2017April
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- A New Past: Ancient Chinese Manuscripts
- Recent discoveries over the past 30 years, which has created a new field "Early China." Martin Kern gives an introduction to this emerging field.
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- Ancient DNA Suggests Steppe Migrations Spread Indo-European Languages
- Professor Reich discusses human migration. By studying the migration patterns through ancient DNA, Reich explains what this can tell us about language migration., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 162, No. 1 (March 2018) pp. 39-55.
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- Induction of New Members
- Dr. Paul DiMaggio, Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Dr. Gregory A. Petsko, Dr. Joanna Aizenberg, Dr. James B. Hartle, Dr. Eric Knudsen, and Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
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- Leo Africanus Discovers Comedy: Sixteenth Century Theatre Across the Mediterranean Divide
- Natalie Davis discusses the theatrical traditions of the Arab Muslim world. She tells the story of Leo Africanus and Jacob Mantino and this encounter between two traditions of theatre and poetry in the early 16th century., Further reading: Davis, N. Trickster Travels A Sixteenth-century Muslim Between Worlds. (Faber and Faber 2008)
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- New Perspectives on Indo-European Phylogeny and Chronology
- Andrew Garrett talks about lanugage diversity, specifically in Indo-European languages., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 1 (March 2017) pp. 25-38.
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- Our Simple and Strange Universe
- Professor David Spergel discusses theoretical and general relativity and how they effect our view of the universe.
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- Presentation of Society Awards and Prizes
- A presentation of awards and prizes: 1) Jacques Barzun Prize (Richard E. Payne);2) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (Michael N. Shadlen)
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- Republic on the Ropes: Surviving Trumpism
- Ornstein gives an analysis of the changes under President Trump. How does our civil society move past social destroyed social norms and institutions?
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- Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Introduction
- Warren Washington intorduces the symposium on Observed Climate Change., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 202-207.
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- Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Part 1
- Climatologist Claire Parkinson discusses how satellites observe climate change and provide concrete data to prove it is happening. She discusses observed sea ice level changes from satellites., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 208-225.
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- Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Part 2
- Lonnie Thompson talks about his work drilling ice cores around the world on the highest peaks. "I human beings have a future, it's in working together", Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 226-243.
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- Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Part 3
- Kevin Anchukaitis talks about his work researching tree rings and how they reveal new observations of climate change., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 244-263.