Thurs 5/7 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium), Princeton University A dramatic, untold “people’s history” of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution. This event
Brian Jones in conversation with Naomi Murakawa: "Black History Is for Everyone"(Post)Wed 1/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Longtime educator Brian Jones discusses his new book with Naomi Murakawa. Black History Is for Everyone explores how the study of Black history ch
Audrey Truschke: "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" - A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)Thursday 5/29 @ 7:00PM Princeton Public Library Audrey Truschke, professor of history and Asian Studies director at Rutgers University-Newark, presents her forthcoming book. Much of world history is
Simon Morrison in conversation with Renata Kapilevich: "A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow"(Post)Weds 4/29 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Simon Morrison discusses his new book with Renata Kapilevich. A Kingdom and a Village is an erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city def
Zara Anishanslin: "The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution"(Post)Thurs 4/23 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium) Zara Anishanslin presents on her book The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution, a
The Princeton Public Library presents “A Revolutionary Take on Cocktails & History” with author Brooke Barbier(Post)Fri 7/31 @ 5:00PMYankee Doodle Tap Room & Ballroom, 10 Palmer Square East A happy hour featuring craft cocktails and ciders from Ironbound Farm sets the stage for Brooke Barbier's presentation of Coc
Latinas/os in New Jersey: History, Communities, and Culture -- THURS 1/23 6PM @ LABYRINTH BOOKSTORE(Post)Ulla Berg & Aldo Lauria Santiago in conversation with Kathleen López & Melanie Plasencia Thursday 1/23 at 6:00pm Labyrinth Books Join us as authors Ulla Berg and Aldo Lauria Santiago discuss their
Aisha Beliso-De Jesús and Ulla Berg: "A Social History of Immigration Detention in NJ & the US"(Post)Tues 10/6 @ 4:30PMChancellor Green Rotunda, Princeton University Click here for more information. Join SPIA in NJ for a conversation with Ulla Berg, Associate Professor of
Beth Lew-Williams in conversation with Anne Cheng: "John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law"(Post)Tues 9/16 @ 6:00PM Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Beth Lew-Williams discusses her new book with Anne Cheng. John Doe Chinaman is a revelatory history of the laws that conditioned the everyday liv
Kyle Harper: "The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction"(Post)10/22 @ 6:00PM Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street Kyle Harper discusses his latest book The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Ext
Anny Gaul in conversation with Hanna Garth: "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato"(Post)Wed 3/18 @ 12:00PM219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato, indigenous to the Americas, had become Egypt's top horticultural crop and a staple of Egyp
Durba Mitra & Chandra Talpade Mohanty in conversation, facilitated by Lorgia García Peña: "The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism"(Post)Thurs 3/26 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Durba Mitra's new book explores how Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagi
Maria Pinto: "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival"(Post)Thurs 2/19 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Maria Pinto’s debut book is a beautiful examination of nature and human connection. Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a s
Morten Høi Jensen in conversation with Florian Fuchs: "The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of 'The Magic Mountain'" (Post)Thurs 10/23 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a discussion on the arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain while a defeated Germany descended into political ch
Dave Zirin in conversation with Brian Jones: "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn"(Post)Wed 10/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a conversation with Dave Zirin on his biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive
Dylan Gottlieb in conversation with Kevin Kruse: "Yuppies" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)Thurs 5/14 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Dylan Gottlieb is joined in conversation with Kevin Kruse to discuss Dylan’s new book. From Harvard University Press, Yuppies: The Bankers,
Bob Crawford in Conversation with Sean Wilentz: "America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick"(Post)Sat 3/14 @ 4:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Doors open at 3:30PM. Registration required.Click here to register. Join the New Jersey Council for the Humanities for a special conversation betw
Robert G. Parkinson: "Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence"(Post)Tues 6/30 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium), Princeton University A dramatic, untold “people’s history” of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution. This event
“On the Palestinian Diaspora and the Dream of Return”: A conversation between Professor Max Weiss and Hannah Lillith Assadi on her novel "Paradiso 17"(Post)Tues 3/31 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Join us for a conversation between Professor Max Weiss and Hannah Lillith Assadi on her novel Paradiso 17, an intimate, sweeping tale of one man’s
Joseph Fronczak in conversation with Shiri Pasternak: "The Five Ages of Antifascism"(Post)Weds 4/15 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street Joseph Fronczak, research scholar at Princeton University’s Department of History, is joined in conversation with Shiri Pasternak about his new boo