Steven Johnson Author, The Ghost Map
The Myth of the Echo Chamber: Politics in the Age of the Participatory Web (webcast)
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Lectures Home » 2009-2010 Lectures
Speakers in this series
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 (webcast)
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture (NOTE: Friend 101)
Ross Douthat, David Frum, Daniel Larison, Virginia Postrel
The Future of Conservatism (webcast)
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture Fund (NOTE: 4:30 p.m.)
V. S. Ramachandran Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology, the Salk Institute
What Neurology Can Tell Us about Human Nature (webcast)
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novelist, Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus
The Danger of the Single Story
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 |
Spencer Trask Lecture (NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE IN FALL 2010 TO BE ANNOUNCED.).)
Alfred Brendel Pianist
Character in Music (NOTE: 8:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Free ticket required--TICKETS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE A WAIT LINE AT THE EVENT FOR ANY AVAILABLE SEATING.
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 |
Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Fund, Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of Music, Princeton University Concerts, and the Department of German
Romano Prodi Former president of the European Commision, former prime minister of Italy, currently professor-at-large, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World (webcast)
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Marcelo Magnasco Professor and Head, Mathematical Physics Laboratory, Rockefeller University
Is an Eclipse Described in Homer’s Odyssey? (webcast)
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 |
Cosponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology and the Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)
Javier Marias Spanish novelist, Tu rostro mañana (Your Face Tomorrow)
A Reading from Marias's Works Followed by a Conversation with Professors Angel G. Loureiro and Michael Wood
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 |
Cosponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Spencer Trask Fund. (NOTE: McCormick 101 at 4:30 p.m.)
Martin Chalfie Professor and chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Green Fluorescent Protein: Lighting Up Life (webcast)
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Simon Winchester author, The Map That Changed the World and The Professor and The Madman
The Man Who Loved China (webcast)
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 |
Spencer Trask Lecture (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)
Andrew Sullivan Columnist and blogger, The Atlantic Online; senior editor, The New Republic; author, The Conservative Soul
The Politics of Homosexuality (webcast)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 |
Stafford Little Lecture. Cosponsored by the Princeton University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Center.
Persi Diaconis Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University
The Search for Randomness
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)
John Waters Film director
This Filthy World
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 |
Cosponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts/Performance Central and the Spencer Trask Lecture Fund
Anna Deavere Smith Actress and playwright
The Song Inside of What They Said to Me: On Performing America
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 |
J. Edward Farnum Lecture (NOTE NEW DATE. 7:30 p.m. in McCosh 50)
Eric Lander Founding director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; principal leader, Human Genome Project
Secrets of the Human Genome (webcast)
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Matthew Taibbi and Gillian Tett Contributing editor, Rolling Stone, and U.S. managing editor, Financial Times, respectively
The Current State of the Economy (webcast)
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 |
Stafford Little Lecture Fund (NOTE: 8 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10)