Juniors and seniors who are committed to the study of humanistic inquiry meet formally once a month during term to discuss and debate matters of common interest in the company of a few members of the faculty and distinguished guests. Additional events are scheduled throughout the year.
2024-25 Director: Kinohi Nishikawa, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
Associate Director: Moad Musbahi, Anthropology
Guests have included:
- Dr. Nasser Abourahme (School of Architecture)
- Professor Bridget Alsdorf (Art & Archaeology)
- Professor Yelena Baraz (Classics)
- Professor Bill Bialek (Physics)
- Professor Ann Blair (History, Harvard University)
- Dr. Noah Buchholz (Linguistics)
- Professor Michael Cook (Near Eastern Studies)
- Professor Matthew Desmond (Sociology)
- Professor Maria DiBattista (English and Comparative Literature)
- Professor Rubén Gallo (Spanish & Portuguese Languages and Cultures)
- Professor Bill Gleason (English)
- Dr. Dannelle Gutarra Cordero (African American Studies)
- Professor Wendy Heller (Music)
- Professor Thomas Laqueur (History, University of California at Berkeley)
- Professor Simone Marchesi (French & Italian)
- Dr. Zia Mian (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs)
- Professor Eziaku Nwokocha (Religion)
- Professor Joyce Carol Oates (Creative Writing)
- Dr. Natalie Prizel (English, Society of Fellows)
- Professor Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs)
- President Shirley Tilghman
- Professor Autumn Womack (African American Studies)
- Professor Michael Wood (English)
- Professor Monica Youn (Lewis Center for the Arts)
- Professor Daniel Heller-Roazen (Comparative Literature)
- Professor Jeff Nunokawa (English)
- Professor Anthony Grafton (History)
- Professor William Chester Jordan (History)
