Program
Winter 2026
January 7 - March 11, 2026
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Winter 2026
January 7 - March 11, 2026
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Jan 7 Cancelled |
To be rescheduled in Fall 2026 Belief: Cooperation, Creativity and Conflict Agustín Fuentes Professor of Anthropology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Princeton University |
Jan 14 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Ferris Olin Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry |
Using AI to Find Insights in Historic Manuscripts Sonia Yaco Emerging Technologies Librarian for Rutgers University Libraries |
Jan 21 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Richard Ober Minutes: John Kelsey |
Beyond Gerrymandering: A Program to Protect Democracy in 2026 Samuel Wang Founding director of the Electoral Innovation Lab at Princeton University |
Jan 28 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Henry Von Kohorn |
The Rule of Law as It Informs Military Leadership and Operations Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis, MD, Executive Board at the Center for Ethics and Rule of Law, University Pennsylvania Law School in conversation with George Bustin |
Feb 4 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Kathryn Trenner |
Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequence Edward Tenner Distinguished Scholar in the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and Visiting Scholar in the History Department, Rutgers University |
Feb 11 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Ferris Olin Minutes: Connie Hassett |
Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority Anne Cheng Anne Cheng is a Professor of English at Princeton University. affiliated faculty in the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, on the Committee on Film Studies, and former director of the Program in American Studies |
Feb 18 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Micky Weyeneth Minutes: Sarah Ringer |
The Everywhere Millionaire: Who is Really Rich in America and How They Got There Owen Zidar Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University |
Feb 25 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ralph Widner |
The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind Tom Griffiths Director of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab and the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence |
Mar 4 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Maeder Hall, Andlinger Center Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ruth Miller |
A Different America in a Different World Anne-Marie Slaughter in Conversation with George Bustin International Lawyer, foreign policy analyst, political scientist and public commentator |
Mar 11 Social Time: 9:30 AM Program: 10:15AM Location: Jewish Center Introducer: Anne Seltzer Minutes: Kathryn Trenner |
Beyond the One-Week Mission: Ethical Evolution in Global Surgery for Congenital Facial Anomalies Dr. Joseph Vella Assistant professor at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, specializing in head and neck reconstruction following cancer resection and trauma, and pediatric cleft lip/palate and craniofacial reconstruction |