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Race and Colorism: Preferences and Products
Jun 28, 2025, 9:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni…

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Online
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Join BEN and NAAM@ at our Juneteenth Celebration!
Jun 18, 2025, 12:00 pm

It's a moment of unity, culture and community you don't want to miss! We'll be marking the occasion with music, movement, and a line dancing session that brings people together in joy and connection.

Location
Carl A. Fields Center, MPR
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Race and Home: Sentiments and Constructs
Jun 9, 2025, 9:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni…

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Online
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Race and Sexuality: Queering Color
Jun 4, 2025, 7:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni…

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Online
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2025 AAS Class Day Celebration & Reception
May 26, 2025

Join us on Monday, May 26, 2025 as we celebrate the achievements of our extraordinary graduates of the Class of 2025.

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AAS 2025 Alumni Mix & Mingle
May 23, 2025, 2:00 pm

It's that time again for our annual AAS Alumni Mix & Mingle!

Location
On-Campus, See eVite
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Race in Corporate America: DEI and the C-Suite
May 14, 2025, 7:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P), and 40+ associations, clubs, and classes…

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Online
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Torn // and new: Literary Address and the Reinvention of Ambiguity
May 14, 2025, 1:30 pm

Join us for the Final Public Oral of Aliya Ram, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature. Her dissertation, titled “Torn // and new: Literary Address and the Reinvention of Ambiguity,”…

Location
East Pyne Building 127
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UBA Presents: AAS End Of Year BBQ
May 8, 2025, 3:00 pm

AAS Majors are invited to celebrate with fellow students, faculty, and staff as we celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 academic year!

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On-Campus, See eVite
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Princeton Research Day’s Tenth Anniversary
May 8, 2025, 12:00 pm

Princeton Research Day celebrates the research and creative endeavors of the campus-wide community. The event serves as an opportunity for researchers and creators to reach across disciplines by communicating in non-specialist language about their research or creative work.

Now in its ninth consecutive year, the event highlights work from…

Location
Frist Campus Center
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Multiraciality: Developments and Trends
May 5, 2025, 9:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P), and 40+ associations, clubs, and classes…

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Online
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Judith Weisenfeld in conversation with Nicole Myers Turner
Apr 29, 2025, 6:00 pm

In the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state mental hospitals at higher rates as white psychiatrists listed “religious excitement” among the most frequent causes of insanity for Black patients…

Location
122 Nassau Street
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Co-Writing Lab
Apr 25, 2025, 10:00 am

The group will provide a shared space on campus for AAS faculty, visiting fellows, postdocs, and graduate students to gather for dedicated writing time each week. We envision the writing group as a way to facilitate writing productivity while building community among AAS scholars at various stages in their academic careers. 

Location
On-Campus, See eVite
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Beyond Bars: The Dhoruba Bin Wahad and Robert Boyle Collection and a Panther's Fight for Truth
Apr 24, 2025, 6:00 pm

A screening of "Framing the Panthers" followed by a conversation with Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Robert Boyle, and William Clements…

Location
Robertson Hall: Bowl 002
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Dean's Leadership Series - Panel on Islamophobia: Dr. Dalia Fahmy and Hon. Farah Pandith
Apr 24, 2025, 12:00 pm

Join Dr. Dalia Fahmy, political scientist and expert on Islamophobia and U.S. foreign policy, and the Hon. Farah Pandith, former U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities and global…

Location
Robertson Hall
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UBA Conversations: "Black Queer/Trans Studies Roundtable"
Apr 23, 2025, 5:00 pm

This insightful discussion will explore the intersections of Blackness, queerness, and trans identity, examining their impact on culture, history, and academia. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with leading scholars in the field.

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On-Campus, See eVite
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The Racial Capitaloscene and the Resurgence of Pioneer Species
Apr 22, 2025, 5:00 pm

As racial capitalism and the exploitation of natural and human resources sustain and perpetuate our current ecological condition, this talk asks what if the “answer” to climate catastrophe is decolonization…

Location
Princeton School of Architecture, Room N107
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Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said’s America
Apr 22, 2025, 4:30 pm

Winner of a 2024 American Academy of Religion book award, this book(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) focuses on Omar ibn Said (1770–1863) who was a Muslim scholar from West Africa…

Location
Green Hall O-S-6
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Sankofa
Apr 19, 2025, 6:30 pm
Location
SPIA Fountain
Undergraduate
AAS Spring Term Study Breaks (CANCELED)
Apr 18, 2025, 3:00 pm

Take a breather and unwind with fellow students during these refreshing sessions. Don't miss out on the chance to recharge and connect. Food and beverages will be provided!

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On-Campus, See eVite
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Co-Writing Lab
Apr 18, 2025, 10:00 am

The group will provide a shared space on campus for AAS faculty, visiting fellows, postdocs, and graduate students to gather for dedicated writing time each week. We envision the writing group as a way to facilitate writing productivity while building community among AAS scholars at various stages in their academic careers. 

Location
On-Campus, See eVite
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Graduate Affairs
Graduate Affairs Interdisciplinary Publishing Workshop
Apr 17, 2025, 5:00 pm

The workshop is geared to postdocs and grad students across the humanities and social sciences. And we are hoping that you might be able to join us given all your experience shepherding so many extraordinary books into existence…

Location
Zoom
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Diplomacy in Action: Insights from Ambassador Téte António
Apr 17, 2025, 4:30 pm

Join us for the second installment of the Africa Impact Lecture Series, a forum dedicated to amplifying the voices of impactful leaders from Africa who share their visions for sustainable development and humane living…

Location
Maeder Hall Auditorium 2
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AY25 Faculty-Graduate Seminar: "The Black 1980s" ft. Heather Ann Thompson (University of Michigan)
Apr 16, 2025, 5:00 pm

The Faculty-Graduate seminar is an intimate intellectual community that comes together to discuss work in progress around a common theme across a wide range of disciplines. Our goal is to establish a small but intellectually diverse and committed group of scholars who will attend all meetings and engage in sustained discourse during the year.

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On-Campus, See eVite
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Diaspora in Dialogue: Reimagining Our Engagement with Nigeria & Ethiopia
Apr 15, 2025, 5:30 pm

Event blurb: "Diaspora in Dialogue: Reimagining Our Engagement with Nigeria & Ethiopia is an event intended to spark dialogue and conversation across the diaspora regarding our contributions to our homelands’ economies, political discourse, academia, and more…

Location
Louis A. Simpson B60 (20 Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ  08544)
Undergraduate
Visit AAS at Princeton Preview
Apr 15, 2025

All admitted students are invited to attend Princeton Preview, an on-campus program in April designed as an in-depth introduction to the many dimensions of academic and extracurricular life at Princeton…

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Race and the Outdoors: Access and Activity
Apr 14, 2025, 9:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P), and 40+ associations, clubs, and classes…

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Online
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Author Talk: Priya Vulchi'22 and Ruha Benjamin
Apr 14, 2025, 7:00 pm

From the co-author of Tell Me Who You Are and a TED speaker, a book that reveals the importance of friendship as a tool of social justice.

Friendship is good for your health. Studies show that loneliness is as deadly as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Still, we are…

Location
Princeton Public Library
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Stories Across Place
Apr 14, 2025, 6:00 pm

Sumayya Vally is the founder and Principal of Counterspace, a design, research, and pedagogical entity located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Vally's work articulates the identities and landscapes…

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Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
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"Macbeth in Stride", Directed by Layla Williams
Apr 12, 2025, 8:00 pm

What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar…

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Berlind Theatre
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"Macbeth in Stride", Directed by Layla Williams
Apr 11, 2025, 8:00 pm

What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar…

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Berlind Theatre
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VISCERA::POETICS
Apr 11, 2025, 2:00 pm

VISCERA::POETICS is the next installation of the::sense::archive(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Humanities Council Working Group…

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On-Campus, See eVite
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Co-Writing Lab
Apr 11, 2025, 10:00 am

The group will provide a shared space on campus for AAS faculty, visiting fellows, postdocs, and graduate students to gather for dedicated writing time each week. We envision the writing group as a way to facilitate writing productivity while building community among AAS scholars at various stages in their academic careers. 

Location
On-Campus, See eVite
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"Macbeth in Stride", Directed by Layla Williams
Apr 10, 2025, 8:00 pm

What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar…

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Berlind Theatre
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Lecture | An Alternative Urbanism: Self-Organizing Systems of Indigenous Markets Tosin Oshinowo
Apr 10, 2025, 6:00 pm

Lagos-based Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo is principal and founder of Oshinowo Studio. The studio has worked on several civic, commercial, and residential projects throughout Nigeria and is renowned for its socially responsive approach to architecture, design, and urbanism. Oshinowo’s work primarily focuses on concerns of culture and…

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Betts Auditorium in the Architecture Building
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Reading James Baldwin through the Lens of Black Deaf and Disability Studies
Apr 10, 2025, 4:30 pm

Join us for a public conversation with Dr. Rezenet Moges-Riedel on reading Baldwin through a Black Deaf and Disability Studies lens on Thursday, April 10. Dr. Moges-Riedel is an Assistant Professor…

Location
Aaron Burr Hall 219
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Princeton Palestinian Studies Colloquium: "Wrong Winds"
Apr 10, 2025, 4:30 pm

Ahmad Almallah’s third poetry collection considers the impossible task of being a Palestinian in the world today. When genocide is the question, can the answer be anything…

Location
Robertson Hall 016
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Recent Immigration Policy and Community Impact
Apr 10, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
Louis A. Simpson International Building A71
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Definitions of Race: Generational Differences
Apr 9, 2025, 7:00 pm

Princeton Diversity Discussions is the universities ongoing series of friendly and inclusive gatherings for discussing race-related issues, supported by the Princeton Club of Minnesota (PCMN), Association of Black Princeton Alumni (ABPA), Association of Latino Princeton Alumni (ALPA), Native Alumni of Princeton (NAP), Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P), and 40+ associations, clubs, and classes…

Location
Online
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VISCERA::POETICS
Apr 9, 2025, 7:00 pm

VISCERA::POETICS is the next installation of the::sense::archive(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) Humanities Council Working Group…

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Lewis Library, A level
Speaker
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Exploring Entrepreneurship as Resistance Among Black Women Street Vendors in Antebellum Charleston
Apr 9, 2025, 12:30 pm

Black entrepreneurs have a history of overcoming great obstacles and creating something from nothing. All entrepreneurs and innovators share in the legacy of overcoming significant obstacles and of assembling finite resources. If you are an innovator or entrepreneur, these lectures and workshops are for you…

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Online
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"Macbeth in Stride", Directed by Layla Williams
Apr 5, 2025, 8:00 pm

What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar…

Location
Berlind Theatre
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"Macbeth in Stride", Directed by Layla Williams
Apr 4, 2025, 8:00 pm

What’s the story that framed you before you were even you? Macbeth in Stride, by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White, employs the musical styles of rock, pop, gospel, and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar…

Location
Berlind Theatre
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Graduate Affairs
Co-Writing Lab
Apr 4, 2025, 10:00 am

The group will provide a shared space on campus for AAS faculty, visiting fellows, postdocs, and graduate students to gather for dedicated writing time each week. We envision the writing group as a way to facilitate writing productivity while building community among AAS scholars at various stages in their academic careers. 

Location
On-Campus, See eVite
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The Anti-Zionist Idea: History, Theory, and Politics
Apr 4, 2025

What are—what have been and what might yet be—alternatives and opposing visions to Zionism? How has anti-Zionism appeared in intellectual debates both within and outside of the Jewish community around…

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Faculty Panel | Roberto Lugo / Orange and Black
Apr 3, 2025, 5:30 pm

Join Carolyn M. Laferrière, the Museum’s associate curator of ancient Mediterranean art and Nathan Arrington, professor of art and archaeology and chair of Princeton’s Department of Art and…

Location
100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall
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The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI – A Conversation on Death of the Author
Apr 3, 2025, 5:00 pm

Please join us for a conversation with award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor on her new novel, Death of the Author, with response from Princeton's Chika Okeke-Agulu (Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies; Director, Africa World Initiative)…

Location
McCosh Hall, Room 50
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I’ve Been to the Mountaintop & Dr. King’s Economic Vision
Apr 3, 2025, 5:00 pm

Areception and reflection on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop,” which he delivered on April 3, the day before his assassination…