Annual Lectures

The center invites one distinguished scholar each year to visit the center and offer our Annual Lecture.

7 March 2019

Meritocracy, Globalization, and the Populist Backlash




Stephen Macedo

Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values
Princeton University

 


09 March 2018

Two Dimensions of Freedom




Al Martinich

Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy
and Professor in History and Government
University of Texas at Austin

 


17 March 2017

The Aesthetics of Loss and Mourning




Professor Kathleen M Higgins

Professor
Department of Philosophy
The University of Texas at Austin

 


18 March 2016


On Confucian Benevolence in the Philosophy of Plato



Dr. Eric L. Hutton

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Philosophy
University of Utah

 


26 February 2015


Dynamic Democracy and the New Citizen



Professor Jane J. Mansbridge

Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University


13 March 2014

 

Truth and Argument in Ancient Chinese Philosophy



Professor Bryan Van Norden

Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Vassar College

 

7 March 2019

Meritocracy, Globalization, and the Populist Backlash




Stephen Macedo

Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values
Princeton University

 


09 March 2018

Two Dimensions of Freedom




Al Martinich

Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy
and Professor in History and Government
University of Texas at Austin

 


17 March 2017

The Aesthetics of Loss and Mourning




Professor Kathleen M Higgins

Professor
Department of Philosophy
The University of Texas at Austin

 


18 March 2016


On Confucian Benevolence in the Philosophy of Plato



Dr. Eric L. Hutton

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Philosophy
University of Utah

 


26 February 2015


Dynamic Democracy and the New Citizen



Professor Jane J. Mansbridge

Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University


13 March 2014

 

Truth and Argument in Ancient Chinese Philosophy



Professor Bryan Van Norden

Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Vassar College