Between arid arches and majestic mountains, the scenery of Utah, where award-winning author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams grew up, differs greatly from Chautauqua’s lush
Earth has never been uninhabited. There has always been an organism, plant or water droplet roaming the planet. Kelsey Leonard, Canada Research Chair of Indigenous
As a child, the world was former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell’s playground; exploring the ridges of Mount Rainier, climbing trees in the
Sally Jewell truly believes the outdoors unlocks our curiosity. For her, that curiosity began as a teenager when she climbed an unerupted Mount St. Helens.
With a career of challenging the norms of his Republican-leaning state, Bob Inglis, former U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 4th congressional district, chose to engage
When Bob Inglis, former Republican U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 4th district, ran for his seventh year in office, his 18-year-old son told him he
Kori Schake, who leads foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, reflected on how Chautauqua Institution started as a training school for
A lot has happened in the world since Constanze Stelzenmüller’s last visit to Chautauqua. Since she spoke for the Chautauqua Lecture Series in 2015, there
When journalist and political commentator Fareed Zakaria joined ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” as an analyst in 2002, he often clashed with conservative
Giving the world his take twice every Sunday, Fareed Zakaria, broadcast journalist and bestselling author, is best known for his CNN program “Fareed Zakaria GPS”
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Evan Osnos, staff writer at The New Yorker, delivers his lecture “American Bedrock: Renewing the Ties that Bind Us” Thursday
NICK DANLAG - STAFF WRITER Keisha N. Blain, editor of Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, delivers her lecture “Resilience and Black