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We seek to foster creative scholarship, transformative teaching, and intellectual collaboration by bringing humanities departments and programs into dialogue with arts and sciences.

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The Council Chair and Executive Director lead an administrative team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and activities.

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        December 8, 2021 · 6:00 pm—7:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #3        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 11, 2021 · 6:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits: A Series on Personal Writing, #2        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 13, 2021 · 5:30 pm—6:30 pm         · Virtual    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Personal Limits #1: Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre        
    
    
    
    
            
    
                        Sarah Chihaya, English; Merve Emre, University of Oxford; Monica Huerta, English, American Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 30, 2021 · 5:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 23, 2021 · 6:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        December 8, 2020 · 6:00 pm         · Livestream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Why Vegan? How to Eat Ethically        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        September 21, 2020 · 7:00 pm         · via Zoom – Registration Required    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Adventures in English Syntax        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        May 20, 2020 · 6:00 pm         · Live-stream    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 11, 2020 · 7:00 pm         · Princeton Public Library    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Einstein In Bohemia        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 13, 2019 · 4:30 pm—5:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Formations of Belief: Historical Approaches to Religion and the Secular        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        November 6, 2019 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Betts Auditorium    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Race for Profit        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 2, 2019 · 6:00 pm—7:30 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: The Italian Book of Short Stories        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 1, 2019 · 11:00 am—12:00 pm         ·     
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Publishers’ Panel on Open Access Book Publishing        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 29, 2019 · 6:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Why Religion? A Personal Story        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 27, 2019 · 6:00 pm         · Labyrinth Books    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Book Talk: Walter Kaufman: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic        
    
    
    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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