Lectures

Watch video of Afrofuturism in Black Theology discussion in the Vanderbilt Divinity School Reading Room. Panelists: Prof. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Prof. Victor Anderson, Author Ytasha Womack, Prof. Tamura Lomax, Prof. Herbert Marbury, Prof. Nettrice Gaskins and Bishop Joseph Walker, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series ­ An Exploration of Burden of Justice: 1863­ which took place on October 16. Some 10,500 armed conflicts occurred during the Civil War, ranging from battles to minor skirmishes. Burden of Justice: 1863 tells the… Read More

Watch video of Alex Maier, From Neurons to Perception: Insights into Brain Function and Dysfunction, on October 15, 2014. This lecture is brought to you by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read More

Watch video of Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Keith Huber, who exercised oversight and control of U.S. detention operations in Afghanistan. Huber was the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt Naval ROTC’s sixth annual National Security Symposium Friday, Oct. 10. Read More

Watch video of Randolph Blake; From Neurons to Perception: Insights into Brain Function and Dysfunction, on October 8th, 2014. This lecture is brought to you by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read More

Watch video of the Vanderbilt Divinity School Cole Lecture given by Rev. Dr. Tex Sample on October 3rd, 2014. Read More

Watch video of the Vanderbilt Divinity School Cole Lecture given by Rev. Dr. Tex Sample on October 2, 2014. Read More

Watch video of Dean Emilie M. Townes lead an open forum, in which she speaks briefly about her continuing vision for Vanderbilt Divinity School. She also answers questions from community members. Read More

Watch video of the Vanderbilt Divinity School Opening Convocation address by Emilie M. Townes, Dean of the Divinity School on August 22, 2014. Read More

Watch video of a faculty seminar during Commencement 2014. Throughout the late 19th century, the large hats that women wore to the theatre blocked the view of spectators sitting behind them prompting outraged newspaper editorials, debate in state legislatures, and on at least one occasion, a physical fight. This talk… Read More

Watch video of a faculty seminar from Commencement 2014. A significant portion of techniques for the treatment of disease have arisen from chance discovery or inspired, desperate improvisation. That has led to a remarkable level of successful disease treatment. However, discovery is inefficient; for example it takes between five and… Read More

Watch video of a faculty seminar from Commencement 2014. Early childhood education is on everyone’s radar today, and there are many assumptions about what experiences children need early in their lives to enable them to be successful in school. Internationally, those countries whose children outperform us tend to begin… Read More

Watch video of the main Commencement ceremony. Chancellor Zeppos to graduates: Consider ‘the value of opening doors of opportunity’ View photos from the ceremony >> See all the tweets, posts, videos and photos from Commencement >> Watch video from Senior Day >>… Read More

Watch the May 8 video of the Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal recipient and Senior Day speaker, 18th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Regina M. Benjamin.  … Read More

American climate scientist and National Medal of Science recipient Warren M. Washington gave the 2013-2014 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series March 27. Washington is a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., and he serves as chair of the National Research… Read More

Watch Vanderbilt engineering alumna and E-Week featured guest speaker Kimberly Bryant speaking Feb. 20. Bryant is the founder of Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit organization that introduces girls of color ages 7-17 to computer programming and entrepreneurial concepts. Read more >>… Read More

Earl Lewis, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will deliver the 2013-14 Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture Feb. 20 at Vanderbilt University's Central Library. Read More

Published on Jan 21, 2014 Jan. 16 class: Haley’s Comet; Nashville’s first skyscraper; Prohibition in Tennessee; city reservoir on 8th Avenue; East Nashville fire; the Dutchman’s Bend train collision; Spanish flu and more. “The Decade When the World at Home & Abroad Began to Change: 1910-1920” with Carole Bucy,… Read More

Published on Jan 15, 2014 Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series – Heroes as Defined by the Arts – which took place on January 14. In partnership with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Vanderbilt University Office of Community,… Read More

Published on Jan 8, 2014 Presentation by Melbourne faculty/architects at Peabody College. December 9, 2013… Read More