University Lecture Series
About this Series
Inaugurated in 1971 and sponsored by the Offices of the President and Provost, the University Lecture is a semiannual address given by an outstanding member of the Columbia University faculty, celebrating his or her work and academic achievements. The Lecture provides a forum for in-depth exploration on a topic of the speaker’s choice. Topics have ranged from Herman Melville and the human condition to the cellular biology of HIV to the influence of jazz music on narrative writing.
Date:
March 30, 2009 from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm EDT
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library (Morningside Campus)
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library (Morningside Campus)
President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley host the University Lecture given by Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University.
Date:
November 17, 2008 from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm EST
Location: Faculty Room, Low Memorial Library
Location: Faculty Room, Low Memorial Library
President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley host the University Lecture given by Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology and Chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology.
Date:
April 15, 2008 from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm EDT
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library Morningside Campus
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library Morningside Campus
President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley host the University Lecture given by Teodolinda Barolini,
Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian.
Date:
November 27, 2007 from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm EST
Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Low Memorial Library, Rotunda
Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Low Memorial Library, Rotunda
President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley host the University Lecture given by Nobel Laureate Edmund S. Phelps, McVickar Professor of Political Economy.
Please visit our gallery to view photos of the event and watch the full video broadcast.
Date:
March 21, 2007 from 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm EDT
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities and director of Columbia’s Center for Comparative Literature and Society, explored the role of the humanities in globalizing the curriculum as well as the role of the humanities in building a just world.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/07/06/spivak.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/07/06/spivak.html
Date:
October 25, 2006 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, explored the disparity that arose in the 17th century between the secular intellectual tradition and the divine sense of nature, and how those divergent thoughts apply to the modern world.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/11/bilgrami061108.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/11/bilgrami061108.html
Date:
May 9, 2006 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Graduate School of Business, discussed how the MBA degree has contributed to the growth of American business and entrepreneurial capitalism worldwide.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/05/growth.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/05/growth.html
Date:
November 1, 2005 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm EST
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Location: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Steven Holl, professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, explored the notion of architecture as a catalyst for improving urban development its potential to create positive change.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/05/393_urbanisms_holl/index.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/05/393_urbanisms_holl/index.html