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
Anna Deavere Smith to use blend of lecture, theater to explore issues of social inequality by Chris Clements on July 13, 2020
Derek Thompson, senior writer for ‘The Atlantic,’ discusses how COVID-19 is reshaping the world by Nick Danlag on July 11, 2020
Derek Thompson of ‘The Atlantic’ to discuss the future beyond COVID-19 pandemic by Laura Philion on July 10, 2020
Franklin Leonard spotlights unseen forces from Frederick Douglass to modern-day Hollywood that shape society by Jamie Landers on July 9, 2020
In Deep: Journalist David Rohde discusses new book on unseen forces of the ‘Deep State’ by Nick Danlag on July 9, 2020
Black List founder Franklin Leonard to outline how unseen forces in Hollywood lead to box-office hits that shape society by Jamie Landers on July 8, 2020
Former police chief and member of Obama-era task force Cedric Alexander to speak on police reform and systemic racism by Maggie Angevine on July 6, 2020
Geoffrey Kemp and Barbara Bodine to address water scarcity in Middle East by Jamie Clarkson on July 3, 2020
Project Drawdown’s Katharine Wilkinson Talks Three Interconnected Areas that need to be Improved to Combat Climate Change by Nick Danlag on July 2, 2020
Christiana Figueres to stress the urgency of climate change response in a COVID world by Chloe Murdock on July 2, 2020
Janis Searles Jones talks importance of the ocean in fight against climate change by Nick Danlag on July 1, 2020
Katharine Wilkinson to Discuss Questions of Climate Change, What it Means to be Human on a Changing Planet by Nick Danlag on July 1, 2020