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Folio 39 recto of the Book of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, written in the Yuketek langauge, catalogued as Princeton Mesoamerican Manuscript no. 4, Princeton University Library Special Collections
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News and Events
In a week of rich programming for Princeton’s graduate students, the GradFUTURES Forum held several events of particular interest to students of the humanities, including a virtual panel discussion on the topic “Public Humanities: Connection, Community, Impact” available to students beyond campus via Zoom, and a workshop titled “How We Talk…
Events
In this talk, Professor DeLue will share insights from her current research and teaching on the relationship between art and science in nineteenth century Europe and North America, focusing in particular on her study of images from the field of ornithology, the scientific study of birds. She will discuss how the ideas and methods of art and…
Indigenous scholars from Guatemala and Mexico who are all native speakers and researchers of literature in a Mayan language join faculty and researchers from Princeton and other U.S. institutions
Established in 2024, the Princeton Humanities Initiative is a crossroads and hub for humanistic-based inquiry and idea incubation.
“Media & Meaning: Humanities in the World” is the theme for the three-year term of the Humanities Initiative.
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