2023 Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

Independence Hall, Nov. 2009. Photo by Melody Joy Kramer, used under a Creative Commons licence
A public occasion to consider the Constitution and its lived implications throughout United States history.
Presented by the Effron Center for the Study of America. Supported by the Office of the Provost.
Princeton University’s annual Constitution Day lecture commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution and explores permutations of constitutional law to the present day.
Recent Lectures
2022 Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture
Speakers
- AffiliationPolitical analyst, cultural anthropologist, author
- AffiliationAssociate Professor of History, Princeton University
- AffiliationFlorence Everline Professor of Sociology and Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California
- AffiliationProfessor of Sociology, Princeton University; Associate Director, Effron Center for the Study of America
2021 Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture
Speakers
- AffiliationProfessor of African American Studies; Director, Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab
- AffiliationEdwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics; Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Professor of Politics and International Affairs
- AffiliationProfessor of History; Director, Center for Collaborative History
- AffiliationProfessor of American Studies; Director, American Studies, Latino Studies, Asian American Studies
2020 Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture
Speaker
Affiliation
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Presentation
“Freedom of Thought and the Struggle to End Slavery”

Syndicated columnist George F. Will and Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber in conversation with the audience following Will’s delivery of the 2019 Constitution Day lecture.
Photo by Sarah Malone