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 three-part lecture series is lead by the Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor.
The final lecture is followed by a reception.
Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor
The Lawrence Stone Visiting Professor for Spring 2026 is Vincent Brown, who will give a series of lectures called “How Do You Remember the Days of Slavery?”
Vincent Brown
Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2008) and Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (Belknap Press, 2020), and he is producer of Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009), an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens, and the short video series The Bigger Picture (2022) for PBS Digital Studios.