Lectures & Events

The spring 2010 International Lens film series launches Jan. 20 at Vanderbilt University‘s Sarratt Cinema and continues through April. All the screenings are free and open to the public. Read More

What would it take to change the lives of poor children – not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? Answering that question led Geoffrey Canada to create the Harlem Children‘s Zone, a 97-block laboratory where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. It is based on his belief that if you really want to change the lives of inner-city kids, you have to change everything all at once – their schools, families and neighborhoods. Read More

Vanderbilt University continues its Saturday University series this spring, with five lectures by faculty focusing on works of art in the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Collection. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Douglas A. Blackmon will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture on Jan. 19 at the Vanderbilt Law School. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 3:30 pm in Flynn Auditorium. Read More

Bill Ivey, director of The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, will speak about leadership Jan. 28 at a breakfast. Read More

Randall Kenan, an acclaimed author of novels, short stories, memoir and commentary, will read from his work at Vanderbilt University on Jan. 28. Read More

Recently declassified archival materials offer new insight into the reasons behind the changing dynamics of transatlantic relations since the 1970s, according to Thomas Alan Schwartz, co-editor of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter. Read More

Former Tennessee senator and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will give a free, public talk Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Vanderbilt University to mark World AIDS Day. Read More

A death penalty debate between two leading scholars on capital punishment is set for noon Nov. 9 in Vanderbilt Law School's Flynn Auditorium. The debate takes place the day before the scheduled Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in Washington D.C. that left 10 dead. Read More

Research on community issues such as housing and urban development, education and health care will be discussed Friday, Oct. 30, at the Vanderbilt Center for Community Studies Fall Conference. Read More

A developer of the Rock Band video game will speak at Vanderbilt University as part of the Curb Creative Leadership Series, followed by a Rock Band competition for Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. Read More

Listen to an Oct. 15 talk by John Seigenthaler, sponsored by The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership at Vanderbilt. Read More

How do you know what is normal gifted behavior versus a clinical syndrome? Psychologists, counselors, social workers, educators, administrators and parents are invited to register for a one-day workshop Friday, Oct. 30, at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College to get answers to this difficult question. Read More

School choice experts from across the nation will convene at Vanderbilt University Oct. 25-27 to discuss the latest research surrounding high-profile education issues such as charter schools, magnet schools, vouchers, student achievement, teacher qualifications, funding and more. Read More

"Bad movie physics from the perspective of art and science" is the subject of a free public lecture that is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Stevenson Center Room 4327 on the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

Colorful sculptures in the form of movable stair stoops and a panel discussion with three Vanderbilt University faculty members are among the ongoing activities for Art Makes Place, a year-long project to bring more contemporary art to Nashville's public spaces. Read More

Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times and puzzle master on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, will give a public talk at Vanderbilt University Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Read More

Peter C. Mancall, professor of history and anthropology at the University of Southern California, will examine the life, legacy and mystery of Hudson and discuss his recent book, Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson -- A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic (Basic Books, 2009) on Monday, Oct. 12, at 4:10 p.m. in Wilson Hall, Room 126, at Vanderbilt University. A book signing will follow the lecture. Read More

Concentration camp survivor Martin Weiss will speak during the 2009 Holocaust Lecture Series at Vanderbilt University, which is built around the theme "Barriers & Boundaries" for its 32nd year. Weiss, who was liberated by U.S. troops at the Gunskirchen camp in May 1945, will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in the auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. Read More

This year's Health Care Business Alliance, titled "Leading Change: the Future of Health Care," will be held at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel on Friday, Oct. 2. Read More