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: TBA	Title 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	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: Micky Weyeneth Minutes: ​	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 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn Minutes: ​	Navigating Women's Intercollegiate Sports in the Current Environment, at Princeton and Beyond Carla Berube Princeton University Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Apr 22 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Blair Ayers Minutes: ​	ampaign 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: Micky Weyeneth Minutes: ​	Title Dr. Carolyn Gould  An infectious diseases physician and Medical Epidemiologist in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion  at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 6 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM  Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin  Minutes: ​	Title 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: ​	Title Jacob Shapiro John Foster Dules Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University.
May 20 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Ferris Olin Minutes: ​	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