Hoffman Scholars Archive

Launched in 2008 by the Alumni Council’s Committee on Academic Programs for Alumni (CAPA), the Hoffman Scholars Program recognizes late-stage graduate students who are excellent public speakers and whose research is both accessible and interesting to a broad audience. Named in honor of the late Bob Hoffman *58, a proud graduate alumnus of Princeton and ardent supporter of alumni education, the program is designed to share with alumni some of the best doctoral research being conducted at the University.

As part of our effort to make alumni education programming accessible to the widest possible alumni audience, we are videotaping these lectures and making them available online. Lectures that make use of copyrighted material are limited to Princeton University computers or are protected by TigerNet UserID and password to abide by Fair Use regulations.

Hoffman Scholars 2009

Hoffman Scholars Welcome and Introductions
Claire Brown '94, Chair, Committee on Academic Programs for Alumni
William Russel P99 P01, Dean of the Graduate School, Princeton University


"Taking Risks and Defining Difference in the American Life Insurance Industry"
Daniel Bouk, History of Science


"Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives on Soka Gakkai, Japan's Largest Active Religion"


Levi McLaughlin, Religion


"Legal Maxims and Judicial Authority in American and Islamic Law"
Intisar Rabb, Near Eastern Studies

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Hoffman Scholars 2008

	Hoffman Scholars Welcome and Introductions Claire Brown '94, Chair, Committee on Academic Programs for Alumni 56K 350K 56K 350K
	Bribery in Classical Athens Kellam Conover, Classics 56K 350K 56K 350K
	Beef and Power in Modern Japan Pieter deGanon, East Asian Studies 56K 350K 56K 350K
	The Reanimated Corpse in Victorian Literature Renee Fox, English 56K 350K 56K 350K