Edward Tenner: "Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences," A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Wednesday 6/4 @ 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library
Essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore the surprises of human ingenuity
How did the addition of lifeboats after the Tita ...
D. Vance Smith in conversation with Simon Gikandi: "Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe" – A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Thurs 2/5 @ 6:00PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
Registration requested here
D. Vance Smith, joined in conversation with Simon Gikandi, presents his new book Atlas&rs ...
“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& ...
Agustín Fuentes in conversation with Catherine Clune-Taylor(Post)
Thursday 5/8 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men ...
Roy Scranton in conversation with Andrew Cole: "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress"(Post)
Thurs 9/18 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Roy Scranton discusses his new book Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress with Andrew Cole
Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms ...
"Articulate” Book Talk with Rachel Kolb(Post)
Fri 11/7 @ 4:30PM219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University
Join us for a book talk and signing by deaf writer and educator Rachel Kolb, who grew up between signing and speaking worlds as part of th ...
Michael Steven Wilson in conversation with José Antonio Lucero: "What Side Are You On? A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders"(Post)
Tuesday 4/22 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Renowned human rights activist Michael "Mike" Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism, border policing, an ...
Kory Stamper "True Color"–A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Weds 4/8 @ 6:30PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
The author is joined by Princeton Public Library’s humanities specialist Cliff Robinson to discuss her new book True Color: ...
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 Egy ...
Emily Nemens in conversation with Jack Livings: "Clutch: A Novel" - A Labyrinth & Library Collaboration(Post)
Tues 3/3 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Emily Nemens’s new novel Clutch follows a group of five friends as they navigate the biggest challenges of their lives, asking how much ...
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 off ...
Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Razia Iqbal(Post)
Wednesday 4/2 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us in the store for a conversation between Ece Temelkuran and Razia Iqbal. Ece will join us via Zoom and Razia will join us in pers ...
Judith Weisenfeld in conversation with Nicole Myers Turner(Post)
4/29 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
In the decades after the end of slavery, African Americans were committed to southern state mental hospitals at higher rates as white psychiatrists lis ...
Daniel Mendelsohn in conversation with Yelena Baraz - A New Translation of The Odyssey(Post)
Thursday 4/17 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Join us as celebrated author, critic, classicist, and translator Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his new translation of The Od ...
Annette Gordon-Reed: "The Jefferson Paradox: Race, Slavery, and the Promise of America”(Post)
Sun 4/26 @ 3:00PM
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, joined by Eddie Glaude, discusses her book "Jefferson on Race," exami ...
Serena Zabin: "The Boston Massacre: A Family History"(Post)
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 Rev ...
Curtis Dozier: "The White Pedestal"- A Library & Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Mon 3/23 @ 6:00PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
The classicist and author presents his book The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece a ...
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 ...
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 bet ...
Cynthia A. Kierner: "The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America"(Post)
Thurs 6/4 @ 7:00PMRobertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium), Princeton University
This event is presented by The Department of History’s Revolution Up Close: A Public Lecture Series.
The Sp ...
