When it comes to new ways of recording history, Wikipedia is often the first thing that comes to mind. Andrew Lih, a technology journalist and
Morning Lecture
Annette Gordon-Reed opened her lecture with a discussion of her experiences: her experiences as an author, a historian and an elementary-aged student desegregating schools. Gordon-Reed
At the very beginning of his lecture, Eliot A. Cohen clued his Chautauqua audience in on one thing — the theme of his lecture. If
When Eliot A. Cohen was a young adult working in the archives of Boston’s Old State House, his mentor took him to the State Library
Nadia Murad has survived many atrocities, but she’s more than just a survivor. “There is no way to speak of genocide that makes it easy
As a young Yazidi girl, Nadia Murad lived a peaceful life in the village of Kocho in Sinjar, Northern Iraq. She had dreams of finishing
Social media has pervaded all aspects of life, yet the boundaries of freedom of expression online are still uncertain. Noah Feldman understands, in the highly
To Noah Feldman, the overturning of Roe v. Wade represents a cataclysmic shift in modern politics. “When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and
In a world facing climate change, a global pandemic, and increasingly frequent school shootings in the United States, among numerous other atrocities, it feels almost
Progress is neither linear nor inevitable, yet trends in past advancements in human rights can indicate when it might fluctuate, according to policy analyst and
The discussion on civil and human rights in the United States requires a truthful conversation between two receptive, open-minded parties, as if they were old
At 13 years old, Nicole Austin-Hillery received an award from her eighth grade teacher, Miss John, for most likely to succeed in a field involving
Alison Brysk, Mellichamp Chair of Global Governance at University of California, Santa Barbara, is working to re-engage social science, research, and historical, journalistic investigations to
Renowned human rights scholar and activist Alison Brysk will kick off Week Three’s Chautauqua Lecture Series, “The Future of Human Rights,” at 10:45 a.m. Monday,
In a packed Amphitheater, Chautauquans silenced their cell phones, and lived fully in the present moment. In a time period influenced by man-made distractions, photographer
In two chairs onstage, with a box of tissues between them, David Lamfrom and Terry Tempest Williams held what they want all of the United