Speakers

Watch video of the Oct. 1 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox talk by Jay Clayton. Read More

Watch video of the Oct. 1 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox talk by Jay Clayton. Read More

Elaine Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University and one of the country's leading scholars of religion, will speak at Vanderbilt University, on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Her lecture is titled "Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Di Vinci: What We Know … and How We Know It." Read More

Listen to Andrea George discussing "Sustainability at Vanderbilt: What You Can Do" to find out how you can "green" the many choices you make each day. Read More

Listen to a talk by John Styll, President/CEO of the Gospel Music Association, Christian Trade Music Association and founder of Contemporary Christian Music Magazine. Read More

Listen to a podcast of a talk by producer and session musician Dave Perkins. Read More

Elizabeth McCracken, a celebrated novelist who has just released a powerful memoir, will read from her work at Vanderbilt University as part of the Gertrude & Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program at Vanderbilt. Read More

Watch video of University of Michigan School of Education Dean Deborah Ball speaking about the need for more practical classroom experience in the curriculum of collegiate education programs across the country. Read More

Watch video of University of Michigan School of Education Dean Deborah Ball speaking about the need for more practical classroom experience in the curriculum of collegiate education programs across the country. Read More

Latin American author and journalist Alma Guillermoprieto will address "How to Be a Mexican" in a Sept. 23 lecture sponsored by the Vanderbilt University Center for Latin American Studies. Read More

The man credited with making ‘Must See TV' one of the most popular and recognizable promotional themes in television history is coming to the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Watch video of the Sept. 3 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box with Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey Tlumak. Read More

Alex Espinoza, whose first novel was described as an interesting mix of whimsy and uneasiness by the Los Angeles Times, will perform a reading at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Charlie Cook, publisher of The Cook Political Report and a highly respected expert on national politics, will lecture at Vanderbilt University at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Read More

Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak about "The State of the Humanities" at Vanderbilt University, on Friday, Sept. 5, at Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. Read More

Nationally recognized author, speaker and expert on food justice issues Mark Winne will be featured at a talk and signing of his book Closing the Food Gap, which examines methods to get decent, healthy food to our nation's poor. Read More

The impact of the nation’s current economic downturn on low- and moderate-income students was the topic of an all-day national roundtable discussion June 13 at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development. Listen to audio of afternoon session. Watch video. Read more. Read More

Watch videos from the Study Breaks, Senior Day learning sessions for our guests, conducted by Vanderbilt faculty members Benoit Dawant, Colin Dayan, John Geer, Roy Neel, Claire Smrekar and Sten Vermund. Read More

Listen to podcasts from the Food Security Summit, which addressed many of our region's most pressing issues -- including hunger, poverty, obesity, land use, development and the depletion of natural resources -- through their connection to food. Read More

Graduating seniors should become "the new American revolutionaries" aiming for the stars even if they find themselves sometimes lying in the gutter, said musician and social activist Bob Geldof, who gave the Senior Day address Thursday to Vanderbilt graduates. Read More