Lecture

Rosanna Warren, a renowned poet and critic and daughter of writers Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark, will visit Vanderbilt University this month as the guest of the Warren Center, named for her father. Read More

David Charles Mills, author of Unholy: The Slaves Bible, will give two public lectures at Vanderbilt University, Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

On July 3, 2009, James A. Young became the first African American mayor of Philadelphia, Miss., a small city forever linked with the murders of three Civil Rights workers in 1964. Young brings his story to Vanderbilt University Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. at Sarratt Cinema. Read More

Training and education, says Professor Woodie Flowers, are very different. "I think it is time to shift gears – to shift away from the ‘sage on the stage,'" says Flowers. Universities, he says, need to get out of the business of training. Read More

Vanderbilt University political scientist Bruce Oppenheimer will discuss the continued expansion of presidential power and its impact on Congress during the school's annual Constitution Day program on Sept. 23. Read More

Katherine Carroll, an assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, will describe her experiences in Iraq during a Sept. 17 lecture in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Read More

Aliens abound on the movie screens, but in reality we are still trying to find out if we share our universe with other sentient creatures. Read More

A new way to negotiate the differences between the Hindu, Christian and Buddhist traditions will be proposed during a public lecture by a Vanderbilt Divinity School professor on March 10. Read More

Marvin Krislov, the former general counsel at the University of Michigan during the landmark 2003 Supreme Court affirmative action cases will speak at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

Charles McDew, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and its chairman from 1961 to 1964, will deliver the keynote lecture Monday, Jan. 19, for Vanderbilt University's 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Identifying and developing talent in gifted students is the topic of a free public lecture Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. by gifted children expert Donna Ford at the Nashville Public Library. The library is located at 615 Church St. in downtown Nashville. Ford will share current research… Read More

Uncovering ancient treasures, helping police catch dangerous looters and working with the Maya citizens to protect their resources…these are typical activities in the life of Vanderbilt archaeologist Arthur Demarest, who will give a free public lecture Tuesday, Oct. 28, on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

An attorney for the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, Jennifer Rosenbaum, will give a talk on the harsh realities of guest workers in the United States, entitled "Bonded Labor for a New Millennium: Guest Workers and Indentured Servitude in Post-Katrina American Politics." The event will be held on Oct. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Law School's Hyatt Room. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Celebrated independent film director Charles Burnett will host a conversation on Friday, Oct. 17, from 4-5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Soledad O'Brien, anchor and special correspondent for CNN: Special Investigations Unit, will deliver a talk, "Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in Our Lives," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Langford Auditorium at Vanderbilt University. Read More

James J. Yee, Army captain and former chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was falsely accused of espionage and arrested and imprisoned for nearly three months before charges were dropped, will bring his story to Vanderbilt Monday, Sept. 22. Read More

E. Ann Kaplan, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook University, will present a lecture on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

"Global Warming – What do we know and what we should do?" is the title of a free public lecture that will be given Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4, on the Vanderbilt University campus. Read More

Gifted education expert Joyce VanTassel-Baska will deliver a free public lecture, "Do Gifted Children Need Gifted Education?" Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown Nashville Public Library. The library is located at 615 Church St. Read More

Mathias Risse, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University, will speak on human rights issues at the Vanderbilt Law School April 8 at noon. Read More