Academic Year 2017–2018

The Origins of Art, or Going Back to Old Lascaux

The Origins of Art, or Going Back to Old Lascaux
Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Hal Foster
Princeton University

Islamic Art, Armenian Art: Connections across Religions

Islamic Art, Armenian Art: Connections across Religions
Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 4:30 pm

Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America

The Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Lecture

Location: 103 Scheide Caldwell House
Speaker(s):
Helen J. Evans
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Readings Lectures Performances accompanying the exhibition Hanne Darboven's Address — Place and Time

Readings Lectures Performances accompanying the exhibition Hanne Darboven's Address — Place and Time
Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Cosponsor: Department of Art & Archaeology, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Department of German, and the Program in European Cultural Studies

Location: 207 East Pyne
Speaker(s):
Seth Cluett, Nick Mauss, Ken Okiishi

Crowd Wisdom: Three Scholars Take on the Multitudes

Crowd Wisdom: Three Scholars Take on the Multitudes
Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 4:30 pm

Panel Discussion

Cosponsor: Humanities Council and PUAM

Location: Princeton University Art Museum
Speaker(s):
Bonnie Bassler
Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair Department of Molecular Biology
Bridget Alsdorf
Associate Professor of Art and Archaeology
Göran Blix
ssociate professor of French and Italian

Mecca’s Perspective as Symbolic Form

Mecca’s Perspective as Symbolic Form
Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Avinoam Shalem
Columbia University

“The bullets flew about our ears like handfuls of gravel stones” Archaeology and the Preservation of Battlefields of the American War of Independence

“The bullets flew about our ears like handfuls of gravel stones” Archaeology and the Preservation of Battlefields of the American War of Independence
Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 4:30 pm

Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America battle

Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Wade Catts
Principal, South River Heritage Consulting, LLC

Velazquez, Aesop, and War

Velazquez, Aesop, and War
Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 5:00 pm

Cosponsor: Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Eberhard L. Faber Memorial Lecture

Location: 101 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
T. J. Clark
University of California, Berkeley

On the magnitude of the gods in materialist theology, epic poetry, and Greek art

On the magnitude of the gods in materialist theology, epic poetry, and Greek art
Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Guy Hedreen
Williams College

Subverting the Façade: Paris Architecture between Haussmann and Radical Modernism

Subverting the Façade: Paris Architecture between Haussmann and Radical Modernism
Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 5:00 pm
Location: 101 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Jean-Louis Cohen
Institute of Fine Arts NYU

Urban Gardening in Early Medieval Italy

Urban Gardening in Early Medieval Italy
Mon, Mar 5, 2018, 4:30 pm

Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America and the Program in Medieval Studies

The Clayburgh Lecture

Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Caroline Goodson
University of Cambridge

The Heart's Double

The Heart's Double
Thu, Mar 1, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Ivan Drpić
University of Pennsylvania

Postclassicisms: Archaeology

Postclassicisms: Archaeology
Fri, Feb 23, 2018 (All day) to Sat, Feb 24, 2018 (All day)

Open to Princeton faculty and students only

Participants Include: Brooke Holmes, Joshua Billings, Dan-el Padilla Peralta. RSVP required.

A Short History of “Black Painting” (Hei hua): A Counter Tradition in Chinese Art

A Short History of “Black Painting” (Hei hua): A Counter Tradition in Chinese Art
Thu, Feb 15, 2018, 4:30 pm

Cosponsor: Tang Center for East Asian Art

Location: 101 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Wu Hung
University of Chicago

1973; or the Arche of Neoliberalism

1973; or the Arche of Neoliberalism
Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Pamela Lee
Stanford University

Courting Failure in the Arab Hall

Courting Failure in the Arab Hall
Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:00 pm
Location: 2N10 Green Hall
Speaker(s):
Mary Roberts
University of Sydney

After the Carolingians: Manuscript Illumination in the 10-11th Centuries

After the Carolingians: Manuscript Illumination in the 10-11th Centuries
Thu, Nov 30, 2017 (All day) to Sat, Dec 2, 2017 (All day)

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-...

Imperial Visual Propaganda: Claims of Legitimacy in the Byzantine Paris Psalter

Imperial Visual Propaganda: Claims of Legitimacy in the Byzantine Paris Psalter
Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 5:00 pm
Location: 101 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Ioli Kalavrezou
Harvard University

Unraveling the Mysteries of Jan van Eyck’s Late Paintings

Unraveling the Mysteries of Jan van Eyck’s Late Paintings
Tue, Oct 24, 2017, 5:00 pm
Location: 101 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Maryan Ainsworth
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cultural Histories of “Orientalizing” Crete

Cultural Histories of “Orientalizing” Crete
Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 1:30 pm

Open to Princeton faculty and graduate students only. RSVP required. RSVP to nta@princeton.edu

Speaker(s):
Antonis Kotsonas
University of Cincinnati

Rethinking “Pictorialism”: American Art and Photography from 1895 to 1925

Rethinking “Pictorialism”: American Art and Photography from 1895 to 1925
Fri, Oct 20, 2017 (All day) to Sat, Oct 21, 2017 (All day)
Location: 101 McCormick Hall

The Index at 100: Iconography In A New Century

The Index at 100: Iconography In A New Century
Sat, Oct 14, 2017 (All day)
Location: 101 McCormick Hall

Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable Discussion
Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:20 pm

Cosponsor: East Asian Studies

Location: 103 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Tetsuro Hishida
Kyoto Prefectural University
Archaeology and the Early Japanese State “State Formation and the Introduction of Buddhism to Japan: An Archaeological Perspective”
Ken’ichi Sasaki
Meiji University
“Center and Periphery in Early State Formation in Japan”

The Lost Lives of Greek Vases

The Lost Lives of Greek Vases
Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 4:30 pm

Cosponsor: Archaeological Institute of America

Location: 106 McCormick Hall
Speaker(s):
Sheramy Bundrick
University of South Florida St. Petersburg