Current Academic Year Past Events
Containers for liquids and other substances are among the oldest known artifacts of human ingenuity; in early modern Antwerp, the focus of my research, artists and craftsmen seized on the arrival of new technologies and new materials to increase the diversity of the shapes and kinds of vessels used at table. However, in the research literature…
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- P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
- East Asian Studies Program
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Assuming no major changes in university or government pandemic protocols, the conference will be hosted in person as well as live-streamed. It will feature eight medievalist scholars, in a wide range of specializations, who will address the many relationships between language and works of art, including the literal use and/or representation of…
Lecture I: Against Artfulness
Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces
Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu
Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures
- P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
- Princeton University Art Museum
Audience: Campus Community
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Did you know that the Index of Medieval Art database offers fifteen browse lists, including terms for medieval patrons, creators, languages, and types of objects? Or that the Index database uses around 25,000 subject headings for iconography in medieval art, including scene titles, names of figures, and representations of objects, and that all…
- Maria Alessia RossiAffiliationPrinceton University
- Jessica SavageAffiliationPrinceton University
Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces
Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu
Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures
- P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
- Princeton University Art Museum
Join the LUDUS working group of the Program in Medieval Studies on Saturday, Nov. 5 to hear the vocal ensemble ModernMedieval Voices perform
- LUDUS event sponsored by Humanities Council
- The "Implications" Symposium is co-sponsored by the Departments of Art & Archaeology, Music, and an Alliance Grant by Columbia University.
Representations of architecture on Roman coins have long been studied by scholars interested in retrieving information about ancient monuments, especially those ones that are partially or totally lost. Recent scholarship has shown that numismatic images cannot be treated as straightforward and objective sources about the appearance of these…
- Program in Archaeology, Department of Art & Archaeology
- Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), Thompson Lecture
Nov 2 Of Meibutsu and Masterpieces
Nov 7 Marketing Meibutsu
Nov 9 From Meibutsu to National Treasures
- P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
- Princeton University Art Museum
Audience: PU ID only, RSVP required, Lunch provided
The workshop focuses a fundamental shift towards active matter, which will be presented as an invitation into a new field of media research. This approach combines critical historical conceptual analysis, experimental practice and designerly projecting for rethinking the relationship…
- German Department
- Department of Art & Archaeology
- Center for Collaborative History
- Program in Media + Modernity
- Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities
- Program in European Cultural Studies
- Program in Medieval Studies
Audience: Campus Community
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Macedonian chryselephantine couches — exquisitely carved and gleaming with gold, glass, and ivory — constitute some of the most spectacular yet understudied monuments of the era of Alexander the Great. Well-documented in archaeological remains and written texts, the couches offer a concrete material lens through which to analyze the…
As part of our series of talks commemorating 50 years of photography at Princeton University and highlighting exciting voices in the field, we welcome Monica Bravo to speak about her new publication, Greater American Camera: Making Modernism…
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Department of Art & Archaeology
Audience: Campus Community
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Audience: Campus Community
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- Program in Media and Modernity
- German Department
Marianne Nicolson is an artist and activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations. She will discuss her artistic practice, which incorporates light sculptures, installations, writing, graphic arts, and advocacy for Indigenous land rights.
Join us—in person or live via Zoom—for a conversation with the artist moderated by…
- Marianne NicolsonAffiliationArtist and activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations
- Rachael Z. DeLueAffiliationPrinceton University
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Institutional Equity and Diversity
- Office of Religious Life
As part of our series of talks commemorating 50 years of photography at Princeton University and highlighting exciting voices in the field, we welcome Erina Duganne to speak about her new publication,
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Department of Art & Archaeology
Attendance is possible by Zoom (via registration) or in-person.
In-person attendees are required to wear face masks while in the room.
Presentations will take place in Aaron Burr 219 from 4:30-6:30 PM, with a coffee and treats reception preceding the talk from 4-4:30PM in the lobby outside…
- Environmental History Lab, affiliated with the Program in Medieval Studies
- Program in Archaeology, Department of Art & Archaeology
- School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Lecture
We remember Howard Crosby Butler on the one-hundredth anniversary of his death in 1922 and celebrate his life. Born in 1872, Butler received his MA at Princeton in 1893 and after completing a professional course in architecture, joined Princeton faculty in 1895. He became the first Master in…
- Visual Resources, Department of Art & Archaeology
- Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity
- Lecture made possible in part by the Jean Labatut Memorial Lectures in Architecture and Urban Planning Fund through Princeton University’s School of Architecture
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In 2020, just before the onset of the covid pandemic, the French Archaeological Mission to the Eastern Desert (MAFDO) began excavations at the remote desert site of al-Ghozza, located near the Imperial Roman hardstone quarries of Mons Porphyrites and Mons Claudianus in Egypt’s remote mountains adjacent to the Red Sea. While most of the site’s…
- Program in Archaeology, Department of Art & Archaeology
- Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
The New Museum invites you to a book launch for El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture by Chika Okeke-Agulu and Okwui Enwezor (Damiani, 2022). Join Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director for a panel discussion…
- AffiliationThe New York Times
- AffiliationThe New Yorker
- AffiliationPrinceton University
- New Museum
- New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s paintings in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena are among the most famous monuments of late medieval art, celebrated for their unusually secular imagery and their evocative enumeration of the ideals of the Sienese Commune. This talk proposes that much of the vast scholarship on the paintings has fundamentally misread their…
We invite you to a conversation between Bridget Alsdorf, Professor in the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University, and Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, about their recent books: Gawkers: Art and Audience in Late Nineteenth-Century France (Alsdorf,…
- AffiliationPrinceton University
- AffiliationThe Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
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Tina Campt will discuss her recent book, A Black Gaze (MIT Press, 2021). Examining Black contemporary artists who…
- AffiliationPrinceton University
- AffiliationPrinceton University
Academic Year 2020–2021 Events
Cosponsor(s): Organized by the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
In celebration of the publication of Visualizing Dunhuang (June), please join the Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University for a panel discussion of the Buddhist cave sites at Dunhuang and the Lo Archive of 1940s photographs. Dora Ching,…
Cosponsor(s): This event is funded by the Eberhard L. Faber 1915 Memorial Fund in the Humanities Council and co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology and the Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Visual Arts.
AbstractThe property relation of the enslaved included and exceeded that of chattel and real estate. Plantation…
- Cameron RowlandAffiliationIndependent Artist
- Deborah VischakAffiliationPrinceton University
Cosponsor(s): Rapid Response Magic Project of the Princeton University Humanities Council, the Addressing Racism Funding Initiative, Princeton University
- Anna Arabidan-KessonAffiliationPrinceton University
Cosponsor(s): PIIRS and The M.S. Chadha Center for Global India
- Ashrafi S. BhagatAffiliationIndependent Art Historian and Art Critic, India
Cosponsor(s):Program in Archaeology and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
- Jessica LamontAffiliationYale University
Cosponsor(s): East Asian Studies Program and the Tang Center
- Lihong LiuAffiliationUniversity of Michigan
- Eddie ChambersAffiliationThe University of Texas at Austin
Cosponsor(s): Program in Latin American Studies,Center for Collaborative History, Program in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology and the Humanities Council
Cosponsor(s): East Asian Studies Program and the Tang Center
- Bruce RuskAffiliationUniversity of British Columbia
Cosponsor(s): Rapid Response Magic Project of the Princeton University Humanities Council and the Addressing Racism Funding Initiative, Princeton University
- Anna Arabindan-KessonAffiliationPrinceton University
Cosponsor(s): Program in Latin American Studies
A Conversation with Marina Reyes Franco, Thomas Lax, Miguel López, and Thiago de Paula Souza
Cosponsor(s): Program in Archaeology and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
- Allison EmmersonAffiliationTulane University
Princeton-Warsaw Symposium
Cosponsor: Program in Latin American Studies
- Andrea GiuntaAffiliationUniversity of Buenos Aires, CONICET
Virtual Lecture
Register: http://bit.ly/020921Ramirez
Cosponsor: Program in Latin American Studies
Virtual Lecture
Register: http://bit.ly/More-than-Just-Mosaics
Cosponsors: Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and Program in Archaeology
- Hal FosterAffiliationPrinceton University
- Yve Alain BoisAffiliationIAS
Cosponsor: Department of Art and Archaeology, University Center for Human Values, Council of Humanities and Program in American Studies
Cosponsor(s): Lewis Center for the Arts
- Deborah ThomasAffiliationUniversity of Pennsylvania
- R. Jean BrownleeAffiliationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Academic Year 2019–2020 Events
**POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
**POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Cosponsor: The Index of Medieval Art
Cosponsor: Visual Resources and The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
Cosponsor: Visual Resources and The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
Cosponsor: Heritage Structures Lab
Academic Year 2018–2019 Events
Special Reunions Film Screening
Art & Archaeology Reunions Lecture
Film Screening
Cosponsor: East Asian Studies Program
Cosponsor: PIIRS, SHERA, The Department of Art & Archaeology, the International Center of Medieval Art, The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture
Cosponsor: East Asian Studies Program
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
- Monica ManolescuAffiliationUniversity of Strasbourg
- Joshua KotinAffiliationDepartment of English
- Aaron ShkudaAffiliationPrinceton-Mellon Initiative
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Cosponsor: The Index of Medieval Art
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Academic Year 2017–2018 Events
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
The Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Lecture
Cosponsor: Department of Art & Archaeology, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Department of German, and the Program in European Cultural Studies
Panel Discussion
Cosponsor: Humanities Council and PUAM
- Bonnie BasslerAffiliationSquibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair Department of Molecular Biology
- Bridget AlsdorfAffiliationAssociate Professor of Art and Archaeology
- Göran BlixAffiliationssociate professor of French and Italian
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America battle
Cosponsor: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Eberhard L. Faber Memorial Lecture
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America and the Program in Medieval Studies
The Clayburgh Lecture
Open to Princeton faculty and students only
Participants Include: Brooke Holmes, Joshua Billings, Dan-el Padilla Peralta. RSVP required.
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsored by Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity, the Humanities Council, the Center for the Study of Religion, and Medieval Studies
The meeting convenes contributors to an edited volume, and will be workshop-style. If interested in attending please contact Beatrice Kitzinger for pre-circulated material.
NOTE: Friday…
Open to Princeton faculty and graduate students only. RSVP required. RSVP to nta@princeton.edu
Cosponsor: East Asian Studies
- Tetsuro HishidaAffiliationKyoto Prefectural UniversityPresentationArchaeology and the Early Japanese State “State Formation and the Introduction of Buddhism to Japan: An Archaeological Perspective”
- Ken’ichi SasakiAffiliationMeiji UniversityPresentation“Center and Periphery in Early State Formation in Japan”
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Academic Year 2016–2017 Events
Cosponsor: Departments of History and Art & Archaeology, Princeton; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid
Cosponsor: P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsor: Council of the Humanities
Academic Year 2015–2016 Events
Cosponsor: Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Program in Medieval Studies, Department of Art and Archaeology, and Steward Fund in the Council of the Humanities
Cosponsor: Department of Art & Archaeology, the Society of Fellows, and the Council of Humanities
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsor: Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies
Cosponsor: Program in the Ancient World
P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Henry Luce Foundation, Dunhuang Foundation, Buddhist Studies Workshop, Program in East Asian Studies
Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America
Cosponsor: David A. Gardner '69 Magic Project, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Department of Philosophy, Department of History
Academic Year 2014–2015 Events
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art and Program in East Asian Studies
Cosponsor: Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art and Program in East Asian Studies
Cosponsor: Princeton University Art Museum and Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art and Program in East Asian Studies
Cosponsor: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Center for African American Studies
Cosponsor: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Center for African American Studies
Cosponsor: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Center for African American Studies
Cosponsor: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Center for African American Studies
Academic Year 2013–2014 Events
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art and Program in East Asian Studies
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Academic Year 2012–2013 Events
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art
Cosponsor: Program in European Cultural Studies, Department of French and Italian
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Cosponsor: Institute for Advanced Study
Academic Year 2011–2012 Events
University of California, Berkeley
Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art
Academic Year 2010–2011 Events
Cosponsor: Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University Art Museum
