2022 - 2023 Meetings
The Old Guard's 80th Year
The Old Guard's 80th Year
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Sept 7
What’s “New” in The New Princeton Companion
Robert K. Durkee
Vice President and Secretary Emeritus, Princeton University
Sept 14
Making the Supreme Court: The Politics of Appointments 1930-2020
Charles Cameron
Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Sept 21
An American Urbanist in the Suburban Nation
Richard Rein
Founder of US 1 Magazine, Author
Sept 28
Arab Spring Ten Years Later
Amaney Jamal
Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Oct 5
Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs
of Upward Mobility
Jennifer Morton
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Oct 12
Wilson, Roosevelt and Addams :
Their Battle over the Decision that Changed the Twentieth Century
Neil Lanctot
American Historian, Author
Oct 19
Preservation Architecture Practice Today: Where Teamwork, Technology and Architecture Connect
Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner AIA, RIBA
Principal, Historic Buildings Architects LLCr
Oct 26
Second Revolutions: Thomas Jefferson and the Making
of the Haitian Revolution
James Alexander Dun
Associate Dean, Princeton University
Nov 2
Innovation and Challenge: A Brief Look at Public Art
and Contemporary Sculpture
Thomas Moran
Former Chief Curator at Grounds for Sculpture
Nov 9
The Midterm Election and the Future of American Democracy
Nolan McCarty
Professor of Politics and of Public Affairs, Princeton University
Nov 16
Slowing the Ticking Clock: Quantitating “Quality of Life” with Age
Coleen Murphy
Professor of Molecular Biology, Director, Laboratories for Aging Research, Princeton University
Nov 23
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 30
Historical Perspectives on the Ukraine War
Harold James
Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
Dec 7
Why Collaboration Between the Sciences and Humanities Is Difficult – and So Desperately Needed
David Nirenberg
Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Jan 11
The Race to Address Flooding in Princeton: Partnering with the Municipality, the University, and the Watershed Institute
James Waltman and Sophie Glovier
Executive Director and Chief of Operations, The Watershed Instituter
Jan 18
Evolution and Darwin’s Finches of the Galapagos Islands
Rosemary and Peter Grant
Evolutionary Biologists
Jan. 25
A Look at NJ's State of the State and Upcoming Budget Messages ... in Context
Ingrid Reed
Retired Director of The New Jersey Project at Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics
Feb. 1
Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
Gene Jarrett
Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English, Princeton University
Feb. 8
Thirteen Months in Dixie, or,
The Adventures of a Federal Prisoner in Texas
Steven Knowlton
Librarian, Department of History and of African American Studies, Princeton University
Feb. 15
The Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton and Thomas Mann and the Kahler Circle in Princeton
Stanley Corngold
Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Princeton University
Feb. 22
Object Lessons in American Art
Karl Kusserow
Wilmerding Curator of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum
Mar 1
Some Lessons from American Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Alan Blinder
Former Vice Chair, Federal Reserve; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Mar 8
Ancient Stories, Great Floods, and an Atlas to the Future
Dr. Ben Strauss
CEO and Chief Scientist, Climate Central
Mar 15
“I Want Something to Do”:
Alcott and Whitman in the Washington Hospitals
John Matteson
Distinguished Professor of English, John Jay College, C.U.N.Y.
Mar 22
I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton
Kathryn (“Kitsi”) Watterson
Journalist; Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Mar 29
Analogue in Black and White: A Photographer’s Journey
Andrea Baldeck
Freelance Photographer
Apr 4
Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall and Rise
Dame Linda Colley (OBE)
Shelby M.C. Davis Professor of History, Princeton University
Apr 12
Celebrity and Its Discontents
Landon Jones
Author, Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers (forthcoming)
Apr 19
Espionage and the Archives: Diaries of Count Ciano
Tilar Mazzeo
Faculty, University of Montreal; New York Times Bestselling Cultural Historian
Apr 26
Frankenstein: The Opera
Gregg Kallor
Composer; Pianist
May 3
A Paris for Our Time
Esther Da Costa Meyer
Professor of Art and Architecture, Emerita, Princeton University
May 10
The Legacy of Pete Carril
Mitch Henderson
Head Coach, Princeton Men’s Varsity Basketball
May 17
Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Leah Boustan
Professor of Economics, Princeton University
What’s “New” in The New Princeton Companion
Robert K. Durkee
Vice President and Secretary Emeritus, Princeton University
Sept 14
Making the Supreme Court: The Politics of Appointments 1930-2020
Charles Cameron
Professor of Politics and Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Sept 21
An American Urbanist in the Suburban Nation
Richard Rein
Founder of US 1 Magazine, Author
Sept 28
Arab Spring Ten Years Later
Amaney Jamal
Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Oct 5
Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs
of Upward Mobility
Jennifer Morton
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Oct 12
Wilson, Roosevelt and Addams :
Their Battle over the Decision that Changed the Twentieth Century
Neil Lanctot
American Historian, Author
Oct 19
Preservation Architecture Practice Today: Where Teamwork, Technology and Architecture Connect
Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner AIA, RIBA
Principal, Historic Buildings Architects LLCr
Oct 26
Second Revolutions: Thomas Jefferson and the Making
of the Haitian Revolution
James Alexander Dun
Associate Dean, Princeton University
Nov 2
Innovation and Challenge: A Brief Look at Public Art
and Contemporary Sculpture
Thomas Moran
Former Chief Curator at Grounds for Sculpture
Nov 9
The Midterm Election and the Future of American Democracy
Nolan McCarty
Professor of Politics and of Public Affairs, Princeton University
Nov 16
Slowing the Ticking Clock: Quantitating “Quality of Life” with Age
Coleen Murphy
Professor of Molecular Biology, Director, Laboratories for Aging Research, Princeton University
Nov 23
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 30
Historical Perspectives on the Ukraine War
Harold James
Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
Dec 7
Why Collaboration Between the Sciences and Humanities Is Difficult – and So Desperately Needed
David Nirenberg
Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Jan 11
The Race to Address Flooding in Princeton: Partnering with the Municipality, the University, and the Watershed Institute
James Waltman and Sophie Glovier
Executive Director and Chief of Operations, The Watershed Instituter
Jan 18
Evolution and Darwin’s Finches of the Galapagos Islands
Rosemary and Peter Grant
Evolutionary Biologists
Jan. 25
A Look at NJ's State of the State and Upcoming Budget Messages ... in Context
Ingrid Reed
Retired Director of The New Jersey Project at Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics
Feb. 1
Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
Gene Jarrett
Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English, Princeton University
Feb. 8
Thirteen Months in Dixie, or,
The Adventures of a Federal Prisoner in Texas
Steven Knowlton
Librarian, Department of History and of African American Studies, Princeton University
Feb. 15
The Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton and Thomas Mann and the Kahler Circle in Princeton
Stanley Corngold
Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Princeton University
Feb. 22
Object Lessons in American Art
Karl Kusserow
Wilmerding Curator of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum
Mar 1
Some Lessons from American Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Alan Blinder
Former Vice Chair, Federal Reserve; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Mar 8
Ancient Stories, Great Floods, and an Atlas to the Future
Dr. Ben Strauss
CEO and Chief Scientist, Climate Central
Mar 15
“I Want Something to Do”:
Alcott and Whitman in the Washington Hospitals
John Matteson
Distinguished Professor of English, John Jay College, C.U.N.Y.
Mar 22
I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton
Kathryn (“Kitsi”) Watterson
Journalist; Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Mar 29
Analogue in Black and White: A Photographer’s Journey
Andrea Baldeck
Freelance Photographer
Apr 4
Edward Gibbon: Decline and Fall and Rise
Dame Linda Colley (OBE)
Shelby M.C. Davis Professor of History, Princeton University
Apr 12
Celebrity and Its Discontents
Landon Jones
Author, Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers (forthcoming)
Apr 19
Espionage and the Archives: Diaries of Count Ciano
Tilar Mazzeo
Faculty, University of Montreal; New York Times Bestselling Cultural Historian
Apr 26
Frankenstein: The Opera
Gregg Kallor
Composer; Pianist
May 3
A Paris for Our Time
Esther Da Costa Meyer
Professor of Art and Architecture, Emerita, Princeton University
May 10
The Legacy of Pete Carril
Mitch Henderson
Head Coach, Princeton Men’s Varsity Basketball
May 17
Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Leah Boustan
Professor of Economics, Princeton University