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(New page: 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 distinguishe...)
 
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==Past Lecturers==
 
==Past Lecturers==
Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html
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*Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html
Spring 2006 -
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*Spring 2006 -
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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*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"]
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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*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"]
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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*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"]
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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*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"]
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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*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"]
Spring 2003 - President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] (Columbia University): ["Democracy & The University"]
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*Spring 2003 - President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] (Columbia University): ["Democracy & The University"]
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 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"]
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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*Spring 2002 - President George Rupp (Columbia University): [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2002/index.php "Kant and Contemporary Civilization"]
Fall 2001 - Professor Jonathan Spence (Yale University): "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions"
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*Fall 2001 - Professor Jonathan Spence (Yale University): "China and the West: Cultural Contacts, Cultural Collisions"
Spring 2001 - Professor Jerome Schneewind (Johns Hopkins University): "How to Be Happy Though Good: Three Views"
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*Spring 2001 - Professor Jerome Schneewind (Johns Hopkins University): "How to Be Happy Though Good: Three Views"
Fall 2000 - Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University): "Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
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*Fall 2000 - Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University): "Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
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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*Fall 1999 - Professor Alexander Nehamas (Princeton University): [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall1999/index.php "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"]
Spring 1999 - Professor Gary Wills (Columbia University): "Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"
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*Spring 1999 - Professor Gary Wills (Columbia University): "Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"
  
 
=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]

Revision as of 23:11, 21 March 2007

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.

Past Lecturers

External links

CC Coursewide Lecture Website