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Past Discussion Events

Fri, 4/12 · 1:00 pm2:30 pm · Grand Central Meeting Room, Peyton Hall

Who Owns the Sky?

Aparna Venkatesan, University of San Francisco


April 18, 2022 · 6:30 pm9:30 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

UCHV Film Forum: IMMERSIVE — An Evening with Lynette Wallworth


April 11, 2022 · 7:00 pm9:00 pm · Wallace Hall, Stokes Library

UCHV Film Forum: Ben Solomon’s The Fight for Falluja (2016)


April 4, 2022 · 7:00 pm9:00 pm · Wallace Hall, Stokes Library

UCHV Film Forum: Céline Tricart’s The Key (2019)


March 28, 2022 · 7:00 pm9:00 pm · Wallace Hall, Stokes Library

UCHV Film Forum: Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla’s Goliath: Playing with Reality (2021)


March 21, 2022 · 7:00 pm9:00 pm · Wallace Hall, Stokes Library

UCHV Film Forum: Lynette Wallace’s Collisions (2016)


March 20, 2022 · 9:30 am12:30 pm · Princeton Garden Theatre

“The Green Knight” (2021)

Spencer Strub, Humanities Council


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

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


March 1, 2022 · 6:00 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

Black Earth Film Series: Rob Herring screens “The Need to GROW”

Rob Herring, Filmmaker


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

Michael Calderone, Journalism; with Julian Zelizer, History, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs


February 23, 2022 · 1:30 pm4:30 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

Did Kubrick Invent the 21st Century?


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

Barbara Demick, Journalism; Razia Iqbal, Journalism; Maria Ressa '86, Rappler; Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology


February 14, 2022 · 6:00 pm · James Stewart Film Theater

Black Earth Film Series: Khalik Allah screens Black Mother

Khalik Allah, Filmmaker


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

Helen Thorpe, Journalism; with Carolyn Rouse, Anthropology


October 27, 2021 · 12:30 pm1:30 pm · Firestone Library, Floor B

Machine Learning + Humanities Working Group Meeting


October 5, 2021 · 12:00 pm1:15 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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