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;
Associate Chair of Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Sept 27
The Evolving Landscape of Grounds for Sculpture
Janis Napoli
Chief Horticulturist, Grounds for Sculpture
Oct 4
Princeton Athletics in the 21st Century
John Mack
Director of Athletics, Princeton University
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
Aaron Friedberg
Professor of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs,
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;
Associate Chair of Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Sept 27
The Evolving Landscape of Grounds for Sculpture
Janis Napoli
Chief Horticulturist, Grounds for Sculpture
Oct 4
Princeton Athletics in the 21st Century
John Mack
Director of Athletics, Princeton University
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
Aaron Friedberg
Professor of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University