Lectures

Watch video of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright Edward Albee speaking at Vanderbilt Nov. 27. The event was part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Vanderbilt University leaders will discuss the school‘s storied, and sometimes complicated, relationship with the Nashville community at a public event, Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. Read More

Watch video of an Oct. 30, 2007, panel discussion on desegregation, re-segregation, immigration in Nashville schools. Panelists included Vanderbilt education researchers Claire Smrekar and Ellen Goldring. Read More

Vanderbilt University today announced the launch of its new channel on the wildy popular video-sharing site, YouTube. Read More

Watch video of Kenneth Jackson, the Jacques Barzun Professor of History and Social Sciences at Columbia University, speaking on "A Tale of Four Cities: New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Houston in the 20th Century." Read More

Watch video of DNA expert Sean Carroll delivering the final lecture in the 2006-2007 Chancellor's Lecture Series, "Evolutionary Developmental Biology." Read More

Watch video of a February 2007 Chancellor‘s Lecture by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, speaking about "Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq." Read More

Watch video of a February 2007 Chancellor's Lecture by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, speaking about "Racism, Poverty and the War in Iraq." Read More

Watch video of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley speaking Jan. 23, 2007, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music on the Vanderbilt University campus. The event was part of the 2006-2007 Chancellor‘s Lecture Series. Read More

Watch video of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley speaking Jan. 23, 2007, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music on the Vanderbilt University campus. The event was part of the 2006-2007 Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read More

Watch video of Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and professor of art at Stanford University, speaking in September 2006 on  "What Do the Arts Teach?" Read More

Watch video of historian Niall Feguson delivering the first 2006-07 Chancellor's Lecture: "The War of the World." Read More

Dedication to serving others is the key to happiness and 2006 Vanderbilt University graduates should consider beginning by volunteering on the Gulf Coast before starting their careers, First Lady Laura Bush told seniors gathered as part of Senior Day at Vanderbilt University, one day prior to Commencement. Read More

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

Islam is a religion of peace, logic and tolerance, said panelists assembled Thursday evening as part of Islamic Awareness Week at Vanderbilt. Read More

Listen to sociologist Jill Quadagno\'s lecture about the political, economic and historical reasons behind America\'s lack of a national health insurance program. Read More

Listen to sociologist Jill Quadagno's lecture about the political, economic and historical reasons behind America's lack of a national health insurance program. Read More

Mohamed Yahya, a refugee from the Darfur region of Sudan, spoke about his experiences and his work to speak out against the genocide in that country April 4 at the Student Life Center as part of the Darfur Lecture Series. Read More