JUNE 2026
Members, please note: we will be doing another calendar mid-July, to catch up with news and gatherings.
MONDAY, JUNE 1, at 7:00 pm: the POETRY GROUP will meet on Zoom to continue discussion of “Werewolf Hill,” the Purgatory section of “Darkling” by New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young. Contact for the group is Winifred Hughes; write her for link to the Zoom: poetry@princetonresearchforum.org.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 3:00 to 5:00 pm: the PRF ANNUAL MEETING AND POTLUCK will be held at the home of PRF member Ellen Gilbert. For more information, see the “News and Notes” section below.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, at 12:30 pm: the SCIENCE/SCIENCE HISTORY group will meet on Zoom to discuss A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters, by Andrew H. Knoll. For more information, please contact Boris Katz, science@princetonresearchforum.org.
MONDAY, JUNE 15, at 3:00 pm: the POETRY GROUP will meet in person at Winnie Hughes’s house to continue discussion of “Werewolf Hill” by Kevin Young. For more information, contact Winnie; poetry@princetonresearchforum.org.
WEDNESDAY, June 17, at 7:00 pm: the HUMANITIES GROUP will meet on Zoom to discuss chapters of Joseph Ellis’s prize-winning book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. Selections will be distributed to the group. For more information, contact Jeff Spear: humanities@princetonresearchforum.org.
News and Notes
The PRF Annual Meeting and Potluck will be held on the afternoon of Sunday, June 7, at the home of Ellen Gilbert in Princeton. Members will receive a separate announcement about this, asking for an RSVP and contributions for the potluck. We’re excited to be returning to our “potluck” roots, and we hope you will join us to renew this custom.
The PRF Short Story Group will next meet on Sunday, July 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the home of Ellen Gilbert in Princeton. RSVP via info@princetonresearchforum.org. Also note, on Sunday, October 4, the group will hold a launch and reading from Linda Arntzenius’s new book. Details to follow as we get closer to the date. Non-PRF members are welcome!
Richard Corbett writes that he had a book review published in the May 2026 issue of Historical Novels Review, the quarterly journal of the Historical Novel Society. His review is of Moonlight Runner (Park Row Books, 2026), a historical novel set in rural County Donegal during the Irish War of Independence. To read the review, go to https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-moonlight-runner/
On Saturday, June 6, at 2:00 pm, Bob Craig will present the story of the construction in 1762-64 of the Proprietary House in Perth Amboy (once New Jerey’s capitol) and the building’s meaning for the American Revolution. The presentation is free and open to all. It will be held at East Jersey Old Town Center, located at 1050 River Rd., in Piscataway. For more information and directions, go to https://middlesexcountyculture.com/event/talk-building-toward-a-revolution-how-new-jersey-colonists-built-proprietary-house/
Deborah Greenhut reports that her research on narrative competence among college students will be the topic of three upcoming presentations on the relationship between resilience and personal stories. The first will be on the island of St. Lucia for Fearless Woman; the second, at Harvard University for the London Organization for Skill Development; and the third, in Queens, NY, for another I-DIAS Conference. The latter will include the NextGen WE-WIN Summit on Women Empowerment and the Women’s Influencers Network (WEWINS), scheduled for July 20-23.
Maureen Mulvihill has redesigned the website and logo of the Florida Bibliophile Society. Her logo was inspired by an image of Ben Franklin’s hand-pulled printing press. Her notice on Bob Craig’s upcoming talk ran on SHARP-L (May 24th). The Mulvihill Collection is profiled in Fine Books & Collections (2016).
We thank Andreas Prindl for his informative Works-in-Progress, which he gave on May 14. His focus was on the influential personalities who have been connected with the French city of Poitiers, which includes among others, Eleanor of Aquitaine (queen of both France of England) and John Calvin.
The deadline for inclusion inf the PRF Directory has been extended yet again – we want to include as many members as possible. Do recall that you select the information you want to share with colleagues: you can choose email only, or research interest only, or whatever you prefer. The goal is to create awareness and connection among members. Contact President Deborah Greenhut at info@princetonresearchforum.org for more information.
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