Ariel Dorfman Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University.
Who Are the Real Barbarians? A Latin American Perspective
Tue, 08 Oct 2002 |
Stafford Little Lectures
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Speakers in this series
Jared Diamond Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, UCLA
Collapses of Ancient Societies, and their Lessons for Today.
Wed, 09 Oct 2002 |
Louis Clark Farnum Lactures
Ziba Mir Hosseini Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge and at the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Islamic Law and Feminism: Opening a Dialogue
Thu, 06 Mar 2003 |
Walter E. Edge Lectures
Susan Estrich University of Southern California
Sex and Power: The State of Women in America
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 |
Spencer Trask Lectures
Yi Fu Tuan Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin
Place, Art, and Self
Wed, 08 Oct 2003 |
J. Edward Farnum Lectures
Amos Oz Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Israel: Peace and War
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 |
Walter E. Edge Lectures
Roy Mottahedeh Harvard University
Who are the Leaders of the Iraqi Shi'ites?
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 |
Walter E. Edge Lectures
Cesar Pelli Cesar Pelli and Associates
The Public in Architecture
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Noah Feldman New York University
The Ethics of Nation-Building: What We Owe Iraq
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 |
Walter E. Edge Lectures
Alan Wolfe Professor, & Director of The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Boston College
America's Two Visions: The Good and the Great
How Conservatives Came to Think Small
The Liberal Retreat from Ambition
Tue, 09 Nov 2004 |
Spencer Trask Lectures
Robert W. Lucky Telcordia
Broadbanding America: What, Why, and How
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 |
Spencer Trask Lectures
Kathleen Sullivan Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and Former Dean Stanford University School of Law
The Constitution and Emergency
Wed, 09 Feb 2005 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Joan Didion Cosponsored by the Spencer Trask Lectures and the Program in the Study of Women and Gender: Symposium on Women Art and Politics in the 20th Century
Keynote Speech: Writing Politics
Fri, 01 Apr 2005 |
Spencer Trask Lectures
Chinua Achebe Novelist and Emeritus Professor, Bard College
Insider Perspectives on Afro-Pessimism: Rethinking our Role as Contemporary Self-Critics.
Fri, 15 Apr 2005 |
Walter E. Edge Lectures
James Fallows National correspondent Atlantic Monthly
After Iraq: What's Ahead for America
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Robert E. Rubin Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Director, Citigroup
The Outlook for the Global Economy and the Challenges That Must Be Met
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Bob Herbert Op-ed Columnist, the New York Times
The Consequences of Incompetence: The All-Too-Human Costs of Bad Thinking and Poor Decision-making by People in High Places
Tue, 08 Nov 2005 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Ian Buruma Professor, Bard College
Is Democracy a Universal Value?
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Seymour Hersh Author and Journalist, the New Yorker
The War in Iraq: Bush's Democracy and the Real Thing
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Mark Juergensmeyer Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
God and War: The Odd Appeal of War, Are We at War?, and What Does God Have to Do with It?
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 |
Stafford Little Fund and Princeton University Press
Gerald Galloway Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
In Search of a National Water Policy: Learning from Katrina, Dry Canals, and Pallid Sturgeon
Wed, 01 Mar 2006 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Marina Mahathir Former president, Malaysian AIDS Council
Fatal Confluences: Islam, Gender, and HIV/AIDS in Malaysia.
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
David Gross Physicist and string theorist
The Search for a Theory of Fundamental Reality:
I. The Theory of Elementary Particles,
II. Questions and Speculations,
III. The Coming Revolutions
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 |
J. Edward Farnum Fund and Princeton University Press
Steven Levitt Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Beyond Freakonomics: New Musings on the Economics of Everyday Life
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Cass Sunstein Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron.
Thu, 05 Oct 2006 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Mark A. Noll Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
Race, Religion, and American Politics from Nat Turner to George W. Bush
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University
If All the World Were New Jersey: The Past and Future of the Garden State.
Thu, 09 Nov 2006 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Carlos Eire Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies, Yale University
A Brusque History of Eternity (NOTE: Three lectures November 6, 7, 8; in McCosh 10)
Tue, 06 Nov 2007 |
Spencer Trask Lecture, cosponsored by Princeton University Press
Atul Gawande, M.D. Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Writer, The New Yorker
Mediocrity and Its Causes: A Surgeon's Notes on Medical Performance (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
David Remnick Editor, The New Yorker, and Writer
A Conversation with David Remnick, hosted by Professor of English Michael Wood
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Josh Marshall Founder of Talking Points Memo
The Current Political Scene
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Marcia Angell Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; former editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine
Reforming Our Health System: Why Neither Candidate Has the Answer
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
James Flynn Emeritus Professor of Political Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
What Is intelligence?: Paradoxes Resolved. (NOTE: 7:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10. First of two lectures; second lecture on Thursday, October 9.) (webcast)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 |
Stafford Little Lecture
James Flynn Emeritus Professor of Political Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Black IQ:Environmental Factors (NOTE: 7:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice
The Lighter Side of Life at the U.S. Supreme Court: Customs and Habits that Promote Collegiality Among the Justices. Followed by a Discussion with Princeton University Provost Christopher Eisgruber. NOTE: 4:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Click on speaker's name for ticket information. (webcast)
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture/Marshall Harlan '20 Lecture
Ian Buruma Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, Bard College
No Divine Right: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents. Three-lecture series on November 3, 10, and 17. (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Philippe Descola Professor of Anthropology, College de France; author of The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle
Towards a Monist Anthropology (NOTE: 4:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10)
Wed, 05 Nov 2008 |
Cosponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Spencer Trask Fund.
Ian Buruma Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, Bard College
No Divine Right: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents. Three-lecture series on November 3, 10, and 17. (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Ian Buruma Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, Bard College
No Divine Right: Secularism and Democracy on Three Continents (webcast)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Walter Isaacson President and CEO, Aspen Institute; biographer (Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Einstein: His Life and His Universe)
Einstein, Franklin, and the Role of Creativity in Today's World (webcast)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Andrew Delbanco Professor of American Studies, Columbia University; author, Melville: His World and Work
Does College Really Matter? The History of Undergraduate Education, Why It's in Trouble, and What to Do About It. (NOTE: Three-lecture series, December 1, 2, and 3. All lectures at 5:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Andrew Delbanco Professor of American Studies, Columbia University: author, Melville: His World and Work
Does College Really Matter? The History of Undergraduate Education, Why It's in Trouble, and What to Do About It (webcast)
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Andrew Delbanco Professor of American Studies, Columbia University; author, Melville: His World and Work
Does College Really Matter? The History of Undergraduate Education, Why It's in Trouble, and What to Do About It (webcast)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 |
Stafford Little Lectures
George Packer Journalist, The New Yorker; author (The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq); playwright (Betrayed: A Play)
The New Liberalism (webcast)
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Orlando Patterson John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom (Three-lecture series on February 24, 25, 26. Note: McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 |
Stafford Little Lectures
Orlando Patterson John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom Three-lecture series.
February 24, 25, 26, 2009. (Note: McCosh Hall 10). (webcast)
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Orlando Patterson John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom Three-lecture series.
February 24, 25, 26, 2009. (Note: McCosh Hall 10) (webcast)
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Ernesto Zedillo Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; former president of Mexico
Latin America: Two Hundred Years of Solitude (webcast)
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
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
Ross Douthat, David Frum, Daniel Larison, Virginia Postrel
The Future of Conservatism (webcast)
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 |
Stafford Little Lecture Fund (NOTE: 4:30 p.m.)
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 (webcast)
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Simon Winchester author, The Map That Changed the World and The Professor and The Madman
The Man Who Loved China (webcast)
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 |
Spencer Trask Lecture (NOTE: McCosh Hall 10)
Andrew Sullivan Columnist and blogger, The Atlantic Online; senior editor, The New Republic; author, The Conservative Soul
The Politics of Homosexuality (webcast)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 |
Stafford Little Lecture. Cosponsored by the Princeton University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Center.
Matthew Taibbi and Gillian Tett Contributing editor, Rolling Stone, and U.S. managing editor, Financial Times, respectively
The Current State of the Economy (webcast)
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 |
Stafford Little Lecture Fund (NOTE: 8 p.m. in McCosh Hall 10)
Robert J. Shiller Professor of Economics, Yale University
Finance and the Good Society (webcast)
Thu, 14 Oct 2010 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Marion Nestle and David Kessler, with Ruth Reichl Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University; Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; food writer and author, respectively
The Politics of Food and Health Care (Note: 4:30 p.m.)
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 |
Stafford Little Lecture Fund
Jill Lepore David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History, Harvard University
The Quick and the Dead: Matters of Life and Death and the American Body Politic
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Sheila Bair Chairman of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Some Lessons from the Financial Crisis. (Note: 4:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 50; simulcast in McCosh 46)
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Justice John Paul Stevens Retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
The Court, the Constitution, and the Justice from Illinois: Justice John Paul Stevens in Conversation with Provost Christopher Eisgruber ( (NOTE: 4:30 p.m. Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Free ticket required.) (webcast)
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 |
Cosponsored by the Walter E. Edge Lecture Fund and the John Marshall Harlan '20 Lecture in Constitutional Adjudication of the Law and Public Affairs Program
Susan Faludi Author and journalist
9/11 at the Ten-Year Mark: A Decade of Fear and Fantasy
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Carmen Reinhart Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
A Decade of Debt
Thu, 03 May 2012 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
David Brooks Author and New York Times Columnist
Politics and the Organization Kid
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Michele Flournoy
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 |