Lectures

Watch video of an Oct. 1 talk by Ricardo Lagos. Lagos, a former Chilean president whose administration achieved strong economic growth while adopting democratic and social reforms, addresses current issues facing Latin America. Lagos, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006, spoke on “Latin American Challenges…After the… Read More

Tiki Barber, retired Pro Bowl running back, philanthropist and NBC correspondent, will speak at Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. Read More

Dunbar Ogden, author of the 2008 book My Father Said Yes: A White Pastor in Little Rock School Integration, will deliver Vanderbilt's annual Walter Murray Commemorative Lecture Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 6:45 p.m. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the multi-purpose room in The Commons Center. Read More

Questions about the notion of civility have been a hot topic given the recent outbursts of rapper Kanye West, tennis player Serena Williams and Congressman Joe Wilson. On Thursday, Sept. 24, Vanderbilt University will explore the topic further with the lecture "Civility in Decline? The View from the American College Campus." Read More

Contributors to The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" will gather on Sept. 16 for a panel discussion on the topic "Is America Postracial?" Read More

Watch video of an April 4 talk by Professor of Astronomy David Weintraub, part of “100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project.” Read More

The topic of immigration reform in the United States will be discussed by the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian and conservative political analyst Bay Buchanan. The discussion will be held at noon on March 23 in the Hyatt room at Vanderbilt University Law School. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

John Murphy, a national expert on presidential campaign speeches and rhetoric, will present "A New Birth of Freedom: Barack Obama and the Rhetorical Uses of History" on Monday, Feb. 16, at 4:10 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Levering Lewis will speak at Vanderbilt University Jan. 14 about his new book God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe. Read More

Watch video of a Dec. 3 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presentation. Read More

Watch video of the McGee Public Policy Lecture, "The Case for Inheritance Taxation," with Robin Boadway. Read More

Watch video of a Nov. 19 forum "Vanderbilt Government Relations 101." Read More

Watch video from the Holocaust Lecture Series. Read More

Watch video of a Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box talk by Carol Swain. Read More

Watch video of Bill Frist speaking at the inaugural Health Care Business Alliance hosted by the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Watch video of Roy Blount Jr. delivering the 2008-2009 Harry C. Howard. Jr. Lecture. Read More

Sheryll Cashin, author of The Agitator\'s Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family, will give the annual Walter Murray Jr. Commons Lecture Thursday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Watch video of the Oct. 28 lecture American Holocaust: The Destruction of America\'s Native Peoples. Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More

Watch video of a lunchtime "Federal Forum" on the "Passage of the Higher Education Act: the feds want us to do WHAT?" Read More