Lectures

  • Vanderbilt University

    Joshua DuBois: The President’s Devotional

    Joshua DuBois, author of The President’s Devotional and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, spoke at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Dec. 4. Read more >>… Read More

    Dec 6, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Role of Art in Pop Culture Through the Works of Norman Rockwell and 30 Americans

    Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series, ­The Role of Art in Pop Culture Through the Works of Norman Rockwell and 30 Americans, which took place on December 3. In partnership with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Vanderbilt… Read More

    Dec 5, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize


    Award-winning scientist, author and educator Sean B. Carroll illuminates the never-before-told account of the intersection of two of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, biologist Jacques Monod and writer and philosopher Albert Camus, during a Nov. 19 Chancellor’s Lecture at Vanderbilt University. Carroll discusses his book Brave Genius:… Read More

    Nov 30, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Reflections of the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville: Then and Now”

    Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series ­”Reflections of the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville: Then and Now,” which took place on November 5. In partnership with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Vanderbilt University Office of Community, Neighborhood, and Government… Read More

    Nov 7, 2013

  • Lewis Baldwin

    “A Citizen of the World: The Global Martin Luther King Jr.”

    Lewis V. Baldwin, who has devoted much of his life to teaching and scholarship on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., delivered the Vanderbilt University Divinity School’s 2013 Harrod Lecture Nov. 7. Read more.  … Read More

    Nov 7, 2013

  • Doug Knight

    Vanderbilt Divinity Breakfast: Digging where Jezebel lived

    A renowned expert on the Hebrew Bible and six students who took part in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel, shared their experiences at a Vanderbilt Divinity School community breakfast Oct. 29. “Jezreel, the site famously connected in the Bible with the evil King Ahab and his scheming wife, Jezebel,… Read More

    Nov 1, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Video: Life Redesigned: The Emergence of Synthetic Biology

    Watch video of the Donna S. and John R. Hall Engineering Lecture, delivered by synthetic biology pioneer James J. Collins. Collins is the recipient of a MacArthur grant and a renowned biomedical engineering professor at Boston University. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department… Read More

    Oct 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Video: Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society

    Watch “Justice and Identity in a Bioengineered Society,” by Michael Bess, Chancellor’s Professor of History. One of the earliest biomedical engineering programs in the United States, Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering is celebrating its 45th anniversary as a program and its 25th anniversary as a department in the School of… Read More

    Oct 21, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cal Turner Program Lecture: Canon Andrew White

    Cal Turner Program Lecture: Canon Andrew White… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gender, Sexuality and Race

    Moderator Charles E. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus; Director of the Warren Center, 1987-1993 Jean Feerick, English, John Carroll University; Warren Center Fellow, 2005-2006 Gilbert Herdt, Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University; Warren Center Fellow 1997-1998 Richard King, History, University of Nottingham; Warren Center Fellow 2001-2002… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Theory and Culture

    Moderator Edward H. Friedman, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish and Professor of Comparative Literature; Director of the Warren Center, 2008-present Susan Hegeman, English, University of Florida;, Warren Center Fellow 1996-1997 Anne Morey, English, Texas A&M University, Warren Center Fellow 2010-2011 Arkady Plotinsky, English, Purdue University; Warren… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Your City: Nashville’s Stories

    The Vanderbilt University Speakers Committee presents “Your City: Nashville’s Stories” on Monday, Sept. 23. The event includes brief addresses by Vanderbilt University Medical Center physician Reid Thompson, celebrated local chef Arnold Myint, Contributor founding executive director Tasha A. French Lemley, and Roy Wooten, better known by the stage name Future… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Perspectives on Election 2012

    Authors Dan Balz, Lynn Vavreck and John Sides discuss the 2012 presidential election with David Lauter of the Los Angeles Times and John Seignethaler of the First Amendment Center. The “Perspectives on Election 2012” event was held Sept. 24, 2013, at the First Amendment Center on the Vanderbilt campus.To learn… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    A look at “The Importance of Being Earnest”

    Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — The Importance of Being Earnest — which took place on September 26. Dazzling wordplay, comic invention, sparkling dialogue, improbable plot twists, mistaken identities, and a sprinkling of romance–The Importance of Being Earnest has it… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Roger Thurow “The Last Hunger Season”

    Roger Thurow, whose reporting on famine in Africa has received international accolades, spoke at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Sept. 18. Thurow’s talk is part of the Cal Turner Program Lecture Series. Thurow is a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which… Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • Community Breakfast with Dean Emilie Townes

    Community Breakfast with Dean Emilie Townes

    Watch the Vanderbilt Divinity School Community Breakfast with Dean Emilie Townes, filmed September 24, 2013. To learn more about Vanderbilt, visit http://www.vanderbilt.edu. Read More

    Oct 8, 2013

  • NROTC National Security Symposium: What’s next for Afghanistan

    NROTC National Security Symposium: What’s next for Afghanistan

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

    Oct 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jon Meacham: ‘Thomas Jefferson and His Books’

    Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, and Mark Dimunation, who directed the reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson’s Collection at the Library of Congress, came together Sept. 30 at Vanderbilt University’s Central Library for a discussion moderated by John Seigenthaler. Read More

    Oct 4, 2013

  • Vanderbilt Divinity School (Vanderbilt University)

    Elaine Pagels: “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation”

    Watch video of religious historian Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation, delivering the Vanderbilt Divinity School’s 2013 Cole Lecture at Benton Chapel. Read more. Read More

    Oct 3, 2013

  • Vanderbilt Divinity School (Vanderbilt University)

    Elaine Pagels: “New Reflections on Gospel Traditions: The Gospel of John and The Gospel of Thomas”

    Watch religious historian Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation, delivering the Vanderbilt Divinity School’s 2013 Cole Lecture at Benton Chapel. Read more. Read More

    Oct 3, 2013