Kish Parella to Deliver Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Law Lecture
Parella’s talk “International Law in the Boardroom” will be held Sept. 17.
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Colbert Presents Talk on Union’s Fields Medal Recipients
Cory Colbert, assistant professor of mathematics at W&L, will present on this year’s International Mathematical Union’s Fields Medal on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
W&L Center for International Education Presents Public Lecture
Kim Stanley Robinson, an award-winning author, will give a public lecture on Nov. 10 at 6:15 p.m. in the University Chapel.
W&L Presents ‘Family Guy’s’ Mike Henry ’88
Henry will give a public talk on the W&L campus on Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre.
W&L Center for International Education Presents Public Lecture
Professor Ayse Zarakol will give a public lecture on Nov. 14 at 5:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium.
In Case You Missed It
W&L Lecture to Focus on Underrepresented Composers
Ashley Killam will present a lecture titled “Fanfare for the Unheard: Diversifying Stands and Creating Inclusive Repertoire.”
Harvard’s Katrina Forrester is Next Speaker in Mudd Lecture Series
Katrina Forrester will give a virtual lecture on March 25 at 5 p.m. as part of W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics series.
W&L Presents 2021 Ted Delaney Lecture
The Feb. 24 online lecture, titled “Black Entrepreneurs: Where Does Money Fit into Protest?,” will examine capitalism as a part of the Black freedom-fighting arsenal.
W&L Presents Public Lecture with William Cope Moyers ’81
Moyers will speak on addiction and recovery.
W&L Hosts Public Reading with Author Zeyn Joukhadar
Joukhadar will read from and discuss his new novel, “The Thirty Names of Night.”
W&L’s Director of Institutional History Presents 2020 Founders Day Address
The title of Lynn Rainville’s talk is “Untold Stories of Founders, Leaders and Other Visionaries at W&L.”
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with Rachel Louise Snyder
Snyder is a journalist known for her works on the topic of domestic violence.
John Bodel Delivers Annual Hoyt Lecture in Classics at W&L
The title of Bodel's lecture was "The epigraphic habit and the epigraphic mode."
Virginia Eubanks is the Fifth Speaker in W&L’s Mudd Lecture Series
Eubanks' talk is titled "The Shakedown State: Digital Debt, Economic Inequality and Automation in Public Services."
Eric Chaisson to Give Public Lecture at Washington and Lee
Chaisson’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Cosmic Evolution.”
W&L Hosts Jurij Toplak
Toplak is a constitutional scholar and election law expert at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.
W&L’s Miranda to Give Inaugural Lecture
Miranda’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “’Coyote Learns a New Trick’: Beth Brant and Two-Spirit Literatures.”
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with John Campbell
Campbell's talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled "The Giants of Africa: What's Next for South Africa and Nigeria?"
W&L Continues ‘Conversations in the Age of Trump’ Series with Peter Baker
Baker has covered four presidents for the New York Times and Washington Post: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Virginia Military Institute Professor is Second Mudd Lecture Series Speaker
Smith’s talk is titled “An Ethical Framework for a God-Like Intellect.”
Panel Discussion Planned for 2019 Earle Bates Lecture at W&L
The discussion is free and open to the public.
W&L’s Kahn to Lecture, Host Discussion on Amazon Fires
The event, which is free and open to the public, is titled "The Future of the Amazon Rain Forest."
Barton Myers to Give Inaugural Lecture
Myer's talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “A Civil War Murder(?) Mystery: The Death and Burial of Lt. John Rodgers Meigs.”
W&L Hosts Executive Director of American Civil Liberties Union
Gastañaga's lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Racial Justice at the Ballot Box: Moving Beyond Restoration of Rights."
W&L Hosts Marty Baron, Editor of The Washington Post
Baron became executive editor of the Post in 2013. There, he oversees print and digital news operations and a staff of more than 800 journalists.
Lee Chapel Spring Lecture to Feature Professor and Author Jason Phillips
In his lecture, which is free and open to the public, Phillips will discuss his newest book “Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future.”
Felix Kwame Yeboah to Give Public Lecture on Africa’s Economic Transformation
Yeboah's talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Africa Economic Transformation: The Role of Youth.”
Images Worth a Thousand Words
On March 1, W&L’s University Collections of Art and History will open its newest exhibit, "Breaking the Chains: Ceramics and the Abolition Movement."
W&L Hosts Public Lecture on Ireland and ‘Brexit’ by Timothy McMahon
The title of McMahon’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Brexit on the Border: What We Know and Don’t Know about Irish/UK Relations.”
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with U.Va. Professor Anthony Corbeill
The title of his talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Grammatical Gender and Roman Conceptions of Poetry, Gods, and the More-Than-Human.”
Washington and Lee Hosts Human Rights Expert Isabella Alexander
Alexander’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “The Untold Story of Africa's Migrant and Refugee Crisis."
David Luban to Deliver Mudd Series Lecture
Luban’s lecture, which is titled "The Ethics of Professional Identities in Law and War,” will explore facets of professional identity.
Columnist George Will Headlines W&L’s Institute for Honor Symposium
Will’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Lowering the Temperature, and the Stakes, of Politics.”
W&L Hosts Todd McGowan for Public Lecture
McGowan’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled “The Politics of Sacrificial Enjoyment: Freud and the Death Drive."
Barnett to Give Inaugural Lecture for Endowed Professorship
The title of Barnett’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Lost (And Found Again) in Translation.”
Washington and Lee Hosts Public Lecture with Erin Walcheck Averett
Averett’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Frightening the Frightful: Grotesque Visages from Ancient Cyprus.”
Washington and Lee Presents an Afternoon with Rebecca Traister
“An Afternoon with Rebecca Traister,” on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, is free and open to the public.
Rachel Mourao to Give Public Lecture on News Organizations
In her speech, which is free and open to the public, Mourao will discuss the role news organizations play, not only in spinning news, but also in legitimizing topics and people.
Devoney Looser to Give Annual Shannon-Clark Lecture at W&L
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Fame and Fortune in the Age of Austen."
John Tombarge to Give 2018 Endowed Chair Lecture
Tombarge’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Championing the Lead Casket: Library Leadership in the 21st Century.”
Salena Zito, Co-Author of “The Great Revolt,” to Speak at W&L
She will speak on the electoral shift that supported Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 and reflect upon the 2018 elections.
Playwright Paula Vogel is the Third Speaker in W&L’s Ethics of Identity Series
Vogel's talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “The Art of Tolerance.”
Anita Foeman to Discuss DNA and Identity in Second Mudd Lecture
The title of Foeman's lecture is "DNA and Identity: Changing the Conversation About Who We Are."
George Washington University Professor Talks “Digital Pasts: Deaf Culture, Contemporary Media, and the New Middle Ages.”
Lunch will be served, and the event is free and open to the public; however, RSVP is required by Oct. 22 to oconnells@wlu.edu.
Lee Chapel Researcher to Deliver Fall Lecture
David Cox, professor of history at Southern Virginia University, will give Lee Chapel’s fall lecture on Oct. 8 at 12:15 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
W&L’s History Department to Hold Public Panel in Response to Constitution Day Lecture
The panel discussion, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Who Is America?! A Response to Michael Anton’s Constitution Day Lecture.”
NYU Professor to Give Keynote Address for “Ethics of Identity” Series
Appiah will speak on “The Ethics of Identity: The Injuries of Class.”
W&L Holds Public Lecture: ‘Getting Away with Fraud: The Lansdowne Portraits of George Washington’
Evans will discuss the history behind several fraudulent copies of Lansdowne-style George Washington portraits that were produced based on the original.
The 2018 Earle Bates Lecturer in Environmental Studies to Discuss ‘A Critical Time for State Environmental Leadership’
Strickler will give a talk on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons.
Michael Anton to Give Constitution Day Lecture
Anton's talk about constitutional self-government and the Trump presidency will be held in Northen Auditorium on Sept. 18 at 5 p.m.
W&L Professor Ted DeLaney to Address Opening Convocation
DeLaney’s talk is titled “W&L History: Traditions, Transformations and the Consequences of Change."
W&L’s University Collection of Art and History Presents Special Lecture
Boldt’s lecture is titled "Conversing a Great Deal with Your Picture: Portraiture and Society in Early Virginia.”
Virginia Tech Professor Shannon Bell ’00 to Give Public Lecture at W&L
Bell will discuss her second book, “Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia.”
W&L Presents Andrei Codrescu on “The Future is a Vampire”
His talk is sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment Committee and the Provost Lecture Fund.
