Name: Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science
Start: 2020-12-16T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-12-16T15:15:00-05:00
Location: via Zoom

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December 7, 2020 · 9:00 am—11:00 am

via Zoom Princeton, NJ, United States

Arabic-script Documents and Economic Exchange in Medieval Egypt (800–1150)

Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

December 7, 2020 · 12:30 pm—1:30 pm

Webinar

To Translate Octavia Butler: Race, History, and Sci-Fi

Mona Kareem, writer, literary scholar, and Arabic-English literary translator

December 8, 2020 · 6:00 pm

Livestream NJ, United States

Book Talk: Why Vegan? How to Eat Ethically

Peter Singer, UCHV; Andrew Chignell, Religion

December 9, 2020 · 10:00 am—12:00 pm

via Zoom Princeton, NJ, United States

Reading Session on Arabic-script Documents

Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

December 9, 2020 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm

virtual

An American Historikerstreit: Holocaust Representation and the Specter of Deconstruction

Jonathan Catlin, Department of History

December 11, 2020 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm

via Zoom

(Re-)Imagine all the Peoples: Exegesis and Ethnicity in the late Antique West

Gerda Heydemann, Freie Universität Berlin

December 13, 2020 · 4:00 pm—5:00 pm

Virtual

The Archimedes Palimpsest: Beyond the Surface

William Noel, Special Collections, Princeton University Library

December 15, 2020 · 4:30 pm—5:30 pm

via Zoom

Book Talk: The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation

Lynne V. Cheney, American Enterprise Institute; Allen C. Guelzo, Humanities Council and James Madison Program

December 15, 2020 · 7:00 pm—8:30 pm

via Zoom Princeton, NJ, United States

The Art of Anti-Racism and Social Justice: An Exhibition and Conversation

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, filmmaker, social justice advocate, and Princeton alumna; and guests

December 16, 2020 · 2:00 pm—3:15 pm

via Zoom

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Arabic-script Documents and Economic Exchange in Medieval Egypt (800–1150)

Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

To Translate Octavia Butler: Race, History, and Sci-Fi

Mona Kareem, writer, literary scholar, and Arabic-English literary translator

Book Talk: Why Vegan? How to Eat Ethically

Peter Singer, UCHV; Andrew Chignell, Religion

Reading Session on Arabic-script Documents

Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

An American Historikerstreit: Holocaust Representation and the Specter of Deconstruction

Jonathan Catlin, Department of History

(Re-)Imagine all the Peoples: Exegesis and Ethnicity in the late Antique West

Gerda Heydemann, Freie Universität Berlin

The Archimedes Palimpsest: Beyond the Surface

William Noel, Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Book Talk: The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation

Lynne V. Cheney, American Enterprise Institute; Allen C. Guelzo, Humanities Council and James Madison Program

The Art of Anti-Racism and Social Justice: An Exhibition and Conversation

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, filmmaker, social justice advocate, and Princeton alumna; and guests

Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science

Terence Keel, UCLA

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Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

Program in Near Eastern Studies; Humanities Council; Center for Collaborative History

Mona Kareem, writer, literary scholar, and Arabic-English literary translator

Program in Translation & Intercultural Communication

Peter Singer, UCHV; Andrew Chignell, Religion

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; The Center for Human Values; Humanities Council

Chris Wickham, University of Oxford, Emeritus

Program in Near Eastern Studies; Humanities Council; Center for Collaborative History

Jonathan Catlin, Department of History

Center for Collaborative History

Gerda Heydemann, Freie Universität Berlin

Medievalists of Color; Program in Medieval Studies; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Institute for Advanced Study

William Noel, Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors

Lynne V. Cheney, American Enterprise Institute; Allen C. Guelzo, Humanities Council and James Madison Program

James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, filmmaker, social justice advocate, and Princeton alumna; and guests

Lewis Center for the Arts; Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students; Freshman Seminars Program

Terence Keel, UCLA

Program in Medieval Studies; Humanities Council