Mary Fontana: "Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border"(Post)
Wed 12/2 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
Mary Fontana presents her new book. Strangers in the Province of Joy is the story of America writ small—a nation founded by immigrants and its sh
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
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
>>RSVP to attend in person or online
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is often reduced to a simple story of Rosa Parks’ d
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
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
The Fund for Irish Studies presents Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride: "For and Against a United Ireland"(Post)
Fri 3/20 @ 4:30PMJames Stewart Film Theatre, 185 Nassau Street
Co-authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride debate the points in their recent book, For and Against a United Ireland, as the annual Robe
The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series Presents: Marilyn Hacker & Ayana Mathis(Post)
Tuesday 3/18 at 6:00PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Bestselling authors Marilyn Hacker and Ayana Mathis read from their recent work as a part of the 2024-25 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading S
The Fund for Irish Studies presents a reading by Anne Enright(Post)
Fri 9/12 @ 4:30PM
James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Free tickets required - tickets available here
Award-winning writer Anne Enright kicks off the 2025-26 Fund for Irish Studies Serie
Aleksandar Hemon: "Godspotting"(Post)
Tues 12/1 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
A MacArthur recipient’s first collection of poetry embraces mortality and survival in the face of global conflict and domestic threat.
Godspotting
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
The Fund for Irish Studies presents a reading by Sinéad Gleeson(Post)
Fri 10/3 @ 4:30PM
James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Free tickets required - tickets available here
Bestselling writer and editor Sinéad Gleeson reads from her work as part of the 2025-2
The Fund for Irish Studies presents Irish Biochemist and Immunologist Luke O’Neill(Post)
Fri 9/18 @ 4:30PM @ 7:00PMJames Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street
Renowned Irish biochemist and immunologist at Trinity College Dublin, Luke O’Neill will offer a talk about his work to kick o
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
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 the li(n
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
DATE CHANGE: Paul North in conversation with Wendy Brown: Marx’s Capital: Critique of Political Economy(Post)
Thurs 4/1 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE CHANGE TO APRIL 1, 2027.
Paul North is joined in conversation with Wendy Brown. Princeton University Press’s new edition of
Cass Sunstein: "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom" -- A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
Wed 10/1 @ 6:00PMOnline webinar
Please note this event is now Zoom only. Click here for more information and to register: https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/14322548
Join the Princeton Publi
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
The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series presents Didi Jackson and Major Jackson(Post)
Tues 2/17 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street
The Lewis Center’s Program in Creative Writing presents the annual Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, which provides an opportunity for studen
Peniel Joseph In Conversation with Laurence Ralph: "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America's Civil Rights Revolution" – A Library and Labyrinth Collaboration(Post)
9/11 @ 6:00 PM
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
In Freedom Season, acclaimed historian Peniel Joseph offers a stirring narrative history of 1963, marking it as the defining year of the Black
