Program
Fall 2023
September 6 - December 6, 2023
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Fall 2023
September 6 - December 6, 2023
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
9:30 a.m. - Sept 6 Hospitality Time 701 Carnegie Center Introducer: Michael Mathews Minutes: Owen Leach |
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis Adam Hochschild University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |
Ethics: How Hard Can It Be? Sarah McGrath Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University |
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10:15 a.m. - Sept 20 Community Room, Princeton Public Library Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Lincoln Hollister |
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 |
The Evolving Landscape of Grounds for Sculpture Janis Napoli Director of Horticulture, Grounds for Sculpture |
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9:30 a.m. – Oct 4 Hospitality Time Convocation Room, Friend Center Introducer: Lanny Jones Minutes: Larry Hans |
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 |
Visual Perception: The Art of the Brain Sabine Kastner Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University |
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Perspectives on Governing Princeton Mark Freda Mayor, Princeton |
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10:15 a.m. – Oct 25 Community Room, Princeton Public Library Introducer: Micky Weyeneth Minutes: Keith Wheelock |
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 |
9:30 a.m. – Nov 1 Hospitality Time 701 Carnegie Center Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn Minutes: Dulcie Bull |
The End of the Post-Network Era? American Television Today William Gleason Hughes-Rogers Professor of English and American Studies, Princeton University |
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 |
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10:15 a.m. – Nov 15 Community Room, Princeton Public Library Introducer: Lanny Jones Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry |
Road To Surrender Evan and Oscie Thomas Author, Journalist; Former Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University |
Nov 22 |
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break |
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 |
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9:30 a.m. - Dec 6 Hospitality Time 701 Carnegie Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ruth Miller |
Getting China Wrong Aaron Friedberg Professor of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University |