Chancellor's Lecture Series
“… bringing to Vanderbilt and the wider Nashville
community those intellectuals who are shaping our world today …”
Each lecture – for which
reservations are not required – is free and open to the public.
For more information, please e-mail cls@vanderbilt.edu or call (615) 343-2574.
Please mark these dates on your calendar for upcoming Chancellor Lecture Series events. We'll post additional information as it becomes available.
Fall 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University
"Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci: What We Know -- and How We Know It"
Book, Beyond Belief, will be for sale during the reception hour. Cost is $13. Payment methods accepted will be cash, check or credit card.
5:00 reception/book signing, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Spring 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor of History, New York University
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
TBD
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Student Life Center
Parking: TBD
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TBD
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Updated 9/15/08
Please mark these dates on your calendar for upcoming Chancellor Lecture Series events. We'll post additional information as it becomes available.
Fall 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion, Princeton University
"Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci: What We Know -- and How We Know It"
Book, Beyond Belief, will be for sale during the reception hour. Cost is $13. Payment methods accepted will be cash, check or credit card.
5:00 reception/book signing, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Spring 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor of History, New York University
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
TBD
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Student Life Center
Parking: TBD
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TBD
5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music
Parking: South Garage (24th Ave South @ Children's Way)
Past Lectures:
Bruce Cole, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
"The State of the Humanities"
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"The State of the Humanities"
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Elyn Saks
"Transcending Schizophrenia: From VU Founder's Medalist to Hospital to Law Professor"
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Harry Belafonte
Salman Rushdie
"The Role of the Writer in the 21st Century"
Kenneth Jackson
"The Tale of Four Cities: New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Houston in the Twentieth Century"
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Edward Albee
"The State of Theater and the Arts in America"
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Peter Eisenman, architect
"Architecture Matters"
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Henry Petroski, Aleksander S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University
"The Paradox of Design: Success through Failure"
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Niall Ferguson
"The War of the World"
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Elliot Eisner
"What Do the Arts Teach?"
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John M. Barry
"Hurricanes, Viruses, Politics and the Nature of Inquiry"
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Jane Smiley
"Reading, Writing and Creativity"
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Bob Herbert
"Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq"
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Sean Carroll
"Evolutionary Developmental Biology"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
"Transcending Schizophrenia: From VU Founder's Medalist to Hospital to Law Professor"
Watch the archived webcast of this lecture, using Real Player.
Harry Belafonte
Salman Rushdie
"The Role of the Writer in the 21st Century"
Kenneth Jackson
"The Tale of Four Cities: New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Houston in the Twentieth Century"
Watch the archived webcast of this lecture, using Windows Media or Real Player.
Edward Albee
"The State of Theater and the Arts in America"
Watch streaming video of this lecture, using Windows Media or Real Player.
Peter Eisenman, architect
"Architecture Matters"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Henry Petroski, Aleksander S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University
"The Paradox of Design: Success through Failure"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Niall Ferguson
"The War of the World"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Elliot Eisner
"What Do the Arts Teach?"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
John M. Barry
"Hurricanes, Viruses, Politics and the Nature of Inquiry"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Jane Smiley
"Reading, Writing and Creativity"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Bob Herbert
"Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Sean Carroll
"Evolutionary Developmental Biology"
Watch the webcast of the lecture
Updated 9/15/08
Economist Niall Ferguson delivers the Chancellor's Lecture on "The War of the World."