Program
Spring 2026
March 18 - May 20, 2026
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Mar 18 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Sarah Ringer |
On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience Michael Gordin Dean of the College at Princeton University and one of the world’s leading historians of science |
Mar 25 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15 AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: |
American Contradiction: A History of Revolution and Revenge from the 1950’s to Now Paul Starr Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Stuart Professor of communications and public affairs at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs |
Apr 1 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Carnegie Center Introducer: Anne Seltzer Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry |
The Man Who Would Be King; Mohammad bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia Karen Elliott House Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist with nearly five decades of experience covering Saudi Arabia |
Apr 8 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Nassau Club Introducer: Hank Farber Minutes: Albert Stark |
The Historical Incarceration Penalty in the United States Ellora Derenoncourt Asst. Professor of Economics at Princeton University and a member of the Industrial Relations Section of Princeton Economics |
Apr 15 Meeting Canceled |
Meeting Cancelled |
Apr 22 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Marlaine Lockheed |
Campaign Finance and Politics in a Polarized Age Brandice Wrone Professor of Political Science at the Hoover Institution at Stanford and Director of Center for Revitalizing American Institutions |
Apr 29 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: John Cotton Minutes: Kathryn Trenner |
Racial Disparities in Healthcare Anne Soos Retired Science Teacher, Stewart Country Day School Dr. Carolyn Gould Pediatrician, CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Pediatric and Adolescent Care, Burlington, NJ |
May 6 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Peter Epstein |
Liar’s Kingdom: political lies, here and abroad. With introductory reflections on Princetonian Robert S. Mueller, III Andrew Weissmann Professor at NYU Law School, former Lead Prosecutor in Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office, former chief of the Criminal Fraud Section of the U.S Department of Justice. |
May 13 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ralph Widner |
The New Interventionism Jacob Shapiro John Foster Dulles Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. |
May 20 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Ferris Olin Minutes: Jane Silverman |
Trump’s Attack on Higher Education Joan Wallach Scott Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study |