In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called “the highest and most interesting problem for the naturalist.” A Most Interesting Problem brings together twelve world-class scholars and science communicators to...
Event Archives
Events Archive
Jeremy DeSilva, Holly Dunsworth & Augustin Fuentes: A Most Interesting Problem -- What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Wrong
How Indigenous Peoples Created Brazilian Biomes
Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location:
Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Eduardo Neves
University of São Paulo
Discussant: Tiffany Fryer
Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows, Princeton University
Being with Others: Language and Ethical Relationality among Thirunangai Transgender Women in Chennai, India
Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 12:00 pm
Unhinged: On Ethnographic Games of Doubt and Certainty
Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 4:30 pm
Speaker(s):
Wintersession Workshop: “Safeguarding Amazonia”
Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 3:00 pm
Location:
Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Tasso Azevedo
MapBiomas Director
Cesar Diniz
MapBiomas Coordinator
Work-in-Progress: Mark Drury
Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 4:30 pm
Location:
Virtually via Zoom
Speaker(s):
Princeton University
Musical Concert Agora Clarice and Sonic Platform Clarice 100 Years
The Cene Scene: Centering Indigenous and Black Environments
Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Clarice Lispector, 100 Years: A Tribute to Her Life and Work
Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 2:00 pm
Location:
Brazil LAB YouTube Channel
Speaker(s):
Jhumpa Lahiri
Author and Director of the Creative Writing Program, Lewis Center for the Arts
Paul Gurgel Valente
Clairce Lispector's son and literary executor
Idra Novey
Lecturer in Creative Writing Lewis Center for the Arts