Princeton Journeys

10/04/2024

A few of our favorite photos from two magical journeys to Southern Africa, featuring Chobe National Park, South Luangwa National Park, and Victoria Falls 🐘🐘 You could be there next summer!

https://alumni.princeton.edu/journeys/africas-wildlife-south-africa-botswana-zambia-victoria-falls

09/06/2024

Announcing: the Princeton Journeys annual magazine and 2025 roster of programs!

Take a look here https://issuu.com/advcomm/docs/princeton-journeys_2025_final for stories from a year of adventure and curiosity:

🌟Star Treatment: Princeton University Graduate School alumni create a sense of camaraderie based on a common enthusiasm for lifelong learning.

🧘‍♀️India Immersion: Dive into a holistic mindfulness and yoga immersion that captures the spirit and energy of the subcontinent with Princeton University Office of Religious Life

🍀Paul Muldoon Shares the Ireland of Poets and Peacekeepers: Experience Ireland through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, who brings a unique perspective shaped by his personal connection to Northern Ireland.

🦙An Insider’s View from Peru: Princeton Journeys travelers helped conceive a master class trip exploring Machu Picchu and pre-Columbian culture.

✈️2025 Educational Travel Roster

07/08/2024

Princeton Alumni came face to face with the King of the Arctic: the polar bear. Welcome home from Arctic Svalbard!

05/09/2024

Spotted in the Okavango Delta:
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And never before seen in Botswana:
✔️🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🧡🖤Princeton Alumni

05/04/2024

The great class of 1972 made some friends here in Zimbabwe. Princeton Alumni

04/09/2024

Overheard in Fredericksburg, Texas: Tiger Tiger Tiger, Rah, Rah, Rah, The Sun! The Sun! The Sun!

Princeton alumni gathered in Texas Hill Country as part of Princeton Journeys to observe the total solar eclipse, joining the group was astrophysics professor Michael Strauss.

03/21/2024

For the first time in history, Tigers are in Australia! After exploring Sydney and Port Douglas, next stops will be Uluru and Melbourne.

02/27/2024

Happy International ! We hope you'll join Princeton Journeys to witness these magnificent creatures in the wild in Arctic Svalbard, June 13-22, 2024. Visit alumni.princeton.edu/journeys to learn more!

02/16/2024

Boston-area alumni: Don't miss the chance to see Jordan Salama '19 at Porter Square Books (Cambridge), February 28, as he launches his new book, "Stranger in the Desert."

This event is co-sponsored by the Princeton Association of New England. RSVP here: https://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/jordan-salama-author-stranger-desert-conversation-daphne-kalotay

In November, Jordan will lead our "Recent Alumni: Buenos Aires" journey, introducing travelers to the warmth of Buenos Aires and its people.

Porter Square Books is delighted to welcome Jordan Salama for the release of Stranger in the Desert! Author Daphne Kalotay will join Salama in conversation. This event will take place on Wednesday, February 28 at 7pm at Porter Square Books (25 White St. Cambridge, MA 02140).

02/05/2024

🐅🐅 and🐋🐋! PJ travelers experienced pristine wilderness and up-close whale encounters in Baja California.

02/01/2024

Photos from an eye-opening journey to Cuba with study leader duo Michael Small '78 (former Canadian Ambassador to Cuba) and Denise Jacques S78 (author and historian)

We'll see you there in 2025, Princeton Alumni!

12/18/2023

🐅🐅 are cruising the Nile! Breathtaking sights, behind-the-scenes learning, ancient history, and Princeton camaraderie are all in abundance on this adventure.

12/01/2023

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a spectacular military, culture, and music festival held on the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in Scotland.

Join us August 3-16, 2024, to journey through Britain and experience a performance!

Learn more here: https://alumni.princeton.edu/journeys/journey-through-britain-england-scotland-wales-featuring-royal-military-tattoo

https://youtu.be/m99_LsISyeE?si=y-O8ArVGZ-wybfYi

09/06/2023

Princeton Journeys in 🇵🇪!

Today we explored the Incan fortress of Ollantaytambo. In 1536, Manco Inca and his band of rebels defeated Pizarro’s soldiers here in one of the few battles lost by the Spanish.

Next we had a lovely lunch at Casa Hacienda Orihuela, a family-owned estate with an expansive collection of antiques.

The day concluded with a walk through the enigmatic Moray archaeological complex. Surrounded by breathtaking vistas of the Andes, this site in the Sacred Valley has been captivating researchers and travelers for decades. Luckily, our Study Leader and Curator of Ancient American Art at the MET, Joanne Pillsbury S72, helped us decode some of the mystery.

Wish you were here Princeton Alumni!

09/05/2023

The 🐅 🐅 have arrived in Peru! Today we flew from Lima to Cusco and then ventured to the Andean village of Chinchero. We stopped for a picnic lunch before visiting the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco for an inside look at its collection of exquisite Andean textiles. Wish you were here Princeton Alumni! Peru

08/24/2023

📚Virtual book talk: More — Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood with Majka Burhardt ’98 - https://mailchi.mp/princeton/seekingvirtueinfinance-471927

08/14/2023

Princeton Journeys travelers loving Alaska. Princeton Alumni

04/25/2023

From Kyoto to Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Haji and Matsue, Princeton Alumni are loving Japan! Next stop: Busan South Korea. 🇯🇵🇰🇷🧡🖤

03/16/2023

Princeton Journeys travelers have arrived in Hawaii with astrophysicist Michael Strauss and set off to explore Haleakala National Park and the Pan-STARRS and Faulkes Telescopes. More natural beauty, volcanoes, and astronomy to come!

03/08/2023

Congratulations to Princeton Journeys study leader Dora Ching *11, who won the Association for Asian Studies Inaugural Bei Shan Tang book prize for her publication "Visualizing Dunhuang!"
https://artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/whats/news/association-asian-studies-awards-2023-book-prize-tang-centers-dora-ching

Princeton Journeyers had the privilege of traveling with her to the Dunhuang caves in north-west China in 2016, and to hear her lecture on the topic in 2020. You can check out that lecture here: https://vimeo.com/466591265

The nine-volume set Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves (Princeton University Press 2021) edited by the Tang Center's Dora Ching has won the Bei Shan Tang book prize, which recognizes research in Chinese art history. "I am deeply honored to receive the inaug...

03/01/2023

02/10/2023

Lots of smiling faces on our recent Galápagos expedition. Wish you were there, Princeton Alumni!

02/07/2023

Our Egyptian adventure ended on a high note with visits to Aswan, Abu Simbel, and back to Cairo. Alumni speakers Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Kennedy ‘95 and Rev. Dr. Darren Kennedy ‘93 joined our final dinner and shared stories about their lives teaching at the American Univeristy in Cairo and raising two sons in this special country. Wish you were here Princeton Alumni!

01/31/2023

From the Pyramids of Giza to the Luxor Temple, our traveling tigers are loving the magic and mystery of Egypt!

01/13/2023

Lush rainforests, stunning coastlines, abundant wildlife, and a nighttime transit of the Panama Canal— Princeton Journeyers explored Costa Rica and Panama alongside Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Christina Riehl and a team of National Geographic experts. Welcome home from paradise!