europe have been involved in as they attempt to change\, and second\, the ways that debates around\, for example\, World Art Studies in the 2000s were seen to offer new possibilities for such museums. Here\, I draw on my own work within Dutch museums over the past twelve years\, and on the trans-European projects in which we have participated. \nDespite the challenges associated with ethnographic museums’ roots in colonial history and calls for their closure\, I suggest that – precisely because of their histories – these museums inhabit an important conjuncture today\, and that they hold important material and political potential for imagining a new museum for the future. I will contend that beyond easy dismissals of world as a euphemism for those who are not us\, Worlding taken as a “work of world-imagining”\, or as an attunement to practices of “worldmaking”\, as “revisioning of our relations” with others in the world\, or as practices of sovereignties of the imagination\, proposes important analytical and practical yield for rethinking the ethnographic museums for the future.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/sovereignties-of-the-imagination-worlding-from-the-ethnographic-museum/
LOCATION:010 East Pyne\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mo Chen":MAILTO:mochen@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230222T181515Z
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SUMMARY:In Pursuit of Companionship: Hansen’s Disease in the Jōdo Shinshū Moral Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Studies Workshop\nIn premodern Japan\, Hansen’s disease (or leprosy\, as it is better known) evoked a mixture of fascination\, pity\, and awe\, and was often described as a “karmic retribution disease.” The discourse on Hansen’s disease has since shifted to a more medical one\, but those who visibly suffer from the effects of the mycobacterium leprae retain a powerful affective charge related to their perceived singular misfortune. Survivors\, many of whom live in one of the country’s thirteen state-run sanitariums\, are still cast as objects for the moral practice of able-bodied\, compassionate agents\, whether Buddhist\, Christian\, or secular humanitarian. \nIn this talk\, I draw on ethnographic fieldwork among contemporary Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist volunteers at leprosaria across Japan to explore the tension between “solidarity and inequality” that inheres in charity work (Fassin 2012). In the Jōdo Shinshū\, with its radical emphasis on the other-power (tariki) of Amitabha’s vows\, the prescribed response to suffering is in fact not one of compassion (jihi or jizen)\, but rather companionship (dōbō). Truly egalitarian companionship is an elusive ideal\, however\, and I demonstrate how Buddhist ethics are actively negotiated by practitioners on emotional terrain. \nRegistration is required.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/in-pursuit-of-companionship-hansens-disease-in-the-jodo-shinshu-moral-imagination/
LOCATION:202 Jones Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jenny Legath":MAILTO:jlegath@princeton.edu
GEO:40.7228732;-74.0621867
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T192534Z
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SUMMARY:Metapoesis in Late ʿAbbāsid Poetry: The Dove\, the Crow\, and the Camel in al-Maʿarrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand
DESCRIPTION:This talk takes examples of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s (363–449/973–1057) use of animal imagery—doves\, crows\, camels—to conduct an exploration of the themes of mourning\, longing\, and of poetry itself in his first diwan\, Saqṭ al-Zand (First Sparks of the Tinder). It seeks to explore the interplay of onomatopoeia\, etymology\, and myth in the creative process whereby al-Maʿarrī decodes and refigures the Arabic poetic tradition to create a distinctive Late ʿAbbāsid metapoetics.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/metapoesis-in-late-%ca%bfabbasid-poetry-the-dove-the-crow-and-the-camel-in-al-ma%ca%bfarris-saq%e1%b9%ad-al-zand/
LOCATION:397 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Kay Bodnar":MAILTO:mbodnar@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230208T160150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T160405Z
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SUMMARY:Japan’s Magna Carta: Property\, Inheritance and Gender in Medieval Japan
DESCRIPTION:In 1232\, Japan’s first warrior government formalized the Jōei Code\, which became the basis of Japanese law for centuries. After briefly comparing this code with the unrelated Magna Carta\, this talk will analyze how this oft-amended code created a strong sense of judicial right\, with particular focus on legal protections offered to women which were unprecedented at the time. Thereupon\, the role of this code as becoming legal custom in later centuries will be explored\, before alluding to the existence of strong land rights in Japan today. \nThis online lecture will be presented live on Zoom and is free and open to the public. A Q&A session will follow. Register here.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/princeton-journeys-presents-japans-magna-carta-property-inheritance-and-gender-in-medieval-japan/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Ortiz":MAILTO:sortiz@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230219T060819Z
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SUMMARY:Felon: An American Washi Tale by Reginald Dwayne Betts
DESCRIPTION:Alone in solitary confinement\, a teenager called out to the men in the hole with him: “Somebody\, send me a book!” Moments later\, Dudley Randall’s The Black Poets slid under his cell door. Those pages were the start of the teen’s transformation into a poet\, lawyer\, and promoter of the rights of prisoners. Now\, 23 years after his release from prison\, Reginald Dwayne Betts explores the experience and consequences of his incarceration in a compelling solo theater show based on his poetry collection\, Felon. Betts\, who recently received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship\, advocates for literacy in prisons and is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Freedom Reads\, which opens 500-book micro-libraries inside prison housing units across the country and brings contemporary writers and artists together with incarcerated audiences. The theater piece is a meditation on life after prison\, criminal justice\, art-making and community. \nFelon is directed by Elise Thoron with set design by Kyoko Ibe\, lighting design by Jane Cox and Tess James\, sound design by Palmer Hefferan\, and is stage managed by Tyler Sperrazza. \nOn March 2 the second half of the evening will be a panel discussion including Betts around literature\, education and freedom in collaboration with the University Center for Human Values. \nOn March 3 the second half of the evening will be a call to action conversation and reception led by Students for Prison Education\, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR)\, and faculty and staff of The Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI). \nOn March 4 a joyful celebration follows the performance marking the anniversary of Dwayne Betts’ release from prison\, including PACE featuring The Trumpet Chics\, a youth band from Camden. \nAn exhibition by set designer and visual artist Kyoko Ibe is on view through March 5 in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex. \nPresented by the Program in Theater in partnership with McCarter Theatre and cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology\, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life\, the Princeton University Center for Human Values\, School of Public and International Affairs\, Princeton University Library\, and the Humanities Council. \nMore Information about Felon\nVisit the Felon at Princeton page to learn more about Betts\, the development of this project\, and related events at Princeton University during March 2-4\, 2023. \nTickets & Details\nAll performances are open to the public. Tickets for Felon are $12 in advance of show dates\, $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office\, and free for Princeton students. \nPurchase tickets for Felon through McCarter \nDirections\nGet directions to Berlind Theatre and find other venue information for McCarter Theatre Center. \nCOVID-19 Guidance + Updates\nPer Princeton University policy\, all visitors are expected to be either fully vaccinated\, have recently received and prepared to show proof of a negative COVID test (via PCR within 72 hours or via rapid antigen within 8 hours of the scheduled visit)\, or agree to wear a face covering when indoors and around others. \nAccessibility\nBerlind Theatre is an accessible venue with wheelchair and companion seating available. The performance on Thursday\, March 2nd\, will be open captioned. An assistive listening system is available and headphones can be requested from ushers. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations\, including Berlind Theatre. Attendees in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/felon-an-american-washi-tale-by-reginald-dwayne-betts/
LOCATION:Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T222000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
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SUMMARY:L’Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset & La seconde surprise de l'amour by Marivaux
DESCRIPTION:L’Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset and La Seconde surprise de l’amour by Marivaux. Directed by Florent Masse. Featuring Morgan Teman ’23\, Gavin LaPlace ’23\, Clément Herman GS\, Sandra Chen ’24\, Clément Génibrèdes GS\, Lana Gaige ’24\, Hannah Grunow GS\, Éloi Delort ’24\, James Hamilton ’26\, Marie-Gabrielle Pelissie du Rausas GS and Gil Joseph ’25.\nIn French\, approximate running time 2 hours 20 minutes
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/lavant-scene-presents-les-caprices-de-marianne-by-musset-la-seconde-surprise-de-lamour-by-marivaux/
LOCATION:Art on Hulfish\, 11 Hulfish St\, Princeton\, 08542
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T160000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230214T204033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T183745Z
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SUMMARY:"Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? Towards a Critical Historiography"
DESCRIPTION:This talk defines the parameters of the debate and proposes ways of thinking about what it would mean to engage seriously with the Byzantine Studies’s political and intellectual genealogies\, hierarchies\, and forms of exclusion. In doing so\, we will both propose a way of understanding Byzantine Studies in wider debates about empire and colonialism\, and seek to situate it within the wider discussions in Classics and Medieval studies to show what Byzantine Studies can gain but also what it can contribute to these wider questions. \nCo-sponsored by the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/is-byzantine-studies-a-colonialist-discipline-towards-a-critical-historiography/
LOCATION:103 Scheide Caldwell\, 103 Scheide Caldwell\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eleni Banis":MAILTO:hbanis@princeton.edu
GEO:40.3494863;-74.6585743
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230303T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230219T061118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T061118Z
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SUMMARY:Felon: An American Washi Tale by Reginald Dwayne Betts
DESCRIPTION:Alone in solitary confinement\, a teenager called out to the men in the hole with him: “Somebody\, send me a book!” Moments later\, Dudley Randall’s The Black Poets slid under his cell door. Those pages were the start of the teen’s transformation into a poet\, lawyer\, and promoter of the rights of prisoners. Now\, 23 years after his release from prison\, Reginald Dwayne Betts explores the experience and consequences of his incarceration in a compelling solo theater show based on his poetry collection\, Felon. Betts\, who recently received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship\, advocates for literacy in prisons and is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Freedom Reads\, which opens 500-book micro-libraries inside prison housing units across the country and brings contemporary writers and artists together with incarcerated audiences. The theater piece is a meditation on life after prison\, criminal justice\, art-making and community.\n\nFelon is directed by Elise Thoron with set design by Kyoko Ibe\, lighting design by Jane Cox and Tess James\, sound design by Palmer Hefferan\, and is stage managed by Tyler Sperrazza. \nOn March 2 the second half of the evening will be a panel discussion including Betts around literature\, education and freedom in collaboration with the University Center for Human Values. \nOn March 3 the second half of the evening will be a call to action conversation and reception led by Students for Prison Education\, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR)\, and faculty and staff of The Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI). \nOn March 4 a joyful celebration follows the performance marking the anniversary of Dwayne Betts’ release from prison\, including PACE featuring The Trumpet Chics\, a youth band from Camden. \nAn exhibition by set designer and visual artist Kyoko Ibe is on view through March 5 in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex. \nPresented by the Program in Theater in partnership with McCarter Theatre and cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology\, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life\, the Princeton University Center for Human Values\, School of Public and International Affairs\, Princeton University Library\, and the Humanities Council. \nMore Information about Felon\nVisit the Felon at Princeton page to learn more about Betts\, the development of this project\, and related events at Princeton University during March 2-4\, 2023. \nTickets & Details\nAll performances are open to the public. Tickets for Felon are $12 in advance of show dates\, $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office\, and free for Princeton students. \nPurchase tickets for Felon through McCarter \nDirections\nGet directions to Berlind Theatre and find other venue information for McCarter Theatre Center. \nCOVID-19 Guidance + Updates\nPer Princeton University policy\, all visitors are expected to be either fully vaccinated\, have recently received and prepared to show proof of a negative COVID test (via PCR within 72 hours or via rapid antigen within 8 hours of the scheduled visit)\, or agree to wear a face covering when indoors and around others. \nAccessibility\nBerlind Theatre is an accessible venue with wheelchair and companion seating available. The performance on Thursday\, March 2nd\, will be open captioned. An assistive listening system is available and headphones can be requested from ushers. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations\, including Berlind Theatre. Attendees in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/felon-an-american-washi-tale-by-reginald-dwayne-betts-2/
LOCATION:Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230224T192656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230226T010937Z
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SUMMARY:Ancient Graeco-Roman Medicine and Biology Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This event is a two-day workshop featuring papers by graduate and early-career scholars in the fields of Ancient Graeco-Roman Medicine and Biology\, punctuated by two keynote addresses. \nSupport for the event has been generously provided by the Department of Classics\, Department of Philosophy\, Program in Classical Philosophy\, Humanities Council\, Program in the History of Science\, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies\, Center for Human Values\, IHUM\, Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies\, Program in the Ancient World
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/ancient-graeco-roman-medicine-and-biology-workshop/
LOCATION:301 Wooten Hall
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ORGANIZER;CN="Malina Buturovic":MAILTO:malinab@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230304T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230304T163000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230219T061317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T061317Z
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SUMMARY:Felon: An American Washi Tale by Reginald Dwayne Betts
DESCRIPTION:Alone in solitary confinement\, a teenager called out to the men in the hole with him: “Somebody\, send me a book!” Moments later\, Dudley Randall’s The Black Poets slid under his cell door. Those pages were the start of the teen’s transformation into a poet\, lawyer\, and promoter of the rights of prisoners. Now\, 23 years after his release from prison\, Reginald Dwayne Betts explores the experience and consequences of his incarceration in a compelling solo theater show based on his poetry collection\, Felon. Betts\, who recently received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship\, advocates for literacy in prisons and is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Freedom Reads\, which opens 500-book micro-libraries inside prison housing units across the country and brings contemporary writers and artists together with incarcerated audiences. The theater piece is a meditation on life after prison\, criminal justice\, art-making and community.\n\nFelon is directed by Elise Thoron with set design by Kyoko Ibe\, lighting design by Jane Cox and Tess James\, sound design by Palmer Hefferan\, and is stage managed by Tyler Sperrazza. \nOn March 2 the second half of the evening will be a panel discussion including Betts around literature\, education and freedom in collaboration with the University Center for Human Values. \nOn March 3 the second half of the evening will be a call to action conversation and reception led by Students for Prison Education\, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR)\, and faculty and staff of The Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI). \nOn March 4 a joyful celebration follows the performance marking the anniversary of Dwayne Betts’ release from prison\, including PACE featuring The Trumpet Chics\, a youth band from Camden. \nAn exhibition by set designer and visual artist Kyoko Ibe is on view through March 5 in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex. \nPresented by the Program in Theater in partnership with McCarter Theatre and cosponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology\, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life\, the Princeton University Center for Human Values\, School of Public and International Affairs\, Princeton University Library\, and the Humanities Council. \nMore Information about Felon\nVisit the Felon at Princeton page to learn more about Betts\, the development of this project\, and related events at Princeton University during March 2-4\, 2023. \nTickets & Details\nAll performances are open to the public. Tickets for Felon are $12 in advance of show dates\, $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office\, and free for Princeton students. \nPurchase tickets for Felon through McCarter \nDirections\nGet directions to Berlind Theatre and find other venue information for McCarter Theatre Center. \nCOVID-19 Guidance + Updates\nPer Princeton University policy\, all visitors are expected to be either fully vaccinated\, have recently received and prepared to show proof of a negative COVID test (via PCR within 72 hours or via rapid antigen within 8 hours of the scheduled visit)\, or agree to wear a face covering when indoors and around others. \nAccessibility\nBerlind Theatre is an accessible venue with wheelchair and companion seating available. The performance on Thursday\, March 2nd\, will be open captioned. An assistive listening system is available and headphones can be requested from ushers. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations\, including Berlind Theatre. Attendees in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/felon-an-american-washi-tale-by-reginald-dwayne-betts-3/
LOCATION:Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T202000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230224T192403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T192403Z
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SUMMARY:L’Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset & La seconde surprise de l'amour by Marivaux
DESCRIPTION:L’Avant-Scène presents Les Caprices de Marianne by Musset and La Seconde surprise de l’amour by Marivaux. Directed by Florent Masse. Featuring Morgan Teman ’23\, Gavin LaPlace ’23\, Clément Herman GS\, Sandra Chen ’24\, Clément Génibrèdes GS\, Lana Gaige ’24\, Hannah Grunow GS\, Éloi Delort ’24\, James Hamilton ’26\, Marie-Gabrielle Pelissie du Rausas GS and Gil Joseph ’25.\nIn French\, approximate running time 2 hours 20 minutes
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/lavant-scene-presents-les-caprices-de-marianne-by-musset-la-seconde-surprise-de-lamour-by-marivaux-2/
LOCATION:Art on Hulfish\, 11 Hulfish St\, Princeton\, 08542
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T112950
CREATED:20230224T192809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T192809Z
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SUMMARY:Take No for An Answer. Reclaiming the French Canon Through the Female Gaze.
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Tamas is an Associate Professor of French at Rutgers University\, specializing in the 17th and 18th centuries. Her talk will stem from her latest book\, “Au NON des femmes. Libérer nos classiques du regard masculin” (Paris\, Seuil\, 2023).\nRegistration required
URL:https://humanities.princeton.edu/event/take-no-for-an-answer-reclaiming-the-french-canon-through-the-female-gaze/
LOCATION:103 Chancellor Green
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jennifer-pic.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Eggers":MAILTO:keggers@princeton.edu
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