Lectures

Watch video of a Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box talk by Carol Swain. Read More

Watch video of Bill Frist speaking at the inaugural Health Care Business Alliance hosted by the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Watch video of Roy Blount Jr. delivering the 2008-2009 Harry C. Howard. Jr. Lecture. Read More

Watch video of the Oct. 28 lecture American Holocaust: The Destruction of America\'s Native Peoples. Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More

Watch video of a talk by Maureen Tobin Stanley, associate professor of Spanish language, literature, and culture at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, speaking Oct. 23 as part of the Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

Watch video of the Peabody Chair Lecture with Rich Milner, Lois Autrey Betts Associate Professor of Education. Read More

Watch video of the Peabody Chair Lecture with Rich Milner, Lois Autrey Betts Associate Professor of Education. Read More

Watch video of a talk by Dan Sperber, "Rituals and Institutions," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion." Read More

Watch video of a talk by Dan Sperber, "Rituals and Institutions," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion." Read More

Watch video of the April 8 talk by Dan Sperber, "Beliefs and Values," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion." Read More

Watch video of the April 7 talk by Dan Sperber, "Asking the Right Questions," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion." Read More

Watch video of the April 7 talk by Dan Sperber, "Asking the Right Questions," part of the 2008 Templeton Research Lectures exploring "The Causes of Religion." Read More

Watch video of a March 24 lecture on performance art and digital video. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice class presents David Reidy, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, speaking on "Human Rights: Agendas and Institutions." Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice class presents David Reidy, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, speaking on "Human Rights: Agendas and Institutions." Read More

Watch video of Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala internationally recognized for her work for social justice and cultural reconciliation for indigenous people, speaking at Vanderbilt University. Read More

"A university that is aloof from its campus and the community cannot thrive and survive," Interim Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos said about the importance of "town-gown" relationships and the work of the university‘s new Center for Nashville Studies. While Zeppos talked about future Vanderbilt efforts that will impact Nashville on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at The Commons, the evening‘s other speaker - the Rev. James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt - reflected on his past as a civil rights leader and the role and responsibility universities have had and must continue to have in creating positive change in their local communities and beyond. Read More