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Mon, 12/2 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 202 Jones

Devotional Creatures: Amphibians, Bugs, and Creepy Crawlies in Chinese Religions

East Asian Studies Program
A praying mantis on a flower pot.


Mon, 11/11 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 203 Scheide Caldwell

Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism

Program in Judaic Studies
Text on a stone wall.

Mon, 11/11 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 205 East Pyne

“What can I hope?”: Race, Abyssal Aesthetics, and the Failure of Beauty

Jessica Ruffin
Limestone deposits along the Tombigbee River in Epes, Alabama

Mon, 11/4 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 127 East Pyne

Le grand vernissage de Baya

Alice Kaplan
Poster image


Wed, 10/23 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 010 East Pyne

Save the moment : A Conversation with Nicolas Bouchaud

Portrait of Nicolas Bouchaud

Wed, 10/2 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 40 McCosh

Norman Holmes Pearson: The ‘Hidden Figure’ Who Rewrote American Literary History

Greg Barnhisel
Portrait of Greg Barnhisel

Image of a patchwork sutra cloth.

Thu, 4/25 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 224 Morrison

‘Participatory Design’ and Its Discontents: Inclusion and the Deferral of Indigenous Sovereignty in Taiwan

Princeton American Indian and Indigenous Studies Working Group; Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton; Land, Language, and Art, a Humanities Council Global Initiative
Professor Aaron Su sitting in a cafe.

Wed, 4/17 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · B14 McCosh

Native Jurisdictions and Belonging in the 18th-Century Great Lakes

Princeton American Indian and Indigenous Studies Working Group; Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton; Land, Language, and Art, a Humanities Council Global Initiative
Elena Telles Ryan on Princeton campus

October 10, 2023 · 3:00 pm7:30 pm · 016 Robertson Hall

Chile 9/11 Series | Diamela Eltit: ‘Lumpérica’ 40 Years, A Symposium

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Image of a map with red string

September 26, 2023 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · 219 Aaron Burr Hall

Chile 9/11 Series | Voluspa Jarpa: “Chile 9/11 Before Chile 9/11”

Program in Latin American Studies
Image of a map with red string

September 15, 2023 · 1:30 pm3:00 pm · 010 East Pyne

Public Talk: Art in Times of War

Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication

September 14, 2023 · 4:30 pm6:00 pm · Room 219, 185 Nassau Street

Film Screening: Art in Times of War

Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication

September 9, 2022 · 5:30 pm · via Zoom

Artist Conversation: Rose B. Simpson

Princeton University Art Museum and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP)
Image of artwork by Rose B. Simpson

April 1, 2022 · 12:00 pm1:30 pm · 161 East Pyne

‘Disturbed’ memories? Tomb reuse in central Apulia in the 4th century BCE

Program in the Ancient World
archeology site with tombs and walls

Image of an archaeologist studying skeletons in the field.

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