John Seabrook: "The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty" - A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Monday 6/16 @ 7:00PM
Princeton Public Library
John Seabrook, staff writer at The New Yorker for more than 3 decades, discusses his recently released book The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an Ame ...
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 ...
Elaine Pagels in conversation with Eliza Griswold(Post)
Tuesday 4/8 @ 6:00pm
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
From a renowned National Book Award–winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of h ...
A Conversation on Amy Kaplan's "Our American Israel"-- Featuring Joan Scott & Chris Hedges(Post)
Wednesday 4/9 @ 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
On the occasion of the paperback release of Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel, Chris Hedges and Joan Scott discuss Kaplan’s es ...
Princeton Public Lectures present Gabriel Zucman: “Wealth, Power, and Democracy”(Post)
Tues 4/15 @ 5:00PMMcCosh Hall Room 50, Princeton University
The rise of extreme wealth has been a defining feature of the U.S. and global economy over the past 15 years. Addressing this challenge re ...
Steven Weitzman in conversation with Leora Batnitzky: "Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World"(Post)
Tues 3/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street
People have been telling and retelling stories about disasters for as long as they have been telling stories. One of the oldest of such stor ...
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 politi ...
Twenty years of Harry Frankfurt’s "On Bullshit"(Post)
Thurs 10/30 @ 5:00PMPrinceton University Press, 41 William Street
With Jaime Fernández Fisac, Elizabeth Harman, and Gideon Rosen, moderated by Joe Schmid
The world has changed dramatical ...
Shatema Threadcraft in conversation with Wendy Brown: "The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy"(Post)
Thurs 11/20 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Black death and Black grief are among the most important forces in contemporary American politics. As Shatema Threadcraft argues in The Labors ...
On Journalism and Scholarship: Kevin Sack in conversation with Avram Alpert about Mother Emanuel: "Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church"(Post)
Tues 4/21 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Kevin Sack, Mother Emanuel is a sweeping history of one of the nation’s most important African ...
Tressie McMillan Cottom and Kate Manne In Conversation: Princeton University Public Lectures(Post)
Wed 2/18 @ 5:00PMMcCosh 50, Princeton University
Presented by Princeton University Public Lectures: Join us as Tressie McMillan Cottom and Kate Manne engage in a wide-ranging conversation on femin ...
2025 Prathia Hall Lecture: The Radical Roots of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its Lessons for Today with Danielle McGuire(Post)
Monday 4/21@ 5:00PM
Theron Room, Wright Library, Princeton Theological Seminary
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott is often reduced to a simple story of Rosa P ...
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 histo ...
Summer Reading Soirée featuring Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie: Presented by Princeton Public Library(Post)
Wed 7/8 @ 6:30PMMorven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street
The authors discuss and sign copies of A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams at this annual gathering featuring refreshments, ...
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 B ...
A Labyrinth and Library Collaboration: "Writers on Writing: Beginnings" featuring Amy Jo Burns, Anna-Marie McLemore, Dexter Palmer, & Anica Mrose Rissi(Post)
Thurs 4/28 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Join acclaimed authors Amy Jo Burns (Wait for Me), Anna-Marie McLemore (We Could Be Anyone), Dexter Palmer (Version Control), and Anica Mro ...
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 de ...
CANCELLED--Shatema Threadcraft in Conversation with Reena Goldthree: "The Labors of Resurrection"(Post)
Mon 2/23 @ 6:00PMThe Princeton Public Library
Please note this event has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
The author, joined in conversation by Reena Goldthree, presents her new book The La ...
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 imag ...
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 ...
