Macbeth in Stride: A Musical by Whitney White
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre CenterDates: April 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 Times: 8 p.m. What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar narratives of Shakespeare’s “Scottish play.” The […]
Genius Loci: Research Film Studio Exhibition Preview
301 Wooten HallJoin the Research Film Studio for a preview of their new exhibition, “Genius Loci,” which will be on view at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Refreshments will be served.
Zingaresca: Russian Romani Music and Musicians – Film Screening and Discussion
245 East Pyne 245 East Pyne, PrincetonThe members of the Russian Romani (“Gypsy”) Zingaresca Ensemble (Oleg Timofeyev, Vadim Kolpakov, and Anton Belov) will be special guests at a Slavic Department seminar on Wednesday, April 9th (1:30-4:20 pm) for a film screening and discussion. The seminar will focus on the vibrant world of East European Romani music-making and the musicians who practice […]
At the Brink: Nuclear weapons, democracy and the media
016 Robertson HallA conversation with Kathleen Kingsbury, head of Opinion, The New York Times The Princeton University Program on Science and Global Security, part of the School of Public and International Affairs, invites you to join a conversation with Kathleen Kingsbury, head of the Opinion section at The New York Times, on the renewed global threat of […]
Seeking the Origins: Reconsidering the Impact of “Origins of the Śākyas” (Shishi yuanliu 釋氏源流) on Ming Book Culture
202 Jones HallThe fifteenth-century illustrated compilation “Origins of the Śākyas” (Shishi yuanliu 釋氏源流) is considered the most important retelling of the life of the Buddha in late imperial China, yet its impact on Chinese (and East Asian) book culture has been surprisingly overlooked. Spanning four hundred episodes, presented in the “picture-above-text” format, Shishi yuanliu couples the life […]
PAW Magie Lecture – Entrepreneuring Women: The spaces of textile manufacture in classical Greek cities
010 East PyneTextile production was a vital part of classical Greek economies, predominantly managed and carried out by women. Recent scholarship, shaped by New Institutional Economics, suggests a division of labor where men wove luxury textiles in workshops for the market, while women created basic textiles at home for domestic use. However, this view, based largely on […]
Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers
127 Corwin PrincetonJoin the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies as renowned journalist Raza Ahmed Rumi, Professor of Human Rights at Hunter College, joins GSS Professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan to discuss her NEH-sponsored award-winning short documentary film and her book on the same topic: “Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers”. The evening will feature a film […]
Film Screening: 1923 Kanto Massacre
Betts AuditoriumPlease join us for the screening of the documentary film, 1923 Kanto Massacre (2024), on Wednesday, April 9 at Betts Auditorium. The South Korean film explores the course of historical events leading up to the massacre of Koreans after the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in 1923 and delivers a critical indictment of the world’s […]
VISCERA::POETICS, a sense::archive workshop with artist Ziba Rajabi
PUL Makerspace, A Level of Lewis Science LibraryVISCERA::POETICS is the next installation of the::sense::archive Humanities Council Working Group. The first event of Ziba Rajabi’s sense::archivist residency will be an artist-led workshop held on April 9 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the MakerSpace + Collab Hub, in the Lewis Science Library, A Level, with dinner available for participants at 6:30pm in the Collab Hub. Tehran-born, Minneapolis-based […]
The Zingaresca Ensemble: A Concert of Romani, Jewish, and East European Music
Whitman College Class of 1970 TheaterThe members of the Russian Romani (“Gypsy”) Zingaresca Ensemble will perform a concert (at 8:00 pm) on April 9th, highlighting their diverse repertoire and celebrated virtuosity. With Oleg Timofeyev and Vadim Kolpakov on the “Romani” seven-string guitar and Anton Belov, voice, they will perform Romani, Jewish, and other East European vocal and instrumental music. The […]