Tania Lombrozo in conversation with Elizabeth Margulis: "Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand"(Post)
Wed 10/7 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Tania Lombrozo discusses her new book with Elizabeth Margulis. Why We Ask Why is an insightful look at the science of explanation, using psyc ...
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 Ex ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Rev ...
“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& ...
Anand Pandian in conversation with Elizabeth Anne Davis: "Something Between Us"(Post)
Tuesday 9/9 @ 6:00 PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Anand Pandian, anthropologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, discusses his new book Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of Am ...
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 ...
"Sex, Science, and Storytelling": Nathan Lents, Perrin Roosevelt Ireland, & Alexandra E. Kralick, moderated by Agustín Fuentes(Post)
Oct 12, 2026, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm100 Robertson Hall, Princeton University
Click here for more information: https://anthropology.princeton.edu/events/sex-science-and-storytelling
Speakers:Nathan ...
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 ...
Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”(Post)
Fri 4/10 @ 4:30PMJames Stewart Film Theatre, 185 Nassau Street
Biographer and editor Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, gives a lecture entitled “After Oscar: Wilde between t ...
"Zoom Squirrel" Storytime: A National Library Week Program(Post)
Wednesday April 9 @ 10:30AM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Jennifer Podolsky, executive director of the Princeton Public Library, reads "Zoom Squirrel" stories by Mo Willems at this National Libra ...
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: ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Coffee with the Director of the Princeton Public Library: A National Library Week program(Post)
Drop by Labyrinth Books for a chance to chat with Princeton Public Library director Jennifer Podolsky over a cup of coffee and cookies as PPL kicks off Library Outreach Day. A special children's s ...
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 ...
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 ...
