Program

Fall 2024
September 11 - December 11, 2024
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10:15 - Sept 11 Princeton Public Library Introducer: Anne Seltzer Minutes: Sarah Ringer	How to Restore Ancient Texts Using Human and Artificial Intelligence Barbara Graziosi ​Professor of Classics, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. - Sept 18 ​Hospitality Springdale Golf Club Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Kathryn Trenner	My Career as a Journalist ​Razia Iqbal Visiting Professor, Princeton University, Chief Anchor BBC News
10:15 a.m. - Sept 25 Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Shirley Satterfield Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry	History of Jugtown ​Clifford Zink Historian and Preservationist, ​specializing in architectural, industrial, and landscape history
9:30 a.m. - Oct 2 Hospitality Springdale Golf Club Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ron Schnur	Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia ​Gary Bass Boswell Professor of Politics and World Affairs at Princeton, author of Judgment at Tokyo
10:15 a.m. – Oct 9 Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn Minutes: David Vilkomerson	How We Age: The Science of Longevity: Can We Stay Young Longer? ​Coleen T. Murphy Princeton University Professor of Molecular Biology; Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research
10:15 a.m. – Oct 16 Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Scott McVay Minutes: Madelaine Shellaby	A Pivot Point for U.S. Democracy: 2024 and Beyond Sam Wang  Princeton University Professor of Neuroscience, Electoral Innovation Lab
10:15 a.m. – Oct 23 Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Miquelon Weyeneth Minutes: : Julia Elward-Berry	Economics of Higher Education Zach Bleemer Professor of Economics, ​Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Oct 30​ Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Ralph Widner Minutes: Larry Hans	U.S. Women in the Great War: Nurses,  Correspondents, Telephone Operators ​James Hockenberry American Journalist and Author
9:30 a.m. - Nov 6 Hospitality Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Paul Fitzgerald Minutes: Jock McFarlane	Election 2024: What Just Happened? And What Does it Mean? Nolan McCarty Susan Dodd Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
10:15a.m. – Nov 13​ ​Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Miquelon Weyeneth Minutes: : Sarah Ringer	Mightier Than the Sword: ​How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for More Than 400 Years Lorraine Atkin Author
10:15 a.m. – Nov 20 ​​Princeton Public Library Introducer: Ruth Miller Minutes: Steve Silverman	Immigration and American Exceptionalism Robert P. George McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University ​
November 27	No Meeting, Thanksgiving Week
10:15 a.m. – Dec 4​ ​Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Anne Seltzer Minutes: Marsha Levin-Rojer	Music and Healing in Science and Practice Elizabeth Margulis Professor and Director of the Music Cognition Lab, Princeton University, and Dasha Koltunyuk ​Outreach Manager, Princeton University Concerts
9:30 a.m. – Dec 11 Hospitality Springdale Golf Club Introducer: Nancy Beck Minutes: Joan Fleming	The Art of Discovery in Renaissance Europe: How Scholars and Artists Learned to Dig into their Pasts Anthony Grafton ​Henry Putnam Professor of History, ​Princeton University