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==Past Lecturers== | ==Past Lecturers== | ||
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| − | + | |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"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Spring 2005 | ||
| + | |K. Anthony Appiah | ||
| + | |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 | ||
| + | |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 | ||
| + | |University of Michigan Law School | ||
| + | |[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2004/ "Women's World, Men's States"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Fall 2003 | ||
| + | |Quentin Skinner | ||
| + | |University of Cambridge | ||
| + | |[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall2003/ "Three Concepts of Liberty"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Spring 2003 | ||
| + | |President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] | ||
| + | |Columbia University | ||
| + | |[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/spring2003/index.php "Democracy & The University"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Fall 2002 | ||
| + | |Daniel Bell | ||
| + | |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"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |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 | ||
| + | |[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lectures/fall1999/index.php "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Spring 1999 | ||
| + | |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 03:20, 22 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
| Semester | Lecturer | School | Speech |
| Fall 2006 | President Vaclav Havel | Czechoslovakia | http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html |
| Spring 2006 | |||
| Fall 2005 | Martha Nussbaum | "The Arbitrariness of Canons: 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 | "Which Jesus? 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" |