In season’s final lecture, Ella Al-Shamahi presents reasons for human dominion by Gabriel Weber on August 23, 2025
Ella Al-Shamahi to close season with cooperative story of humanity by Gabriel Weber on August 21, 2025
Sabrina Lynn Motley and Jeffrey Rosen discuss who tells story of history and why it matters by Gabriel Weber on August 21, 2025
Smithsonian Folklife lead Motley, NCC’s Rosen to offer argument for history’s study by Gabriel Weber on August 20, 2025
Morgan Freeman discusses creation of blues club, previews ‘Symphonic Blues’ by Liz DeLillo on August 19, 2025
Jelani Cobb, winner of Peabody, to explore voter rights, suppression by GraciAnn Hicks on July 26, 2022
Integrity, accessibility: Linda Chavez to speak on voting rights in America by Raegan Steffey on July 25, 2022
Former FEC chair Trevor Potter opens week with lecture on free, fair elections by Chris Clements on July 25, 2022
Trevor Potter returns to Chautauqua to speak on threats facing democracy, opening week by Chris Clements on July 24, 2022
Closing week, Alexandra Zapruder discusses crucial importance of young people’s journals as means of documenting history by Will Karr on July 23, 2022
Jon Meacham shares message of hope for future of American democracy by Cassidey Kavathas on July 21, 2022
Alexandra Zapruder to lecture on youth’s power to document past, present histories by Will Karr on July 21, 2022
Presidential historian Jon Meacham to analyze history with modern context by Kaitlyn Finchler on July 20, 2022
Digital strategist Andrew Lih traces past, present, future of information, knowledge through lens of Wikipedia by Ellen E. Mintzer on July 20, 2022
Tech journalist, Smithsonian’s Wikimedian-at-Large Andrew Lih to trace Wikipedia’s power in cultural heritage by Arden Ryan on July 19, 2022
‘We’re not hostage to history’: Harvard’s Annette Gordon-Reed examines complex truths in ‘Juneteenth’ presentation by Megan Brown on July 19, 2022
Opening week, political scientist Cohen declares ‘we have a need for heroes’ by Chris Clements on July 18, 2022
CSIS scholar Eliot A. Cohen opens week with look at ‘patriotic history’ by Raegan Steffey on July 17, 2022
Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad shares story of survival, hope for future by Cassidey Kavathas on July 16, 2022
Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad closes week with story of survival, advocacy by Alyssa Bump on July 14, 2022
