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Professor Rachael DeLue Advocates for the Humanities on the Hill

On Humanities Advocacy Day, A&A chair Rachael DeLue met with Members of Congress to make the case for federal funding for the humanities. She was part of the New Jersey delegation which also included Esther Schor, Chair of the Humanities Council, along with faculty from Rugters University, Montclair State University, and Kean University, as…

Javier Rivero Ramos *23 Co-curates Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond at Princeton's Firestone Library

Co-curated by recent Ph.D. graduate Javier Rivero Ramos *23 with Princeton University Library’s Metadata Librarian for Special Collections Sal Hamerman, Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond opened in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery at Firestone Library on February 21.

Touring the Sense Scapes of Islamic Manuscripts with Fatih Han

In his presentation “’Tafaḍḍal, Come in and Delve!’—How to Sense the In/Visible Space in Manuscripts of the Islamic World,”  Fatih Han showcased an engaging array of books from Firestone Library’s Special Collections dating from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries.

In the News: Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu on Nigeria's Museum of West African Art

Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Calls Into Question the Future of Encyclopedic Museums

Liu Xiaodong: Painting Ambiguity with a Social Realist's Brush

Beijing-based Liu Xiaodong, one of the most prominent social realist artists of his generation and Princeton University Art Museum’s Sarah Lee Elson, Class of 1984, International Artist-in-Residence, left impressions across the Princeton campus and community this week.

In "Scenario for a Past Future," Josephine Meckseper Pulls Us into Another Reality

Josephine Meckseper’s exhibition Scenario for a Past Future negotiates actual and virtual reality.

Henry Moses '25 Visits Esteban Jefferson Exhibition in London
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Written by Henry Moses

I was able to travel to London during winter break to catch the show I am writing my Junior Paper about: Esteban Jefferson's May 25, 2020.  Seeing the works in person has completely changed the course of my research, and I’m excited to continue thinking about the problematics they bring about.

Professor Monica Bravo Wins National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Award

Monica Bravo has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Specializing in the history of photography and the modern art of the Americas, Bravo will utilize the $60,000 grant to research and write her second book, Silver Pacific: A Material History of Photography and Its Mineral, 1840–1890

Christopher Wilson ’21: From A&A to Archaeology for Environmental Projects

Wilson came to Princeton “as a nervous military veteran” of the United States Marine Corps before discovering his love for archaeology. Today, he is a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) serving as Director of Cultural Resources at ELOS Environmental.

Visiting "Ethiopia at the Crossroads"
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Written by Jessica Savage

A&A enjoyed a field trip to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore to see Ethiopia at the Crossroads.