Lectures on Tap-Incan Bridges, African Libraries: World's Rarest Traditions

Welcome to Lectures on Tap

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: November 11th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Incan Bridges, African Libraries: World's Rarest Traditions"

🎤 Speaker: BBC Journalist, Eliot Stein

Join us for a captivating lecture with Eliot Stein, a senior journalist at the BBC. He will share inspiring stories from his travels across the globe to meet extraordinary individuals dedicated to preserving some of the world’s most remarkable cultural rites that are on the verge of disappearance.

Drawing from his new book, Custodians of Wonder, Eliot will take us to rural Peru, where the last Inca bridge master risks his life annually to reconstruct a grass-woven suspension bridge, a crucial part of the Inca Road System. He’ll also introduce us to an individual in Japan dedicated to preserving the secret ingredient in a 700-year-old soy sauce recipe, as well as the unlikely heir to an 800-year-old tradition rooted in the Mali Empire.

Eliot Stein is the author of Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, The Guardian, and many other prominent publications.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the incredible individuals keeping unique traditions alive!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.