Lawrence Stone Lectures

Each year, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies presents the Lawrence Stone Lectures, co-sponsored by the Princeton University Press. The Center was founded by former chair of the History Department, Lawrence Stone (1919-99). The lecture series is lead by the Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor.

Each lecture will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in Frist Campus Center, Room 302. There will be a closing reception on Thursday, April 18th, immediately following the lecture.

Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor

The Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor for Spring 2025 is Judith Herrin, who will give a series of lectures called “Before ‘West’ and ‘East.’”

Judith Herrin

After a long career teaching Byzantine and medieval history, notably at Princeton University and King’s College London, Herrin retired to pursue research, which is currently centred on the city of Ravenna and its anonymous Cosmographer.

She is attached to the Wittgenstein Project Moving Byzantium, based at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and maintains continuing membership of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History. the Advisory Publications Committee of the British School at Athens. Euro-Clio and the European Association of History Educators; Advisory Board of Symmeikta, Athens; Advisory Board of the Stavros Niarchos-Koç Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Koç University, Istanbul; Advisory Council of the Research Center for Byzantine Studies, Bogazici University, Istanbul. She was elected President of the Association Internationale des Etudes Byzantines, 2011-12, and is the Founding Editor of Translated Texts for Byzantinists, series published by Liverpool University Press.

Before "West" and "East"

Part 1
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
TBD
Part 2
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
TBD
Part 3
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
TBD
Lawrence Stone Lecture series