Join us for a lunch conversation between Shariffa Ali, lecturer in theater and Jay Pather, Long-Term Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Lewis Center for the Arts, to welcome Pather to the LCA for the spring semester.
Pather is a curator, choreographer and a scholar and the outgoing director of the Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town South Africa. He curates Live Art for the Smithsonian Museum, the Infecting the City Public Art Festival and the ICA Live Art Festivalin Cape Town. He also curates for the Afrovibes Festival in Amsterdam. Publications include Acts of Transgressions, Live Art in South Africa (2019) and Restless Infections, Public Art for a Transforming City (2025). Pather served as juror for the International Award for Public Art and was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
Admission & Details
The lunch talk is free and open to Princeton students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided.
Directions
Get directions to Seminar Room W331, located on the third floor of the Wallace Dance Building at the Lewis Arts complex.
Accessibility
The Seminar Room is an accessible venue. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations.

