Princeton Digs Deep into Its Fraught Racial History
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
Princeton University has a long history connected to slavery, which has remained hidden until now.
Putting the Ghosts of Princeton’s Racial Past Onstage
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
The voices of enslaved people can be hard to hear in the archives. But they are front and center in the Princeton & Slavery Plays, a suite of seven 10-minute works that will have their premieres at the McCarter Theater on Nov. 18 and 19.
Slavery and the American University
Posted on: Feb 08, 2018
The New York Review of Books, 2/7/18
From their very beginnings, the American university and American slavery have been intertwined, but only recently are we beginning to understand how deeply.
Can Art Amend Princeton’s History of Slavery?
Posted on: Nov 10, 2017
The Atlantic, 11/9/17
A new sculpture project thoughtfully grapples with the university’s historical participation in slavery.
The View from 1 Nassau Hall
Posted on: Sep 25, 2018
Princeton Alumni Weekly, 9/12/18
In late July, PAW editors Marilyn Marks *86 and W. Raymond Ollwerther ’71 sat down with President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 for an hourlong interview that touched on a wide range of issues, including campus speech and diversity, his role in public life, University fundraising, student service.