Public Lectures Series
Lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures are in McCosh 50 and begin at 8:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Click here to see location.
Next Lecture

Steven Johnson Author, The Ghost Map

sbjohnsonTopic to be announced.
September 21, 2009. Stafford Little Lecture

Upcoming Lectures
Wed
07
Oct

Sean Carroll Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin; author, The Making of the Fittest

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Mon
12
Oct

Ross Douthat, David Frum, Daniel Larison, Virginia Postrel

The Future of Conservatism
Stafford Little Lecture Fund
Thu
15
Oct

V. S. Ramachandran Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program, University of California, San Diego

Topic to be announced.
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Tue
20
Oct

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novelist, Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus

Topic to be announced.
Spencer Trask Lecture
Mon
09
Nov

Alfred Brendel Pianist

Character in Music (NOTE: Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Time to be announced.)
Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Fund, Department of Music, Princeton University Concerts, and the Department of German
Thu
19
Nov

Romano Prodi Former prime minister of Italy, currently professor-at-large, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University

The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Tue
01
Dec

Javier Marias Spanish novelist, Tu rostro mañana (Your Face Tomorrow)

Topic to be announced.
Cosponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Spencer Trask Fund.
Thu
18
Feb

Andrew Sullivan Columnist and blogger, The Atlantic Online; senior editor, The New Republic; author, The Conservative Soul

Topic to be announced.
Stafford Little Lecture
Most Recent Lecture
Tue
28
Apr

Antonio Busalacchi Professor and Director, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland. Certified sommelier and member, Society of Wine Educators

The Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture (webcast)
Cosponsored by Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture Fund, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Princeton Environmental Institute (Note: 5:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10)