Shelby Cullom Davis Center
The Davis Center for Historical Studies is named after Shelby Cullom Davis '30, who provided a generous gift to assure the continuance of excellence in scholarship and the teaching of history at Princeton University.
Since its inception, The Davis Center's chief function has been to foster research on chosen themes through a weekly seminar, conferences, and workshops. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary approaches and subjects that span different geographical areas and periods. Learn more about the Center, our current theme, fellowship opportunities, and what past fellows say about their experience with the Center.
For more information, contact the Manager of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center, Jennifer Houle.

Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center
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Events
Refuge Areas in the Mid-Holocene Sahara: Re-Modelling the Climate-Driven Evolution
Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
Location
211 Dickinson Hall
Peasant Labor and Urban Fortifications: Northwestern Europe, 1180–1348
Tue, Dec 5, 2023, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Location
211 Dickinson Hall
Seeking Stillness: Landscape Laboratories and the Early History of Site Selection of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, 1983–1987
Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
Location
211 Dickinson Hall