Events

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Events are open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Visitors are expected to either be vaccinated, have received a negative test within 72 hours before the start of the scheduled visit, or agree to wear a face mask whenever indoors. Proof of vaccination may be requested. Please refer to Princeton’s Visitor policy:

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Exhibition Nov. 19–Jan. 29 | PUAM Art on Hulfish | Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 10:00 am
Location
Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ
Sponsors
  • Princeton University Art Museum in collaboration with The Walther Collection.
  • Exhibition curated by Princeton University Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu with Silma Berrada, Lawrence Chamunorwa, Maia Julis, and Iheanyi Onwuegbucha.
poster of Jan 28 Think from Black: a Lexicon event
Think from Black: a Lexicon | Jan 26-28
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Location
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, S. Africa
Sponsors
  • Centre for the Study of Race, Gender & Class, University of Johannesburg
  • Princeton Collaboratorium
  • The Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender Studies
  • The Columbia Global Centers
  • Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
  • National Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences (NIHSS)
  • South African BRICS Think Tank
  • LAPA
  • The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember
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Exhibition | Washitales: An Exhibition by Visual Artist Kyoko Ibe, Jan 30-Mar5
Monday, January 30, 2023
Location
Lewis Arts complex, Hurley Gallery
Sponsors
  • Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater
  • Department of Art & Archaeology
poster for Jan 28 Davi Kopenawa event
The Falling Sky and The Yanomami Struggle
Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Chancellor Green Rotunda and Live Streamed
Virtual Location
YouTube

Speaker

Davi Kopenawa
Yanomami Shaman and President of the Hutukara Associação Yanomami, and author of 'The Falling Sky'
Sponsors
  • Brazil Lab
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Art& Archaeology
  • Princeton University Art Museum
  • Lewis Center for the Arts
  • Pace Center for Civic Engagement
  • High Meadows Environmental Institute
  • University Center for Human Values
  • Humanities Council
  • Program in Latin American Studies
  • Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • School of Public and International Affairs
  • Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Virtual exhibition room including various collection highlights.
A man sitting on a chair in front of artwork on the wall.
Art Hx Presents: A Conversation with Artist Nate Lewis
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
185 Nassau Street, James Stewart Film Theater and Live Streamed
Virtual Location
Streaming information TBA

Speakers

Sponsors
  • Humanities Council
  • Lewis Center for the Arts
Collage of mixed media
Worlding (from) the Ethnographic Museum
Thursday, March 2, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
TBA

Speaker

Wayne Modest
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Sponsor
Department of Art & Archaeology
Man sitting on a rock at an archaeological site.
AIA Lecture | Archaeological Research at the Ancient Ionian City of Notion
Monday, March 20, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Green Hall 3-S-15

Speaker

Christopher Ratte
Institute for Advanced Study
Sponsors
  • Program in Archaeology, Department of Art & Archaeology
  • Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
Tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Mecca
Ut ekphrasis pictura: When Words Take Shape in Sir John Chardin’s Drawings of Muhammad’s Tomb in Mecca
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
TBA

Speaker

Avinoam Shalem
Columbia University
Sponsor
Department of Art & Archaeology
man on a horse holding a piece of pottery
Trading with the Enemy: Greek Pottery in the Persian World
Thursday, April 6, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Green Hall 3-S-15

Speaker

Kathleen Lynch
University of Cincinatti
Sponsors
  • Program in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology
  • Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
drawing of mechanical parts
Janson-La Palme Conference ∙ The Lure of the Machine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, April 14–15
Friday, April 14, 2023, 9:30 am
Location
TBA on Princeton campus

Speakers

Sponsor
Department of Art & Archaeology
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Colloquium ∙ News from Aphrodisias: Greek urban culture under the Roman Empire, April 21-22
Friday, April 21, 2023, 1:30 pm
Location
TBA on Princeton campus

Speakers

  • Bert Smith, convener of colloquium
    Stanley Kelley, Jr. Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University and University of Oxford
    Introduction: recent research at Aphrodisias
  • Ine Jacobs
    University of Oxford
    The Tetrapylon Street: a tale of water, fire, and earthquakes
  • Muradiye Buraslı
    Pamukkale University
    Ceramics and history: finds from the Street
  • Erica Rowan
    University of London
    Seeds and the Street: archaeobotany, diet, and environment
  • Phil Stinson
    The University of Kansas
    Hellenistic and Roman architectures in dialogue in the Sebasteion
  • Ben Russell
    The University of Edinburgh
    Urban Park and Place of Palms: first to fifth centuries AD
  • Josh Thomas
    University of Oxford
    Sculptural life of the Urban Park: mythological monuments in context
  • Angelos Chaniotis
    Institute of Advanced Studies
    Informal writing in the shadow of palm trees’
  • Andrew Wilson
    University of Oxford
    Renewal and Destruction: The Place of Palms, AD 500–800
  • Chris Hallett
    University of California, Berkeley
    Late antique repair and display of damaged statues in the Bouleuterion
  • Julia Lenaghan
    University of Verona
    Statuary from the Propylon of the Sebasteion
  • Esen Ogus
    Utah Valley University
    Sarcophagi: themes and styles in a wider Asia Minor setting
  • Bert Smith
    Stanley Kelley, Jr. Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University and University of Oxford
    Late antique statues and their contexts: new research, new finds
Sponsors
  • Department of Art & Archaeology
  • Department of Classics
  • Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
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Maritime Buddhist Art of the East Asian “Mediterranean,” ca. 900–1200
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
TBA

Speaker

Hsueh-Man Shen
The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Sponsors
  • Department of Art & Archaeology
  • Tang Center for East Asian Art
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