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==Past Lecturers== | ==Past Lecturers== | ||
| − | Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html | + | *Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html |
| − | Spring 2006 - | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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"] | + | *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" | + | *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" | + | *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" | + | *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"] | + | *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" | + | *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 22:11, 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
- Fall 2006 - President Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia): http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html
- Spring 2006 -
- Fall 2005 - Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago): "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: "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: "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: "Women's World, Men's States"
- Fall 2003 - Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge: "Three Concepts of Liberty"
- 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: "Athens and Jerusalem: The Twin Foundations of Western Civilization"
- Spring 2002 - President George Rupp (Columbia University): "Kant and Contemporary Civilization"
- 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"
- Fall 2000 - Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University): "Starry Messages: Galileo Rewrites the book of the Heavens"
- Fall 1999 - Professor Alexander Nehamas (Princeton University): "Culture, Art and Poetry in The Republic"
- Spring 1999 - Professor Gary Wills (Columbia University): "Politics, Psychology, and Sex in The City of God"
