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We seek to foster creative scholarship, transformative teaching, and intellectual collaboration by bringing humanities departments and programs into dialogue with arts and sciences.

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The Council Chair and Executive Director lead an administrative team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and activities.

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        September 27, 2023 · 6:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Civic Storytelling: The Rise of Short Forms and the Agency of Literature with Florian Fuchs & Daniel Heller Roazen        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 21, 2023 · 7:00 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents – Wednesday’s Child: Short Stories        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        May 2, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Arc of Interference: Medical Anthropology for Worlds on Edge        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 12, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books and Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 11, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books and Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            LLL Presents | Reading Shakespeare Reading Me        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 9, 2023 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books and Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            *CANCELLED* LLL Presents | After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 28, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk | Organize the world. Another Cold War Story        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        December 8, 2021 · 6:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #3        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 18, 2021 · 5:00 pm         · 219 Aaron Burr    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            “Hymns for Humanists”: Dessa on Religion, Humanism, and Artistic Inspiration        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Dessa, rapper, singer, and writer                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 12, 2021 · 12:00 pm—2:00 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Haitians: A Decolonial History (Book Discussion, Part IV)        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 11, 2021 · 6:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #2        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 11, 2021 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · 010 East Pyne    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Empire of Rubber: A Conversation About the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Liberia        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Gregg Mitman, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Simon Gikandi, English                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 1, 2021 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Realität ist schlichtweg das Unverdächtige: On Blumenberg and Critical Affect        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 13, 2021 · 5:30 pm—6:30 pm         · Virtual    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits #1: Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Sarah Chihaya, English; Merve Emre, University of Oxford; Monica Huerta, English, American Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 6, 2021 · 6:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books and Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 1, 2021 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            A History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 22, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            PIIRS Director’s Book Forum: The Hungry Eye with Leonard Barkan        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Leonard Barkan, Comparative Literature                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 30, 2021 · 5:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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