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Past Conversation Events

March 17, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House

Eat the Buddha: Using literary non-fiction to bring to life a ‘closed town’ in Tibet

Program in Journalism, Barbara Demick, Program in Journalism; Sophie Gee, English

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February 24, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

Post-Insurrection Politics: Reporting on the Midterms, 2024 Election, and Democracy in Crisis

Program in Journalism

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February 17, 2022 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Zoom and Livestream

Reporting on Repressive Governments: How journalists overcome barriers to safeguard free speech and inform democracy

Program in Journalism; Office of Communications; Department of Anthropology



October 28, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 pm · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom

Empathy and Journalism: The power of immersive reporting in creative nonfiction

Program in Journalism

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October 27, 2021 · 6:00 pm7:00 pm · Zoom

Black Bodies, White Gold—Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World

Labyrinth Books; African American Studies; Humanities Council; the Princeton Public Library, Anna Arabindan-Kesson, African American Studies, Art and Archaeology; Chika Okeke-Agulu, Art and Archaeology, African American Studies


October 26, 2021 · 6:00 pm7:00 pm · Zoom

The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance

Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council, Leonard Barkan, Comparative Literature; Caroline Mangone, Art & Archaeology


October 7, 2021 · 4:30 pm5:45 pm · Zoom

Archival Silences Working Group: Building the Archive

Humanities Council


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