It’s the third anniversary of the shortest, and most correct, article in the history of the New York Times.

“She experienced the Cultural Revolution as a high point for the first two months, only to be followed by tragedy.” Chris Buckley 儲百亮's terrific obit of a Nie Yuanzi, a university official sweep up in and swept away by political frenzy. nytimes.com/2019/09/03/wor…

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying. nyer.cm/xcyqrfi

Keynes (1942) on public higher ed as a vision of culture & social wealth: “Why not set aside fifty million pounds/year year to add in every city the dignity of an ancient university. Anything we can actually do we can afford & once done, it is there.” newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

It's not too late to register for this (free!) Princeton Seminary digital conference on "Lived Theology in Asian America: Race, Justice, and Politics in Transpacific Context," featuring @MelissaMayBorja, @janehongphd, and a number of other fantastic speakers: ltiaa.com

Happening today!

Starting this Friday -- the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion hosts a 2-day workshop on God and the Infinite in Hegel and Kierkegaard Amber Bowen @mollyfarneth Hegel For Hegelians Søren Kierkegaard Hegelian News Princeton University

Tomorrow, Thurs April 7, 4:45 pm ET Hokumist joins us to discuss his book Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. East Pyne 010. Register: ams.princeton.edu/events/2022/bo… Organized by the Asian American Studies Faculty Graduate Reading Group.

Call for Papers: the Future Scholars Interest Group invites graduate students to submit papers for a panel to be followed by a response from Professor Ted A. Smith & larger conversation among the interest group. Details at buff.ly/3KTxn2R #sofcethics23 #cfp #ethics

The American Religions in a Global Context Initiative Stanford University is excited to present "Across the Normative Divide: Religion, Race, & Justice in America." Participants and public events are on the flyer below. Please join us! May 26-27, in person and on Zoom.

The folks The Barth Center can throw a lovely Barth conference and let you eat Barth cake too! #KBC2022

Next week (Sept 21), Darren Yau and I are convening the SCE Student Caucus midterm meeting. It is a discussion open to graduate students on the theme of “The Vocation of An Ethicist.” We are so excited to have Keri Day and @ERKincaid be a part of this discussion!

What is the vocation of an ethicist? Come join the SCE Student Caucus as we listen to Keri Day (Princeton Theo Sem) and @ERKincaid (Nashotah House) share about their scholarly journey: Wed, Sep 21, 12-1 pm (ET). Log into scethics.org/midterm-group-… for details and Zoom link.

.Brad Snyder and I are excited to be putting together a conference for graduate students on rethinking just war in the 21st century. We have just under three days before our submission portal closes! See our call for papers and details here: philevents.org/event/show/106…

If you're around Princeton on Monday please join us at 4:30pm to hear Kathryn Gin Lum lecture on her brilliant and important Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. For registration details see: effroncenter.princeton.edu/events/2023/as… Effron Center for the Study of America Princeton CCSR

Excited to be hosting today with Brad Snyder and others an excellent slate of graduate student papers on just war and a keynote discussion with Michael Walzer! uchv.princeton.edu/events/rethink…

"In spite of their manifold oppositions, Gibbon and Brown are actually more similar than one would initially think, and it is these similarities that come to the fore of Brown’s long-anticipated intellectual memoir."JJ thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-1…

Packed house tonight at Villanova’s Saint Augustine Lecture for Eric Gregory on re-mythologizing politics, history, and the nations:

On the rainiest of days…Dissertation Chapter 1 ✅