2026 - 2027 Meetings
The Old Guard's 85th Year
The Old Guard's 85th Year
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Sept. 9
John Doe Chinaman:
A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law
Beth Lew-Williams
Professor of History and the Director of the Program in Asian American Studies at Princeton
Sept. 16
Bunker, Ballroom, Barricades:
What Should Democracies Build?
Jan Werner Mueller
Professor of Politics at Princeton, author of numerous papers and books on Populism and Contesting Democracy
Sept. 23
Curating, Collaborating, Commemorating:
Culture Change in the Visual Arts
Judith Brodsky
American artist, curator, author, and Professor Emerita in the Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers
Sept. 30
Elite Families
Shamus Khan
Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton; writing on culture, inequality, gender, and elites
Oct 7
Michelangelo’s Uncanny Valley
Maria Loh
Faculty Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies
Oct 14
Interspecies Communication:
Sonic Adventures with Humans, Whales and Birds
Gavin Steingo
Professor in the Department of Music at Princeton University, affiliated with the programs in Media and Modernity, African Studies, and Jazz Studies
October 21
From Glasgow to Los Angeles to Princeton to Stockholm:
Why Education is a Passport to the World
David MacMillan
Nobel Laureate (2021), McDonnell Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, founder of Princeton Catalysis Initiative
Oct 28
Catching Spies; Living With the Consequences
Christo Grozen
Former Chief Investigator for Bellingcat, a resourceful investigative journalism organization and one of the principal subjects of the documentary film “Navalny”
Nov 4
A Time of Energy Transition at Princeton University
Ted Borer
Energy Plant Director for Princeton University and actively involved in campus energy and carbon emissions reduction efforts and strategic planning
Nov 11
The Birth of the New Jersey School District and
a Peek into Princeton in 2026
Mike LaSusa
Superintendent of Princeton Public Schools
Nov 18
A Science and Engineering Career in
Drilling in the Upstream Oil Industry
Julianne Elward-Berry
Drilling Engineer, colloid chemist with the ExxonMobil Development Company
Nov 25
No Meeting, Thanksgiving Week
Dec 2
Why We Ask ‘Why:
The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand'
Tania Lombrozo
Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, Director of the Program in Cognitive Science and co-director of the Natural Artificial Minds (NAM) research initiative within the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence
Dec 9
The War on Peace
Pamela Aall
Former Senior Advisor for Conflict Prevention and Management at the U.S. Institute of Peace; a Senior Associate at Facilitating Peace; and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation
John Doe Chinaman:
A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law
Beth Lew-Williams
Professor of History and the Director of the Program in Asian American Studies at Princeton
Sept. 16
Bunker, Ballroom, Barricades:
What Should Democracies Build?
Jan Werner Mueller
Professor of Politics at Princeton, author of numerous papers and books on Populism and Contesting Democracy
Sept. 23
Curating, Collaborating, Commemorating:
Culture Change in the Visual Arts
Judith Brodsky
American artist, curator, author, and Professor Emerita in the Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers
Sept. 30
Elite Families
Shamus Khan
Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton; writing on culture, inequality, gender, and elites
Oct 7
Michelangelo’s Uncanny Valley
Maria Loh
Faculty Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies
Oct 14
Interspecies Communication:
Sonic Adventures with Humans, Whales and Birds
Gavin Steingo
Professor in the Department of Music at Princeton University, affiliated with the programs in Media and Modernity, African Studies, and Jazz Studies
October 21
From Glasgow to Los Angeles to Princeton to Stockholm:
Why Education is a Passport to the World
David MacMillan
Nobel Laureate (2021), McDonnell Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, founder of Princeton Catalysis Initiative
Oct 28
Catching Spies; Living With the Consequences
Christo Grozen
Former Chief Investigator for Bellingcat, a resourceful investigative journalism organization and one of the principal subjects of the documentary film “Navalny”
Nov 4
A Time of Energy Transition at Princeton University
Ted Borer
Energy Plant Director for Princeton University and actively involved in campus energy and carbon emissions reduction efforts and strategic planning
Nov 11
The Birth of the New Jersey School District and
a Peek into Princeton in 2026
Mike LaSusa
Superintendent of Princeton Public Schools
Nov 18
A Science and Engineering Career in
Drilling in the Upstream Oil Industry
Julianne Elward-Berry
Drilling Engineer, colloid chemist with the ExxonMobil Development Company
Nov 25
No Meeting, Thanksgiving Week
Dec 2
Why We Ask ‘Why:
The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand'
Tania Lombrozo
Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, Director of the Program in Cognitive Science and co-director of the Natural Artificial Minds (NAM) research initiative within the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence
Dec 9
The War on Peace
Pamela Aall
Former Senior Advisor for Conflict Prevention and Management at the U.S. Institute of Peace; a Senior Associate at Facilitating Peace; and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation