Upcoming Events

UBA Presents: Filmscreening "For Ahkeem"

Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 7:30 pm

Location: Princeton Garden Theatre

Audience: Public / Open To All, Faculty & Staff, Graduate Students, Alumni, Undergraduate Students

Speaker(s):

Undergraduate Board of Advisor (UBA)

SUPERLATIVE CITY: Experimental Urbanity in São Paulo (Day 1)

Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 3:00 pm

Superlative City is a book workshop and the third meeting of an interdisciplinary working group concerned with aesthetics, politics, and urbanism in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. All sessions are free and open to the public. Attendees are strongly encouraged to register in advance to receive and read pre-circulated papers. Register and learn...

Location: 211 Dickinson Hall

Audience: Public / Open To All

SUPERLATIVE CITY: Experimental Urbanity in São Paulo (Day 2)

Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 8:30 am to 3:15 pm

Location: 211 Dickinson Hall

Audience: Public / Open To All

"Shattering the Silence" Black Mental Health Conference

"Shattering the Silence" Black Mental Health Conference

Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 9:00 am

The Black Pre-Med Society of Princeton University seeks to empower Black communities by shedding a light on nuanced perspectives regarding mental health. By addressing mental health issues as they are informed by Black experiences, they hope to "Shatter the Silence" on this pressing issue that affects so many.

Location: Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Audience: Public / Open To All

Speaker(s):

Ruha Benjamin

Associate Professor & Arthur H. Scribner Bicentennial Preceptor

Theresa Thames

Associate Dean of Religious Life & the Chapel

Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: A Tribute To James Cone

Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 6:00 pm

James H. Cone is widely recognized as the founder of Black Liberation Theologya synthesis of the Gospel message embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the spirit of Black pride embodied by Malcolm X. Prompted by the Detroit riots and the death of King, Cone, a young theology professor, was impelled to write his first book, Black Theology and...

Location: Labyrinth Books Princeton

Audience: Public / Open To All

Speaker(s):

Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Department Chair

Elaine Pagels

Professor of Religion

Princeton University

Tara Bedeau

Graduate Student

2019 NYU Policy Case Competition

Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 11:59 pm

Students from colleges and universities around the world are invited to think critically and innovate by researching, designing and presenting policy proposals on today’s most pressing issues.

Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students

Faculty-Graduate Seminar Featuring Mariame Kaba

Faculty-Graduate Seminar Featuring Mariame Kaba

Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 4:30 pm

Location: Barfield - Johnson (201)

Audience: Faculty & Staff, Graduate Students

Speaker(s):

Naomi Murakawa

Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies

Mariame Kaba

Social Justice Institute, Barnard Center for Research on Women

Race and The NFL: A Conversation with Michael Bennett

Race and The NFL: A Conversation with Michael Bennett

Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 7:00 pm

For this particular Sports, Race and Society Lecture, we will be featuring a conversation with NFL Player and Activist, Michael Bennett. This discussion, moderated by Eddie Glaude, will explore the influence and relationship of the NFL to community issues around race and the black experience.

Location: Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University

Audience: Public / Open To All

Speaker(s):

Michael Bennett

Author, Activist, & Football Player

National Football League

Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Chair and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor

Princeton University

Remorseless Cannibals And Loving Scribes: Samples and Highlights from Princeton University's Collection of Ethiopian Manuscripts (1500s-1900s)

Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Princeton University has the most significant collection of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Americas. Written in the ancient African language of Gəˀəz, these documents represent seven centuries of vibrant literary and artistic creativity on the part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. One of the most important of these texts, and the most richly...

Location: Firestone Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, C Floor

Audience: Public / Open To All

Speaker(s):

Wendy Laura Belcher

Department of African American Studies

Princeton University

Michael Kleiner

University of Gottingten

Qesis Melaku Terefe

Virgin Mary Ethiopian Church

Elaine Pagels & Wallace Best In Conversation: Why Religion? A Personal Story

Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:00 pm

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions. She will talk about her new book...

Location: Labyrinth Books Princeton

Audience: Public / Open To All

Speaker(s):

Wallace D. Best

Professor of Religion & African American Studies

Princeton University

Elaine Pagels

Professor of Religion

Princeton University

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