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Princeton University Humanities Council

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

People in the Humanities Council
Princeton University Humanities Council

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

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        March 17, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm         · 16 Joseph Henry House    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Eat the Buddha: Using literary non-fiction to bring to life a ‘closed town’ in Tibet        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Barbara Demick, Journalism; with Sophie Gee, English            Barbara Demick, Program in Journalism; Sophie Gee, English        
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 24, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm         · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Post-Insurrection Politics: Reporting on the Midterms, 2024 Election, and Democracy in Crisis        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Michael Calderone, Journalism; with Julian Zelizer, History, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 17, 2022 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · Zoom and Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Reporting on Repressive Governments: How journalists overcome barriers to safeguard free speech and inform democracy        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Barbara Demick, Journalism; Razia Iqbal, Journalism; Maria Ressa '86, Rappler; Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 18, 2021 · 4:30 pm—5:45 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Archival Silences Working Group: Language In/Of the Archive        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 28, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm         · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Empathy and Journalism: The power of immersive reporting in creative nonfiction        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Helen Thorpe, Journalism; with Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 27, 2021 · 6:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Black Bodies, White Gold—Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 26, 2021 · 6:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 7, 2021 · 4:30 pm—5:45 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Archival Silences Working Group: Building the Archive        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm         · 16 Joseph Henry House and Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            People, Politics and Journalism: How Americans consume news in an era of partisanship and social media        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Terence Samuel, Journalism; with Stephen Macedo, Politics                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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