Stafford Little Lectures

The Stafford Little Lecture Series was founded in 1899 with a gift of $10,000 from Stafford Little of the Class of 1844 for the purpose of supporting public lectures at the University to be given by former President Grover Cleveland. Following President Cleveland’s death in 1908, funding has been used to bring other eminent public intellectuals to the Princeton campus.

Notable Lecturers

Albert Einstein, Thurgood Marshall

2017-2018Jill Lepore | American History From Beginning to End

2019-2020 | Anita Hill | Race, Gender and the Law: Anita Hill in Conversation with Imani Perry

Upcoming Lectures

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Past Lectures

"Why Women Won:" Claudia Goldin Discusses Her Nobel Winning Work in Economics
Apr 29, 2025, 5:00 pm

How did we move from a world in which discrimination against women was not recognized as an issue, in which women were routinely and legally fired when they were married or when they became pregnant, and in which they could not always get a credit card in their name or pick their own name legally, to the world we now live in, however imperfect?…

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Apr 8, 2025, 5:00 pm

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking, and potential. He has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. As an organizational psychologist, he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, rethink assumptions, and live more…

Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
Apr 4, 2025, 5:00 pm

As the very notion of what it means to be employed by the Federal government becomes a moving target, the new edited volume Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service stakes a claim to must-read of the moment. Celebrated author Michael Lewis ’82, who curated and edited the volume, will talk about this timely…

From the Archive

Portrait of Einstein