Le Journal

Award-winning novelist, poet and memoirist Hala Alyan, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award, reads from her work along with several creative writing seniors. Books available for purchase/signing. No tickets required.

No One is Forgotten tells the story of Lali and Beng, who are being held captive. No one knows where they have been taken or if they are alive. All they have is each other. Co-composed by Paola Prestini and Sxip Shirey with a libretto adapted by Winter Miller from her original play, inspired by the plight of captured and detained journalists and aid workers, No One Is Forgotten is an operatic theatrical experience that promotes the message of strength, hope and love. Audiences will hear a story that is surprisingly funny, moving, and relevant. Designed in immersive sound design, the audience is enveloped within the action.

Our spring 2026 series, which will begin Wednesday, February 4, will be centered around digital mapping to develop fundamental skills necessary for a variety of digital projects. Participants will attend four workshops where they will learn about version control, data wrangling, coding templates, web publishing, and more as they transform research into spatial data and build their own interactive map. While this is open to all, we expect this will be of particular interest to graduate students, postdocs, and research staff who wish to excel at developing and maintaining digital projects. If you are interested in attending, please complete an application by Wednesday, January 21. If you have any questions, please email discho@princeton.edu. This is the first session in a four-part series. The other workshops in the series will run February 18, March 4, March 18.

Join the Friends of the Princeton University Library for an exclusive tour of Scheide Library led by Eric White, Scheide Librarian & Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts. The Scheide Library is one of the foremost collections of rare books in the entire world. Housed in Firestone Library on C Floor, this one-of-a-kind library belonged to William H. Scheide, a 1936 Princeton alumnus who left an extraordinary collection of more than 2,500 rare printed books and manuscripts to Princeton, the largest gift in the University’s history. Due to limited capacity, this event will only be open to current Friends of Princeton University Library members. Registration is required.