Humanities News at Princeton

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Past Book Talk Events

December 3, 2023 · 11:00 am12:30 pm · Princeton Public Library

LLL Presents Mihret Sibhat & Wendy Belcher – “The History of a Difficult Child: a Novel”

Mihret Sibhat, author; Wendy Belcher, Comparative Literature and African American Studies

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library

November 29, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

“Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political”

Melissa Lane, Politics and University Center for Human Values; Benjamin Morison, Philosophy

Labyrinth Books

November 28, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

“Prickly Moses: Poems” & “Aurora Americana: Poems”

Susan Stewart, English, emeritus; Simon West, poet; Myronn Hardy, poet

Labyrinth Books; Princeton University Press; Humanities Council

November 16, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

“Marcel Proust”

Michael Wood, English and Comparative Literature, emeritus; Christy Wampole, French and Italian

Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council; Department of French and Italian; Department of Comparative Literature

November 15, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

“The State”

Philip Pettit, University Center for Human Values; Fintan O'Toole, Lewis Center for the Arts

Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council; University Center for Human Values; Lewis Center for the Arts

November 9, 2023 · 7:00 pm8:30 pm · Princeton Public Library

LLL Presents Melvin Rogers & Eddie Glaude – “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought”

Melvin Rogers, Brown University; Eddie Glaude, Religion and African American Studies

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library

November 8, 2023 · 6:00 pm · Labyrinth Books

LLL Presents Angus Deaton & Matthew Desmond: “Economics in America”

Angus Deaton, SPIA; Matthew Desmond, Sociology

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library

November 2, 2023 · 7:00 pm · McCarter Theater

An Evening with Jhumpa Lahiri & Zahid Chaudhary

Jhumpa Lahiri, Barnard College; Zahid Chaudhary, English

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; McCarter Theatre; Humanities Council

November 1, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

Ukrainian Poetry in Translation with Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, Maya Chabra, Andrew Janco & Olga Livshin

Labyrinth Books; Lewis Center for the Arts; Humanities Council; Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

October 24, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

“Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis”

Sara Marcus, Notre Dame; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, African American Studies

Labryinth Books; Humanities Council

October 12, 2023 · 4:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

LLL Presents – “Necessary Trouble: Growing up at Mid-Century”

Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard; Shirley Tilghman, Former President of the University, emeritus;

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; Humanities Council

October 10, 2023 · 7:00 pm8:30 pm · Princeton Public Library

LLL Presents Boo Trundle & Christie Henry – “The Daughter Ship: A Novel”

Boo Trundle, writer and performer; Christie Henry, Princeton University Press

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; Princeton University Press; Humanities Council

October 5, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

LLL Presents – “48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister & Zero-Sum: Stories”

Joyce Carol Oates, Lewis Center for the Arts, emerita; A.M. Homes, Lewis Center for the Arts

October 4, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

LLL Presents – “Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History”

Peter Brown, History, emeritus; Jack Tannous, History and Hellenic Studies


September 27, 2023 · 6:00 pm · Labyrinth Books

Civic Storytelling: The Rise of Short Forms and the Agency of Literature with Florian Fuchs & Daniel Heller Roazen

Florian Fuchs, Freie Universität Berlin; Daniel Heller-Roazen, Comparative Literature and Humanities Council

Labyrinth Books; Humanities Council; German Department; Department of Comparative Literature

September 21, 2023 · 7:00 pm · Princeton Public Library

LLL Presents – Wednesday’s Child: Short Stories

Yiyun Li, author, Lewis Center for the Arts; Lynn Steger Strong, author

Labyrinth Books; Princeton Public Library; Humanities Council; Lewis Center for the Arts

May 2, 2023 · 6:00 pm7:30 pm · Labyrinth Books

The Arc of Interference: Medical Anthropology for Worlds on Edge

João Biehl, Department of Anthropology; Adriana Petryna, University of Pennsylvania; Laurence Ralph, Department of Anthropology

Labyrinth Books; Department of Anthropology; PIIRS' Brazil Lab; Humanities Council

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