Politics
Hanan Ashrawi (2005-2006)
Oct 25, 2005
“The Global Context and Human Imperative of Peace in the Middle East†Hanan Ashrawi is a scholar and activist in the struggle for a Palestinian homeland. As the founder and secretary general of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, [...]
Sister Helen Prejean (2005-2006)
Sep 28, 2005
“Dead Man Walking – The Journey Continues†Sister Helen of St. Joseph of Medaille, New Orleans is a Roman Catholic nun. She has been a spiritual advisor to many individuals on death row. She wrote a book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the [...]
Evelyne Accad (2004-2005)
Mar 08, 2005
“Sexuality and War in the Aftermath of September Eleven†Evelyne Accad is professor emerita of Francophone, Arabophone, African, Middle East, Women ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was born in Beirut in 1943 and [...]
Linda Colley (2004-2005)
Nov 25, 2004
“The Difficulties of Empire: Present, Past and Future†Linda Colley is the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 professor of history at Princeton University and the author of Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837, which investigated how inhabitants of England, Scotland, and Wales came to [...]
Margaret MacMillan (2004-2005)
Nov 04, 2004
“The Uses and Abuses of History: Versailles and Beyond†Margaret MacMillan is a provost at Trinity College and Professor of History at the University of Toronto. She is also emeritus Professor of International History and the former Warden of St. Antony ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s College at the [...]
Naomi Klein (2004-2005)
Oct 20, 2004
“War and Fleece: How Economic ‘Shock Therapy’ Backfired in Iraq†Naomi Klein is an award-winning author, a senior correspondent at The Intercept, and the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is a syndicated [...]
Linda McQuaig (1998-1999)
Apr 08, 1999
“Reviving Democracy†Linda McQuaig is an activist, journalist, and author described by the National Post as “Canada ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s Michael Moore.†She is the author of numerous books that challenge free-market economic ideology and call for a more egalitarian distribution of wealth [...]
Charles Taylor (1997-1998)
Mar 13, 1998
“Globalization, Ethnicity, and the Future of Canada†Charles Taylor is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. From 1976-1978, he held the Chichele Chair at Oxford University before returning to Canada to participate in the Quebec referendum campaign of [...]
John Ralston Saul (1996-1997)
Oct 09, 1996
“Between Corporatism and Democracy: Surviving as a Citizen in Modern Society†John Ralston Saul is an award-winning Canadian essayist, humanist, and author of the best-selling book, Voltaire ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West (1992), which examines Western [...]
Ruth Hubbard (1995-1996)
Oct 12, 1995
“In a Science Restructured on Feminist Lines, Would the Laws of Gravity Still Hold?†Ruth Hubbard was a professor of biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship in biology. From the 1940s to the 1960s, she made important [...]
Ursula Franklin (1994-1995)
Feb 15, 1995
“Technology and the Task of Civilization: A Perspective of the 20th Century†Ursula Franklin was a scientist, activist, and public figure known for her peace and climate activism. Franklin received her Ph.D. in experimental physics at the Technical University of Berlin in [...]
Barbara Kopple (1994-1995)
Jan 20, 1995
“Shades of Grey: The Power and Passion of Documentary Film†Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker. She directs documentaries, as well as narrative television and film. Her recent work includes the film Running from Crazy (2013), about the life of [...]