2023 - 2024 Meetings
The Old Guard's 82nd Year
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Sept 6
American Midnight:
The Great War a Violent Peace and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild
University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Sept 13
Ethics: How Hard Can It Be?
Sarah McGrath
Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Sept 20
From Princeton to the Edge of the Universe in Six Short Steps
Michael Strauss
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences;
Chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Sept 27
The Evolving Landscape of Grounds for Sculpture
Janis Napoli
Chief Horticulturist, Grounds for Sculpture
Oct 4
No Ordinary Assignment
Jane Ferguson
Award-winning Foreign Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Council, Ferris Professor of Journalism
Oct 11
Visual Perception: The Art of the Brain
Sabine Kastner
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
Oct 18
Perspectives on Governing Princeton
Mark Freda
Mayor, Princeton
Oct 25
Economics in America: An Immigrant’s Perspective
Sir Angus Deaton
Nobel Laureate; Senior Scholar, Princeton University; Eisenhower Professor of Economics and Public and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University
Nov 1
The End of the Post-Network Era? American Television Today
William Gleason
Hughes-Rogers Professor of English and American Studies, Princeton University
Nov 8
The Nation that Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story
Kermit Roosevelt, III
Professor of Law, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania
Nov 15
Road To Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
Evan and Oscie Thomas
Author, Journalist; Former Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
Nov 22
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 29
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Natasha Lance Rogoff
TV Producer, Award-winning Filmmaker, and Bestselling Author
Dec 6
Getting China Wrong
Aaron Friedberg
Professor of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Jan 10
A Gentle Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs)
Ira Fuchs
President of BITNET, former computer science professor at Princeton University
Jan 17
Dismantling the Nuclear Doomsday Machine
Zia Mian
Speaker’s credentials
Jan 24
Princeton Athletics in the 21st Century
John Mack
Ford Family Director of Athletics, Princeton University
Jan 31
Looking Back & Looking Forward -- The McCarter’s First 100 Years
Sarah Rasmussen & Martin Miller
Artistic Director & Executive Director, McCarter Theater
Feb 7
How We Can Make Tree Equity in Our Communities a Local and Global Solution
Jad Daley
President and CEO of American Forests
Feb 14
MEETING CANCELLED
Feb 21
The Art of Editing
Henry Finder
Editorial Director, The New Yorker
Feb 28
From Center Stage to Central New Jersey
Ethan Stiefel
Artistic Director, American Repertory Ballet
Mar 6
Labor Unions and Inequality in the United States
Henry S. Farber
Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Mar 13
Out of the Shadows: Survival in Nazi Occupied France
Michel Jeruchim and Joy Stocke
A conversation with the author and his editor
Mar 20
Aging Unbound: New Frontiers in Ageism and Aging Well
Drew Dyson
CEO, Center for Modern Aging Princeton
Mar 27
Theaster Gates: Socially Engaged Art
Madelaine Shellaby
artist, educator, curator
Apr 3
MEETING CANCELLED
Apr 10
Neuroimaging and the Impact of Concussion on Brain Health
Annegret Dettwiler-Danspeckgruber
Research Scientist, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Apr 17
Changing the Game: William Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education
Nancy Malkiel
Emerita Professor of History and Dean of the College, Princeton University
Apr 24
The Space Between Memory and Expectation
Renate Aller
Internationally Celebrated Photographer, Author
May 1
A Feast for the Eyes: Images of Banqueting in the Arts of China
Zoe Kwok
Associate Curator of Asian Art, Princeton University Art Museum
May 8
Losing the Law: Presidential Elections and the Role of the Legal Profession
Deborah Pearlstein
Director, Princeton University Program in Law and Public Policy
May 15
George Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
Frank Costigliola
Professor of History, University of Connecticut, author
May 22
Off the Rails? 2024 in Historical Perspective
Sean Wilentz
Professor of History, Princeton University
American Midnight:
The Great War a Violent Peace and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild
University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Sept 13
Ethics: How Hard Can It Be?
Sarah McGrath
Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Sept 20
From Princeton to the Edge of the Universe in Six Short Steps
Michael Strauss
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences;
Chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Sept 27
The Evolving Landscape of Grounds for Sculpture
Janis Napoli
Chief Horticulturist, Grounds for Sculpture
Oct 4
No Ordinary Assignment
Jane Ferguson
Award-winning Foreign Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Council, Ferris Professor of Journalism
Oct 11
Visual Perception: The Art of the Brain
Sabine Kastner
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
Oct 18
Perspectives on Governing Princeton
Mark Freda
Mayor, Princeton
Oct 25
Economics in America: An Immigrant’s Perspective
Sir Angus Deaton
Nobel Laureate; Senior Scholar, Princeton University; Eisenhower Professor of Economics and Public and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University
Nov 1
The End of the Post-Network Era? American Television Today
William Gleason
Hughes-Rogers Professor of English and American Studies, Princeton University
Nov 8
The Nation that Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story
Kermit Roosevelt, III
Professor of Law, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania
Nov 15
Road To Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
Evan and Oscie Thomas
Author, Journalist; Former Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
Nov 22
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 29
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Natasha Lance Rogoff
TV Producer, Award-winning Filmmaker, and Bestselling Author
Dec 6
Getting China Wrong
Aaron Friedberg
Professor of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Jan 10
A Gentle Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs)
Ira Fuchs
President of BITNET, former computer science professor at Princeton University
Jan 17
Dismantling the Nuclear Doomsday Machine
Zia Mian
Speaker’s credentials
Jan 24
Princeton Athletics in the 21st Century
John Mack
Ford Family Director of Athletics, Princeton University
Jan 31
Looking Back & Looking Forward -- The McCarter’s First 100 Years
Sarah Rasmussen & Martin Miller
Artistic Director & Executive Director, McCarter Theater
Feb 7
How We Can Make Tree Equity in Our Communities a Local and Global Solution
Jad Daley
President and CEO of American Forests
Feb 14
MEETING CANCELLED
Feb 21
The Art of Editing
Henry Finder
Editorial Director, The New Yorker
Feb 28
From Center Stage to Central New Jersey
Ethan Stiefel
Artistic Director, American Repertory Ballet
Mar 6
Labor Unions and Inequality in the United States
Henry S. Farber
Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Mar 13
Out of the Shadows: Survival in Nazi Occupied France
Michel Jeruchim and Joy Stocke
A conversation with the author and his editor
Mar 20
Aging Unbound: New Frontiers in Ageism and Aging Well
Drew Dyson
CEO, Center for Modern Aging Princeton
Mar 27
Theaster Gates: Socially Engaged Art
Madelaine Shellaby
artist, educator, curator
Apr 3
MEETING CANCELLED
Apr 10
Neuroimaging and the Impact of Concussion on Brain Health
Annegret Dettwiler-Danspeckgruber
Research Scientist, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Apr 17
Changing the Game: William Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education
Nancy Malkiel
Emerita Professor of History and Dean of the College, Princeton University
Apr 24
The Space Between Memory and Expectation
Renate Aller
Internationally Celebrated Photographer, Author
May 1
A Feast for the Eyes: Images of Banqueting in the Arts of China
Zoe Kwok
Associate Curator of Asian Art, Princeton University Art Museum
May 8
Losing the Law: Presidential Elections and the Role of the Legal Profession
Deborah Pearlstein
Director, Princeton University Program in Law and Public Policy
May 15
George Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
Frank Costigliola
Professor of History, University of Connecticut, author
May 22
Off the Rails? 2024 in Historical Perspective
Sean Wilentz
Professor of History, Princeton University