Announcements

New for dues paying members

Dues paying members have use of the facilities at Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, London W1J 5ED. This magnificent mansion in the heart of Mayfair includes a restaurant, bar and courtyard, members' room and library. Simply show your Princeton Association UK card at the front desk. To pay your dues visit our membership page

Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers to help on our events committee, young alumni committee, and schools committee. We are also looking for a new host for the popular Princeton summer picnic, ideally within 90 minutes of London.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact president [at] princeton [dot] org [dot] uk

Help for Ex-Pats

For many years, FOCUS Information Services has been helping ex-pats find their way around. Focus can help with information about everything from housing to hotels, schools to jobs and can be reached at 44 0 20 7293 5000 or www.focus-info.org

Event Listing

Princeton Lecture with James Steward, Director of the Princeton University Art Museum

Our annual lecture will be delivered by James Steward, newly appointed director of the Princeton University Art Museum.

Date: Wednesday 24th February

Time: 6:30 drinks for 7:00 lecture

Location: Revelstocke Room, Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5ED

Tickets: £15 for Princeton Association dues-paying members, £20 for guests. To reserve your place please contact Barbara Duvoisin, bduvoisin [at] gmail [dot] com

James Steward joined the Princeton University Art Museum as its director in April 2009. Prior to that time, he served for 11 years as Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art where he was also Professor in the Department of the History of Art. He is an experienced museum professional with 20 years of service to the field, including work as Chief Curator of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum.

Steward holds a doctorate in the History of Art from Trinity College, Oxford University, where he studied with the leading art historian Francis Haskell. He received his undergraduate degree in History, French, and Art History from the University of Virginia, and began his graduate career at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Professor Steward is an active scholar and art historian who has edited or authored a number of significant volumes. He is the sole author of The New Child: British Art and the Origins of Modern Childhood, 1730-1830 1995 , and has served as editor of and contributor to major exhibition catalogues including Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment 2006 ;The Collections of the Romanovs: European Art from the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg 2003 ; When Time Began to Rant & Rage: Figurative Painting from Twentieth-Century Ireland 1998 ; andThe Mask of Venice: Masking, Theater, and Identity in the Art of Tiepolo and His Times 1996 . Steward s research interests include 18th-century European art, architecture, and landscape. He is currently writing a volume on the place of the modern-day museum in American civic life.

The Princeton Association (UK) is a membership-supported organisation.