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The '''CC Coursewide Lecture''' is a program started by Austin Quigley in 1999. Each semester all the sections of [[Contemporary Civilization]] gather to hear a lecture from a distinguished scholar. Attendance is at the discretion of each section leader.
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The '''CC Coursewide Lecture''' is a program started by [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Austin Quigley]] in [[1999]]. Each semester all the sections of [[Contemporary Civilization]] gather to hear a lecture from a distinguished scholar. Attendance is at the discretion of each section leader, and therefore ranges from sporadic to embarrassingly poor.
  
 
==Past Lecturers==
 
==Past Lecturers==
Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html
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Spring 2006 -
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Fall 2005 - Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago): [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2005/ "The Arbitrariness of Canons: The Neglect of Hellenistic Philosophy and Why It Is A Bad Thing"]
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Spring 2005 - K. Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University of Philosophy at Princeton University: [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2005/ "The Problem of the Twenty-First Century: Du Bois and Cosmopolitanism"]
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| '''Semester'''
Fall 2004 - Elaine Pagels, the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University: [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2004/ "Which Jesus? The Newly Discovered Gospel of Thomas Challenges the Cannon"]
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| '''Lecturer'''
Spring 2004 - Catharine MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School: [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2004/ "Women's World, Men's States"]
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| '''Institution'''
Fall 2003 - Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge: [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2003/ "Three Concepts of Liberty"]
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| '''Speech'''
Spring 2003 - President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] (Columbia University): ["Democracy & The University"]
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Fall 2002 - Daniel Bell, Henry Ford II Professor Emeritus of the Social Sciences at Harvard University: [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2002/index.php "Athens and Jerusalem: The Twin Foundations of Western Civilization"]
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|Fall [[2007]]
Spring 2002 - President George Rupp (Columbia University): [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2002/index.php "Kant and Contemporary Civilization"]
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|Daniel Boyarin
Fall 2001 - Professor Jonathan Spence (Yale University): "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions"
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|UC-Berkeley
Spring 2001 - Professor Jerome Schneewind (Johns Hopkins University): "How to Be Happy Though Good: Three Views"
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Fall 2000 - Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University): "Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
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Fall 1999 - Professor Alexander Nehamas (Princeton University): [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall1999/index.php "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"]
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|Spring [[2007]]
Spring 1999 - Professor Gary Wills (Columbia University): "Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"
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|Uday Mehta
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|Amherst College
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2007/index.php Freedom, Violence and the Ruling of Others]
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|Fall [[2006]]
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|[[Vaclav Havel]]
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|Czechoslovakia  
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|[http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html Untitled]
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|Spring [[2006]]
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|Fall [[2005]]
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|Martha Nussbaum
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|[[University of Chicago]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2005/ "The Neglect of Hellenistic Philosophy and Why It Is A Bad Thing"]
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|Spring [[2005]]
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|K. Anthony Appiah
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|[[Princeton University]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2005/ "The Problem of the Twenty-First Century: Du Bois and Cosmopolitanism"]
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|Fall [[2004]]
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|Elaine Pagels
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|[[Princeton University]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2004/ "The Newly Discovered Gospel of Thomas Challenges the Cannon"]
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|-
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|Spring [[2004]]
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|[[Catharine MacKinnon]]
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|[[University of Michigan]] Law School
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2004/ "Women's World, Men's States"]
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|-
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|Fall [[2003]]
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|Quentin Skinner
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|[[University of Cambridge]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2003/ "Three Concepts of Liberty"]
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|-
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|Spring [[2003]]
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|President [[Lee C. Bollinger]]
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|Columbia University
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2003/index.php "Democracy & The University"]
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|-
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|Fall [[2002]]
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|Daniel Bell
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|[[Harvard University]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2002/index.php "Athens and Jerusalem: The Twin Foundations of Western Civilization"]
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|Spring [[2002]]
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|President [[George Rupp]]
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|Columbia University
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2002/index.php "Kant and Contemporary Civilization"]
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|Fall [[2001]]
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|Jonathan Spence
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|[[Yale University]]
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|"China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions"
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|-
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|Spring [[2001]]
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|Jerome Schneewind
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|[[Johns Hopkins University]]
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|"How to Be Happy Though Good: Three Views"
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|-
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|Fall [[2000]]
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|Anthony Grafton  
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|Princeton University
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|"Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
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|Fall [[1999]]
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|Alexander Nehamas
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|[[Princeton University]]
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|[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall1999/index.php "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"]
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|Spring [[1999]]
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|Gary Wills
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|Columbia University  
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|"Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"
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=External links=
 
=External links=
 
[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/ CC Coursewide Lecture Website]
 
[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/ CC Coursewide Lecture Website]
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[[Category:Core Curriculum]]
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[[Category:Lectures and panels]]

Latest revision as of 01:18, 3 December 2007

The CC Coursewide Lecture is a program started by Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley in 1999. Each semester all the sections of Contemporary Civilization gather to hear a lecture from a distinguished scholar. Attendance is at the discretion of each section leader, and therefore ranges from sporadic to embarrassingly poor.

Past Lecturers

Semester Lecturer Institution Speech
Fall 2007 Daniel Boyarin UC-Berkeley
Spring 2007 Uday Mehta Amherst College Freedom, Violence and the Ruling of Others
Fall 2006 Vaclav Havel Czechoslovakia Untitled
Spring 2006
Fall 2005 Martha Nussbaum University of Chicago "The Neglect of Hellenistic Philosophy and Why It Is A Bad Thing"
Spring 2005 K. Anthony Appiah Princeton University "The Problem of the Twenty-First Century: Du Bois and Cosmopolitanism"
Fall 2004 Elaine Pagels Princeton University "The Newly Discovered Gospel of Thomas Challenges the Cannon"
Spring 2004 Catharine MacKinnon University of Michigan Law School "Women's World, Men's States"
Fall 2003 Quentin Skinner University of Cambridge "Three Concepts of Liberty"
Spring 2003 President Lee C. Bollinger Columbia University "Democracy & The University"
Fall 2002 Daniel Bell Harvard University "Athens and Jerusalem: The Twin Foundations of Western Civilization"
Spring 2002 President George Rupp Columbia University "Kant and Contemporary Civilization"
Fall 2001 Jonathan Spence Yale University "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions"
Spring 2001 Jerome Schneewind Johns Hopkins University "How to Be Happy Though Good: Three Views"
Fall 2000 Anthony Grafton Princeton University "Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
Fall 1999 Alexander Nehamas Princeton University "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"
Spring 1999 Gary Wills Columbia University "Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"

External links

CC Coursewide Lecture Website