2011-2012 Meetings
The Old Guard's 70th Year
Please Click on Links for Meeting Minutes
September 14
Professor of History, Princeton University
"Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line"
September 21
Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics Public Affairs, Chair, Department of Politics, Princeton University
"The Polarization of American Politics"
September 28
Professor of History, Seton Hall University
"Mapping New Jersey"
October 5
Speaker: Dorothea von Moltke
Co-owner, Labyrinth Books
"Bookstores and the Fate of Humanities"
October 12
Visiting Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
"The Marriage Equation: A practical Theory for Predicting Divorce and a Scientifically-based Marital Theory"
October 19
Robert Hillier, Architect, Chairman, Princeton Chamber of Commerce
"Princeton:Village, Small Town or City?"
October 26
Speaker: Joseph Stefko
Director, Public Finance CGR (Center for Government Research)
"The Recommendations for Princeton Borough & Township Consolidation"
November 2
Speaker: Clifford Zink
Architectural and Industrial Historian
"The Roebling Legacy"
November 9
Speaker: Richard Rein, Founder and Editor,
US 1 Newspaper
"Old Truths about the New Media"
November 16
Speaker: Gina Kolata
Senior Writer and Medical Reporter, The New York Times
"Recent Results in Alzheimer's Research"
Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Break
November 30
Speaker: Nannerl Keohane
Laurence S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values
"The Many Faces of Leadership"
December 7
Speaker: Daniel Klaidman
Former Managing Editor, Newsweek; Visiting Journalism Professor, Princeton University
"Kill or Capture: How Barack Obama Lost His War on Terror"
December 14
Speaker: The Reverend Canon Joan E. Fleming
Rector Emerita, Christ Episcopal Church, New Brunswick
"A Walk in Time: Pilgrim on the Road to Santiago"
January 4
Speaker: Michael Cadden
Acting Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University
"Putting the Arts Back Into the Liberal Arts"
January 11
Speaker: Stan Waterman
Pioneer underwater film producer and photographer
"Our World Underwater"
January 18
Speaker: Arnold Levine
Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study
"The Benefits of the Human Genome Project"
January 25
Speaker: John Fleming, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Princeton
"The King James Bible and More"
February 1
Speaker: Alexandra Radbill
Director of Development, Your Resource
"Would Sherlock Holmes Use Google?"
February 8
Speaker: John Wilmerding
Christopher B. Sarofim '86 Professor of American Art, Emeritus, Princeton
"Frederic Church in Maine"
February 15
Speaker: Sara McLanahan
William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton
"Fragile Families in the 21st Century"
February 22
Speaker: Cecilia Rouse
Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton
"An Update on the Economy: Focusing on Jobs"
February 29
Speaker: Robert Irvin
President & CEO, American Rivers
"Rivers Connect Us: Protecting and Restoring Our Nation’s Rivers"
March 7
Speaker: David Miller
Director, Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative
"Business Ethics: Succeeding without Selling Your Soul"
March 14
Speaker: Ruth Mandel
Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
"The Ides of March: Politics in 2012--A Time for Cynicism? Optimism? The Ridiculous?"
March 21
Speaker: Jeroen Tromp
Professor of Geosciences and Applied and Computational Mathematics; Blair Professor of Geology, Princeton University
"Earthquakes, Impacts, and Seismic Imaging"
March 28
Speaker: Jeffrey Stout
Professor of Religion, Princeton University
"Blessed are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America"
April 4
Speaker: Daniel Oppenheimer
Associate Professor of Psychology
Princeton University.
"How Does Reasoning Influence Judgment?"
April 11
Speaker: Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studies; Director, the Transregional Institute
Princeton University
"The Arab Spring: A Year Later"
April 18
Speaker: Deborah Amos
NPR Correspondent; Visiting Journalism Professor, Princeton University
"Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East"
April 25
Speaker: Johanna (Jody) Seasonwein
Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow for Academic Programs, Princeton University Art Museum
"Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870 - 1930"
May 2
Speaker:Atul Kohli
David K. E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"The Success of India's Democracy"
May 9
Speaker: Mark Burstein
Executive Vice President, Princeton University
"The Evolving Princeton Campus"
May 16
Speaker: Carolyn Williams
Chair, Department of English, Rutgers University
"Gilbert & Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody"
May 23
Speaker: Janet Vertesi
Cotsen Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts; Lecturer, Sociology Department Princeton University
"Seeing Like a Rover: Images in Interaction on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
Professor of History, Princeton University
"Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line"
September 21
Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics Public Affairs, Chair, Department of Politics, Princeton University
"The Polarization of American Politics"
September 28
Professor of History, Seton Hall University
"Mapping New Jersey"
October 5
Speaker: Dorothea von Moltke
Co-owner, Labyrinth Books
"Bookstores and the Fate of Humanities"
October 12
Visiting Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
"The Marriage Equation: A practical Theory for Predicting Divorce and a Scientifically-based Marital Theory"
October 19
Robert Hillier, Architect, Chairman, Princeton Chamber of Commerce
"Princeton:Village, Small Town or City?"
October 26
Speaker: Joseph Stefko
Director, Public Finance CGR (Center for Government Research)
"The Recommendations for Princeton Borough & Township Consolidation"
November 2
Speaker: Clifford Zink
Architectural and Industrial Historian
"The Roebling Legacy"
November 9
Speaker: Richard Rein, Founder and Editor,
US 1 Newspaper
"Old Truths about the New Media"
November 16
Speaker: Gina Kolata
Senior Writer and Medical Reporter, The New York Times
"Recent Results in Alzheimer's Research"
Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Break
November 30
Speaker: Nannerl Keohane
Laurence S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values
"The Many Faces of Leadership"
December 7
Speaker: Daniel Klaidman
Former Managing Editor, Newsweek; Visiting Journalism Professor, Princeton University
"Kill or Capture: How Barack Obama Lost His War on Terror"
December 14
Speaker: The Reverend Canon Joan E. Fleming
Rector Emerita, Christ Episcopal Church, New Brunswick
"A Walk in Time: Pilgrim on the Road to Santiago"
January 4
Speaker: Michael Cadden
Acting Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University
"Putting the Arts Back Into the Liberal Arts"
January 11
Speaker: Stan Waterman
Pioneer underwater film producer and photographer
"Our World Underwater"
January 18
Speaker: Arnold Levine
Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study
"The Benefits of the Human Genome Project"
January 25
Speaker: John Fleming, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Princeton
"The King James Bible and More"
February 1
Speaker: Alexandra Radbill
Director of Development, Your Resource
"Would Sherlock Holmes Use Google?"
February 8
Speaker: John Wilmerding
Christopher B. Sarofim '86 Professor of American Art, Emeritus, Princeton
"Frederic Church in Maine"
February 15
Speaker: Sara McLanahan
William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton
"Fragile Families in the 21st Century"
February 22
Speaker: Cecilia Rouse
Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton
"An Update on the Economy: Focusing on Jobs"
February 29
Speaker: Robert Irvin
President & CEO, American Rivers
"Rivers Connect Us: Protecting and Restoring Our Nation’s Rivers"
March 7
Speaker: David Miller
Director, Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative
"Business Ethics: Succeeding without Selling Your Soul"
March 14
Speaker: Ruth Mandel
Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
"The Ides of March: Politics in 2012--A Time for Cynicism? Optimism? The Ridiculous?"
March 21
Speaker: Jeroen Tromp
Professor of Geosciences and Applied and Computational Mathematics; Blair Professor of Geology, Princeton University
"Earthquakes, Impacts, and Seismic Imaging"
March 28
Speaker: Jeffrey Stout
Professor of Religion, Princeton University
"Blessed are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America"
April 4
Speaker: Daniel Oppenheimer
Associate Professor of Psychology
Princeton University.
"How Does Reasoning Influence Judgment?"
April 11
Speaker: Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studies; Director, the Transregional Institute
Princeton University
"The Arab Spring: A Year Later"
April 18
Speaker: Deborah Amos
NPR Correspondent; Visiting Journalism Professor, Princeton University
"Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East"
April 25
Speaker: Johanna (Jody) Seasonwein
Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow for Academic Programs, Princeton University Art Museum
"Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870 - 1930"
May 2
Speaker:Atul Kohli
David K. E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"The Success of India's Democracy"
May 9
Speaker: Mark Burstein
Executive Vice President, Princeton University
"The Evolving Princeton Campus"
May 16
Speaker: Carolyn Williams
Chair, Department of English, Rutgers University
"Gilbert & Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody"
May 23
Speaker: Janet Vertesi
Cotsen Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts; Lecturer, Sociology Department Princeton University
"Seeing Like a Rover: Images in Interaction on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
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