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Speakers in this series

Steven Johnson Author, The Ghost Map

The Myth of the Echo Chamber: Politics in the Age of the Participatory Web (webcast)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 | Stafford Little Lecture

Sean Carroll Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin; author, The Making of the Fittest

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (webcast)

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 | Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture (NOTE: Friend 101)

Ross Douthat, David Frum, Daniel Larison, Virginia Postrel

The Future of Conservatism

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 | Stafford Little Lecture Fund (NOTE: 4:30 p.m.)

V. S. Ramachandran Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology, the Salk Institute

What Neurology Can Tell Us about Human Nature

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 | Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novelist, Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus

The Danger of the Single Story

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | Spencer Trask Lecture (NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE IN FALL 2010 TO BE ANNOUNCED.).)

Alfred Brendel Pianist

Character in Music (NOTE: 8:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Free ticket required--TICKETS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE A WAIT LINE AT THE EVENT FOR ANY AVAILABLE SEATING.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 | Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Fund, Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of Music, Princeton University Concerts, and the Department of German

Romano Prodi Former president of the European Commision, former prime minister of Italy, currently professor-at-large, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University

The Role of Europe in a Multilateral World

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 | Walter E. Edge Lecture

Marcelo Magnasco Professor and Head, Mathematical Physics Laboratory, Rockefeller University

Is an Eclipse Described in Homer’s Odyssey?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | Cosponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology and the Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)

Javier Marias Spanish novelist, Tu rostro mañana (Your Face Tomorrow)

A Reading from Marias's Works Followed by a Conversation with Professors Angel G. Loureiro and Michael Wood

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 | Cosponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Spencer Trask Fund. (NOTE: McCormick 101 at 4:30 p.m.)

Simon Winchester author, The Map That Changed the World and The Professor and The Madman

Topic to be announced

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 | Spencer Trask Lecture

Andrew Sullivan Columnist and blogger, The Atlantic Online; senior editor, The New Republic; author, The Conservative Soul

Topic to be announced.

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 | Stafford Little Lecture

Anna Deavere Smith Actress and playwright