Local Academic Events, Beyond Historical Studies
Listed here are events taking place outside of the Institute and the School of Historical Studies that may be of interest to SHS faculty and members. Please note that this is not intended to be a complete list of events taking place at Princeton University, in the town of Princeton or at neighboring institutions. More complete listings of events sponsored by Princeton University departments can be found on the University's departmental events calendars, a list of which can be found here.
The events identified below do not include SHS’ Lunchtime Colloquia or the Institute Calendar, which identifies events and activities happening throughout the Institute.
2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University presents Yoram Meital, Ben-Gurion University & the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, “Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo.” 12:00 pm, 202 Jones Hall.
Department of English at Princeton University presents James Porter, University of California, Berkeley, “Cosmopoetics: Three Lectures on the Ecologies of Nature, Poetry, and Ethics – No. 1.” 4:30 pm, 105 Chancellor Green.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University presents its Lawrence Stone Lectures Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University, Part 1: “The Spoils of War.” 4:30 pm, Frist Campus Center, Room 302.
Department of English at Princeton University presents James Porter, University of California, Berkeley, “Cospmopoetics: Three Lectures on the Ecologies of Nature, Poetry, and Ethics – No. 2.” 4:30 pm, 010 East Pyne.
Department of Comparative Literature; Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton; Land, Language, and Art, a Global Initiative From the Humanities Council; Program in Latin American Studies at Princeton University present Irma Pineda, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Mikeas Sanchez, poet; Wendy Call, nonfiction writer, “Indigenous Poetics from Abya Yala.” 4:30 pm, Zoom.
Princeton Film Festival Society at Princeton University presents Alice Diop, filmmaker, “Saint Omer.” Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. 7:30 pm, 10 McCosh. Register for free tickets.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University presents its Lawrence Stone Lectures Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University, Part 2: “The Practices of Slavery in Mediterranean Europe, 1250-1500.” 4:30 pm, Frist Campus Center, Room 302.
Princeton Film Festival Society at Princeton University presents Richard Brody, The New Yorker, “Why French Cinema?” Masterclass. 12:00 pm, 010 East Pyne. Register for free tickets.
Department of English at Princeton University presents James Porter, University of California, Berkeley, “Three Lectures on the Ecologies of Nature, Poetry, and Ethics – No. 3.” 4:30 pm, 105 Chancellor Green.
Humanities Council at Princeton University presents Elena Telles Ryan, Department of History, “Native Jurisdictions and Belonging in the 18th-Century Great Lakes.” 12:00 pm, McCosh B14 (Hinds Library).
East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University presents Lu Kou, Columbia University, “Problematic Analogies: Diplomatic Exchange and the Discourse of Legitimacy in Early Medieval China.” 4:30 pm, 202 Jones Hall.
Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University presents Asma Sayeed, UCLA, “PISC no. 7: ‘Mastering Maliki Law: A Moroccan Case Study.” 5:00 pm, 102 Jones Hall.
Labyrinth Books, Princeton Public Library present Eddie Glaude, African American Studies; Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor, African American Studies, “We Are the Leaders We Have Been Waiting For.” 6:00 pm, Labyrinth Books.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University presents its Lawrence Stone Lectures Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University, Part 3: “The Passage from Slavery to Freedom.” 4:30 pm, Frist Campus Center, Room 302.
Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University presents Kate Flint, University of Southern California, “Reading the Future in the Paintings of the Past: Bark, Beetles, and Arboreal Art.” 4:30 pm, 010 East Pyne.
Program in the Ancient World at Princeton University presents Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Crete, “Rewriting the history of Greek slave systems.” 4:30 pm, A17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz.
Department of French and Italian present “A Conversation with Sandy Ouvier, Director of CNSAD, Paris National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.” 4:45 pm, Wallace Theater, Lewis Art Complex.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Department of French and Italian at Princeton University present “A Conversation with Pierre Gendronneau, Director of Festival d’Avignon.” 12:00 pm, Rockefeller College Private Dining Room. *The conversation will be held in French.
Department of French and Italian at Princeton University present Rima Abdul Malak, Former Minister of Culture of France (2022-2024), “Cultural Policy in the 21st Century.” 4:45 pm, Wallace Theater, Lewis Art Complex.
Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier presents “Mr g: A Play about the Creation.” 8:00 pm, Princeton University Chapel. Advanced tickets are recommended.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University presents Constantine Theodoridis, History, “Between Empires: Greek Slaves and Renegades in Ottoman North Africa (1600-1830).” 4:30 pm, 103 Scheide Caldwell. Registration required.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Program in Italian Studies at Princeton University presents Jessica Maratsos, University of Cambridge, “Dangerous Flight: Amerindian Featherwork, Michelangelo, and the Violence of Natural History.”
4:30 pm, A71 Louis A. Simpson Building.
Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council; Department of African American Studies; Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University present Nell Irvin Painter, History, Emerita; Ruha Benjamin, African American Studies, “I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays.” 6:00 pm, Labyrinth Books.
Princeton Film Festival Society Presents “Houria.” 7:30 pm, Betts Auditorium. Free Tickets.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Department of Classics; Eberhard L. Faber 1915 Memorial Fund in the Humanities at Princeton University presents Kurt Smolak, University of Vienna, “’Flentem Dicere Verum:’ On non-satirical Latin Satires.” 4:30 pm, Zoom.
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 at Princeton University present Aaron Su, Department of Anthropology, “’Participatory Design’ and Its Discontents: Inclusion and the Deferral of Indigenous Sovereignty in Taiwan.” 4:30 pm, 224 Morrison.
Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council; Program in the History of Science; Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University present Janina Wellmann; Max Planck Institute; Caroline Arni, University of Basel, “Biological Motion: A History of Life; and Of Human Born: Fetal Lives 1800-1850.” 6:00 pm, Labyrinth Books.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Africa World Intitiative; Program in African Studies at Princeton University present Lindie Koorts, University of the Free State; Gabeba Baderoon, Penn State; Thato Magan, Rutgers University, “Finish En Klaar? South African colloquialism for ‘over and done.’” 12:00 pm, A71 Louis A. Simpson Building.
Princeton French Film Festival “Chocolat.” Followed by Q&A with Actor Isaach de Bankolé. 7:30 pm, 10 McCosh. Free Tickets.