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 29, 2024

Princeton Public Library; Princeton University Art Museum; Arts Council of Princeton present Jennifer L. Roberts, Harvard University; James Welling, Lewis Center for the Arts, “Contact: Art and the Pull of Print.” 6:00 pm, Community Room, Princeton Public Library. 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The Department of English at Princeton University presents Laura B. McGrath, Temple University, “The Rise of the Debut Novel.” 4:30 pm, Betts Auditorium. 

Department of Classics at Princeton University presents Jacobo Myerston Santana, University of California San Diego, “Computing the Difference Greece-Near-East.” 4:30 pm, 010 East Pyne. 

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library present Michael Cook, Near Eastern Studies, “A History of the Muslim World.” 6:00 pm, Princeton Public Library. 

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Department of History at Princeton University presents “St. Tammany Day, 2024.” Roundtable discussion with Delegates from the Delaware Nation and the Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. 4:30 pm, Dickinson Hall, Room 210. 

Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University presents its James F. Haley ’50 Memorial Lecture, Jennifer Roberts, Harvard University, “The Pastel from Mars A&A Haley Lecture.” 4:30 pm, Louis A. Simpson International Building A71. 

Thursday, May 2, 2024

German Department; Humanities Council at Princeton University present “Arriving in the Present: A Critical Lexicon for Multilingualism and (Post-) Migration in Contemporary German Studies.” 

Thu, 5/2-Sat, 5/4. Speaker lineup

The Humanities Council at Princeton University presents its IHUM Faber Lecture, Ashon Crawley, University of Virginia, “Made Instrument: Art, Black Spirituality and Social Life.” 4:30 pm, 010 East Pyne. 

Friday, May 3, 2024

Princeton Classics at Princeton University presents Sven Gunther, Northeastern Normal University, “The She-Wolf goes, and stays, in China: Thoughts on the Development of Western Classical Studies.” 12:00 pm, 161 East Pyne.