Ella Al-Shamahi to close season with cooperative story of humanity 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
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to discuss ‘times of American tumult’ by Susie Anderson on August 17, 2025
Closing week, NYT’s Thomas Friedman to discuss relations between U.S., Middle East by Cody Englander on August 14, 2025
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday to break down documentary filmmaking in golden age by Georgia Davis on August 21, 2018
Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan to discuss process, collaborative work in documentary films by Casey McCarthy on August 19, 2018
Jesse Jackson, with Joan Brown Campbell, to close week on MLK’s legacy, civil rights movement by Cat Hofacker on August 16, 2018
Writer, scholar Abby Smith Rumsey to talk on archiving digital memory in the modern era by Georgia Davis on August 15, 2018
Kent State President Beverly Warren to speak on lessons from May 4, 1970, shooting by Cat Hofacker on August 14, 2018
Silkroad Ensemble will lecture on collaboration, ‘listening across differences’ by Kirby Davis on August 5, 2018
Arun Sundararajan to lecture on America’s economic shift to technology by Julie Ciotola on July 29, 2018
Nation Institute fellow and independent journalist Sarah Jaffe to address expansion of American activism and need for revolt by Julie Ciotola on July 26, 2018
Bari Weiss to speak about cultural and political trends in morning lecture by Joseph Cooke on July 25, 2018
Shaun King, Tamika Mallory, Edwin Lindo to share importance of solidarity in activism by Julie Ciotola on July 24, 2018
Free speech should be taken more seriously and Suzanne Nossel will tell you why by Donovan Conaway on July 23, 2018
Alina Polyakova of Brookings Institution to clarify the United States and Russia’s ill-defined relationship post-Cold War by Kevin C. Vestal on July 18, 2018
Ambassador William J. Burns to discuss the evolution of U.S, Russia relations by Jamie Landers on July 16, 2018
Original SNL cast member Newman to discuss benefits of everyday play, improv by Matthew Steinberg on July 12, 2018
