Tue
Oct 1
2024
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Pico Iyer has devoted his career to probing the riddles of spiritual faith and what drives human beings to find meaning and make connections.
Thu
May 2
2024
Grand Ballroom, Hanover Inn, 4:30pm-6:00pm
George Takei shares his journey from unjust imprisonment in Japanese American internment camps during WWII to success as a TV and film star, author and social media influencer.
Wed
Apr 3
2024
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Artists from megacities like Lagos or Seoul challenge the century-old global ascendancy of US cultural industries with Nollywood films, Afrobeats, K-Pop, and K-Drama.
Tue
Feb 13
2024
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall), 4:30pm-5:30pm
We'll explore the immediate and long-term consequences of the historic Turkish decision to close the doors on the thirteen centuries old institution of the Caliphate.
Wed
Jan 31
2024
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Atifete Jahjaga served as the fourth, and the first woman, president of the Republic of Kosovo. She is the youngest female world leader to be elected to the highest office.
Wed
Oct 11
2023
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building, 4:30pm-6:00pm
A conversation with Vanderbilt Professor Emerita Hortense Spillers.
Wed
Jul 12
2023
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Computer scientist Cal Newport '04 explains the latest innovations in AI, separating the impacts we really should worry about from those that are mainly hype.
Mon
Jun 26
2023
Filene Auditorium and Virtual, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Montgomery Fellow Cal Newport '04 pushes back against workdays filled with distractions and urges us to find greater productivity, creativity and meaning by working deeply.
Wed
May 24
2023
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall), 4:30pm-6:00pm
In her novels, Barakat explores the external and internal borders individuals and communities erect. This talk continues her work of transcending boundaries.
Wed
Apr 26
2023
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Hoda Barakat reflects on the role of literature in times of historical and political turmoil.