Chancellor’s Lecture Series

Speakers for the 2018-19 season will be announced later this year.

The Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Lecture Series strives to connect the university and the Nashville community with intellectuals who are shaping our world. For more information about the series, email cls@vanderbilt.edu, or follow @Nick_Zeppos on Twitter.

Robert M. Gates
22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense
(2006-11); 15th Director of
Central Intelligence (1991-93)

Vice President Joe Biden
47th Vice President of the United States (2009-2017)

Chris Matthews
Host, Hardball on MSNBC
Bestselling Author, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit

The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy
Congressman, Rhode Island (1995-2011)
Founder, The Kennedy Forum on Community Mental Health

Carly Fiorina
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and GOP presidential candidate

Jelani Cobb
Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University

Admiral James Stavridis
16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO

Sally Yates
Former Acting United States Attorney General

The Honorable Alberto Gonzales
Former United States Attorney General

Nina Totenberg
National Public Radio Legal Affairs Correspondent

Michael Sam
Former NFL Player

Nia Malika Henderson
CNN Senior Political Reporter

Charles Krauthammer
Pulitzer Prize-winning Syndicated Columnist
and Commentator

Peggy Noonan
The Wall Street Journal Columnist
Award for Media Excellence Recipient

Eugene Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist
The Washington Post and MSNBC Political Analyst

Harry Belafonte
Civil and human rights activist

Michael Beschloss
Award-winning historian

Annette Gordon-Reed
Pulitzer Prize-winning legal scholar and historian

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Former United States Attorney General

To view more videos in the Chancellor Lecture Series playlist, click the playlist icon near the upper left of the video.

For additional photos of previous lectures click here.