UCHV Seminars and Workshops

The University Center for Human Values sponsors a limited number of seminars and workshops throughout the academic year which seek to incite thought and discussion about ethical issues in both private and public life.


Upcoming Events

"Navalny" Film Screening and discussion with Christo Grozev
Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 7:30 pm10:00 pm

UCHV's Film Forum and Academic Freedom Initiative (AFI) will feature a screening of the award-winning documentary "Navalny" with guest speaker Christo Grozev. Grozev is a distinguished investigative journalist with Bellingcat; he played a crucial role in…

Location
James Stewart Theater
Free and Open to the Public
UCHV Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Drop-in Session
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 3:00 pm4:00 pm

Please join members of the UCHV EDI Committee for a drop-in session. The EDI Committee is looking for any feedback related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Center, as well as suggestions for future initiatives the committee might pursue.

Location
Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
"Black Star: Charles Hérard-Dumesle's Haitian Naturalism," Monique Allewaert (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Abstract

Early Haitian historian, scientist, and poet Charles Hérard-Dumesle’s massive natural history Voyage dans le nord d’Hayti (1824) proposes that colonialism’s best trick was convincing imperialists and almost everyone else that there is only one nature the world over. His book, including its famous poetic account of the 1791 Bwa…

Location
East Pyne, Room 111
Dave Edmonds Interview Talk with Tom Kelly
Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 4:00 pm6:00 pm
Location
TBA
Sponsors
  • Department of Philosophy
  • University Center for Human Values
Lessons for Survival: Mothering against the Apocalypse
Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 6:00 pm7:30 pm

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau has crafted a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter. We invite you to a presentation and conversation with the author.

Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother…

Location
Labyrinth Books
Sponsors
  • Labyrinth Books
  • Princeton Public Library
  • Humanities Council
  • Department of African American Studies
  • Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Free and Open to the Public
Values and Public Life Open House
Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 4:30 pm5:30 pm

Sophomores will be able to meet VPL’s acting director, Professor Stephen Macedo, and current VPL minor students in a casual environment. Refreshments will be served.

 

Location
Louis A. Simpson International Building, 171 Atrium
Other
Celebrating Richard Tuck Conference
Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 6:00 pmSun, Apr 14, 2024, 4:30 pm

Join us to celebrate four+ inspiring decades of Richard's teaching, writing, and intellectual camaraderie.

Location
Friend Center Lecture Hall 101
Open to Princeton University ID Holders and Other Academic Affiliates
Alexandre Lefebvre Book Launch: "Liberalism as a Way of Life"
Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 5:00 pm6:30 pm

Join the UCHV for a book launch of Alexandre Lefebvre's "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton University Press, 2024). Princeton University ID holders can register for the event, happening both in person and virtually,…

Location
Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
Open to Princeton University ID Holders
UCHV Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Drop-in Session
Fri, May 3, 2024, 3:00 pm4:00 pm

Please join members of the UCHV EDI Committee for a drop-in session. The EDI Committee is looking for any feedback related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Center, as well as suggestions for future initiatives the committee might pursue.

Location
Laura Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
LSR Theme Workshop
Tue, May 7, 2024, 1:30 pm5:00 pm
Peter Singer Farewell Conference
Mon, May 13, 2024, 9:00 amTue, May 14, 2024, 5:00 pm
Program

Monday, May 13, 2024

9:15 – 10 a.m.  Coffee/light breakfast Maeder Hall Courtyard 10 – 11:45 a.m.  Panel 1 – Utilitarianism Maeder Hall, Room 002 12 – 1:30 p.m.     Lunch Maeder Hall Courtyard 1:30…
Free and Open to the Public (registration required)
"Climate Mobilities: Justice, Data, and Governance" Workshop
Mon, May 20, 2024, 9:00 am5:00 pm

“Climate Mobilities: Justice, Data, and Governance” Workshop, May 20-21, 2024, Princeton University. 

Climate mobility issues have been framed in various ways over time, beginning with the concept of “environmental migration,” moving to the “climate refugee” framing, and then evolving toward the dominance of the “migration as…

Location
016 Robertson Hall
Sponsor
The Department of Politics, the University Center for Human Values, and Climate Futures Initiative
Open to Princeton University ID Holders
"Climate Mobilities: Justice, Data, and Governance" Workshop
Tue, May 21, 2024, 9:00 am5:00 pm

“Climate Mobilities: Justice, Data, and Governance” Workshop, May 20-21, 2024, Princeton University. 

Climate mobility issues have been framed in various ways over time, beginning with the concept of “environmental migration,” moving to the “climate refugee” framing, and then evolving toward the dominance of the “migration as…

Location
016 Robertson Hall
Sponsor
The Department of Politics, the University Center for Human Values, and Climate Futures Initiative
Open to Princeton University ID Holders