VU Worldwide: International Speakers and Events
Watch a Surviror's Story – November 2009
Watch video of concentration camp survivor Martin Weiss speaking during the 2009 Holocaust Lecture Series at Vanderbilt, which is built around the theme, "Barriers and Boundaries" for its 32nd year.
Dr. Tiffiny Tung, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, presents this lecture as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt.
Watch "Bollywood's India" – November 2009
Professor Rachel Dwyer- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London-sheds light on Hindi cinema's depiction of history and nation in this International Education Week event.
Latin American Challenges...After the Crisis – October 2009
Lagos, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006, spoke on “Latin American Challenges…After the Crisis” in the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall at the Blair School of Music.
Anthony Aveni, a pioneer in the field of archaeoastronomy, spoke June 15 on "Patterns on the Pampa: Secrets of the Nazca Lines."
Watch video of Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Tom D. Dillehay's April 20 lecture titled "Ontology, Scale, and Time: Inferring the Origins of Andean Religion and its Practice." Dillehay addresses the question of how the origins of religious and ideological practices in ancient civilizations without writing systems are studied and inferred.
Alma Guillermoprieto on Topic of Mexican Identity – September 2008
Watch video of a talk by noted Latin American writer and journalist Alma Guillermoprieto. Guillermoprieto discusses concerns surrounding Mexican identity, heritage, and cultrure as she examines the impact of globalized culture on traditional Mexican ways of life.
Issues Facing Africa Today – March 2008
What are the most important issues facing Africa today? What are the historical and current causes? Join Kanayo Odoe, native-born African from Nigeria, as he discusses the relationship between scarcity, inequality and conflict in Africa today.
Islam and Europe: Sites of Conflict – March 2008
David Wasserstein, professor of History and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, asks "Why has the encounter between Islam and Europe so often gone so disastrously wrong? Was it inevitable? Can things improve?"
Rigoberta Menchú and Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín – February 2008
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú delivered the inaugural address for the art exhibit, Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín, at Benton Chapel on Feb. 7, entitled “Healing Communities Torn by Racism and Violence.” The talk was also as part of series of special events titled “A Place for the Humanities” in celebration of Vanderbilt University’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities 20th anniversary. Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín, was organized by the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Watch video of a talk by Rigoberta Menchu
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú delivered the inaugural address for the art exhibit, Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín, at Benton Chapel on Feb. 7, entitled “Healing Communities Torn by Racism and Violence.” The talk was also as part of series of special events titled “A Place for the Humanities” in celebration of Vanderbilt University’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities 20th anniversary. Of Rage and Redemption: The Art of Oswaldo Guayasamín, was organized by the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Watch video of a talk by Rigoberta Menchu
Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media – January 2008
Why do the images from Abu Ghraib prison that showed young women smiling, giving thumbs-up, while abusing naked Iraqi prisoners fascinate us? How can they maintain at their trials that they did it "just for fun"? Is the military using women as weapons of war? Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discusses these issues at the Feb. 6 Thinking Out of the Lunch Box.
Mark Mathabane – January 2008
The Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Global Engagement (VISAGE) welcomed Mark Mathabane, author of Kaffir Boy, the award-winning, best-selling account of growing up in apartheid South Africa, to present a public lecture entitiled, "Our Common Humanity".
The Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Global Engagement (VISAGE) welcomed Mark Mathabane, author of Kaffir Boy, the award-winning, best-selling account of growing up in apartheid South Africa, to present a public lecture entitiled, "Our Common Humanity".
FIPSE (CAPES) International Directors Meeting – October 2007
The U.S. Department of State and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) welcomed project directors of the U.S.-Brazil Program to Vanderbilt University, the host of the 2007 meeting.
The U.S. Department of State and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) welcomed project directors of the U.S.-Brazil Program to Vanderbilt University, the host of the 2007 meeting.
2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner addresses Vanderbilt Seniors during Graduation 2007. Click here for the Muhammad Yunus Vanderbilt PSA.
Canadian Supreme Court Justice – April 2007
Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin delivered the 2007 Charney Distinguished Lecture in International Law, "Intolerance in the 20th Century: Will the 21st Century Be Better? A Supreme Court Justice's Perspective."
Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin delivered the 2007 Charney Distinguished Lecture in International Law, "Intolerance in the 20th Century: Will the 21st Century Be Better? A Supreme Court Justice's Perspective."
Watch streaming video of a panel discussion with the judges who presided over the Anfal genocide proceedings, inlcuding including the president of the Iraqi High Tribunal and the presiding judge of Trial Chamber II. Among those convicted in the case was the infamous 'Chemical Ali.' The discussion took place Jan. 31, 2007, at the Vanderbilt Law School.