Politics
Hanan Ashrawi (2005-2006)
Oct 25, 2005
âThe Global Context and Human Imperative of Peace in the Middle Eastâ 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
âDead Man Walking â The Journey Continuesâ 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
âSexuality and War in the Aftermath of September Elevenâ Evelyne Accad is professor emerita of Francophone, Arabophone, African, Middle East, Womenâs 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
âThe Difficulties of Empire: Present, Past and Futureâ 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
âThe Uses and Abuses of History: Versailles and Beyondâ 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. Antonyâs College at the [...]
Naomi Klein (2004-2005)
Oct 20, 2004
âWar and Fleece: How Economic âShock Therapyâ Backfired in Iraqâ 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
âReviving Democracyâ Linda McQuaig is an activist, journalist, and author described by the National Post as âCanadaâs Michael Moore.â 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
âGlobalization, Ethnicity, and the Future of Canadaâ 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
âBetween Corporatism and Democracy: Surviving as a Citizen in Modern Societyâ John Ralston Saul is an award-winning Canadian essayist, humanist, and author of the best-selling book, Voltaireâs Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West (1992), which examines Western [...]
Ruth Hubbard (1995-1996)
Oct 12, 1995
âIn a Science Restructured on Feminist Lines, Would the Laws of Gravity Still Hold?â 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
âTechnology and the Task of Civilization: A Perspective of the 20th Centuryâ 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
âShades of Grey: The Power and Passion of Documentary Filmâ 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 [...]