Speakers

Vanderbilt Hillel will honor Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda Read More

Local religious leaders and interested members of the public are invited to conversations with Vanderbilt University researchers on Christianity and the environment on Saturday, Sept. 30. Read More

Kevin Klose, president and chief executive officer of National Public Radio (NPR), will speak Sept. 27 at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

The Holocaust Lecture Series at Vanderbilt, the longest continuous holocaust lecture series at an American university, turns its attention this year to damage intentionally wrought upon their victims' rich cultures by Nazi Germany and other genocidal regimes. Read More

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

Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda, will speak Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at Vanderbilt University's Student Life Center. Read More

A new university-wide initiative is urging tourists and Middle Tennessee residents alike to Visit Vanderbilt. Read More

Listen to Susan Neiman, director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany, discuss whether nature can be evil and what philosophers have had to say about the issue over the centuries. Read More

Sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Rodney Stark delivered the final lecture in a four-lecture series March 28 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. Read More

Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, will speak on "The Paradox of Design: Success through Failure" on Wednesday, April 12, at Vanderbilt University in the final presentation of the 2005-06 Chancellor's Lecture Series. Read More

Financial journalist and author Peter Brimelow addressed an audience of nearly 200 in Langford Auditorium March 20 as he spoke on "disappearing borders" - the theme of this year's IMPACT Symposium. Read More

U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., church leaders, Vanderbilt scholars and others will discuss the role of the black church in public policy activism during a three-day conference sponsored by the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

"Sexuality, Spirituality and Religion: What's the Connection?" is the topic of the Rev. Debra W. Haffner's talk presented as Vanderbilt University's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center's annual lecture on Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Read More

Public tickets for Vanderbilt University's annual Impact Symposium go on sale today and are available through Ticketmaster. Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, are the event's featured speakers. Read More

Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 20-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Vanderbilt psychologist Jon Kaas has received approval and sponsorship from the National Academy of Sciences to host a special research colloquium Nov. 16-18 at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, Calif. Read More

Being one of Vanderbilt University's first female African American students was a mixed but ultimately rewarding experience for Dorothy Phillips. Read More

Respect for a variety of religious traditions is growing in America, but that welcome development holds potential pitfalls for democracy, believes a Princeton University sociologist set to speak at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Former U.S. senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards and conservative journalist Peter Brimelow, known for his controversial writings on immigration policy, will deliver public lectures at Vanderbilt University March 20-21 as part of the university's annual Impact Symposium. Read More

Three prominent writers who also critique others in their field will participate in Vanderbilt University's annual Spring Symposium on March 23 and 24. Read More