Visiting Scholars

Douglas Christie
Professor Emeritus in the Theological Studies Department at Loyola Marymount University
February 24-25, 2025
Public lecture was on 2/24 at 7pm on “Primary Wonder”

Talitha Washington
Director of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative, Professor of Mathematics at Clark Atlanta University
February 28-29, 2024

Public lecture was on 2/28 6:30pm on “The Mathematics of Hidden Figures”

Professor Michael Thaddeus
Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
October 27-28, 2022
Public Lecture: The Thrall of Technology

Thursday, October 27, 6:30pm in Neils Science Center 234

Dr. R. Howard Bloch
Sterling Professor of French, Yale University
March 31-April 1, 2022
Public Lecture: “Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Rise of the University of Paris”

Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 6:30 pm by Zoom

Father Columba Stewart
Director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University
April 12-13, 2021
Public Lecture: “Public Lecture: “What a (Modern) Monk Does: Saving the World’s Manuscript Heritage from Imminent Danger”

Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm by Zoom

Alfred Z. Spector
Chief Technology Officer, Two Sigma
February 4-5, 2019
Public Lecture: “Data Science: Opportunities and Challenges”

Monday, February 4, 2019 at 6 pm, Christopher Center Community Room

Augusta Read Thomas
University Professor of Composition, University of Chicago
September 11-12, 2014
Public Lecture: “The A.R.T. of Composing”

Thursday, September 11 at 6:30 pm, Duesenberg Recital Hall

David P. Forsythe
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
September 18-20, 2013
Public Lecture: “Human Rights in the World: 1948-2014”

Thursday, September 19 at 6:30 pm, Mueller Hall Refectory

Ka Yee C. Lee
Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
September 27-28, 2012
Public Lecture: “The Physics of Breathing: Wrinkle-to-Fold Transitions in Lung Surfactants and other Elastic Sheet”

Friday, September 28 at 3:30 pm, Neils Science Center 234

Richard A. Shweder
William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development, University of Chicago
September 22-23, 2011
Public Lecture: “Engaging Cultural Differences Without Moral Panic: The Burqa and FGM”

Thursday, September 22 at 6:30 pm, Mueller Hall Refectory

Eric Adelberger
Professor of Physics, University of Washington
September 18-19, 2008
Public Lecture: “Testing Einstein’s Happiest Idea By Watching Things Fall Sideways”

Thursday, September 18 at 6:30 pm, Neils Science Center 234

James J. Sheehan
Professor of History, Stanford University
October 25-26, 2007
Public Lecture: “Why the European Union Will Not Become a Superpower”

Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 6:30 pm, the Great Hall of the Union

Thomas G. Rawski
Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh
February 8-9, 2007
Public Lecture: “China’s Economic Explosion: Echoes at Home and Abroad”

Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 6:30 pm, Christ College Refectory

Thomas Childers
Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
September 23-24, 2004
Public Lecture: “The Crisis of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler: Elections, Campaigning, and Mass Politics”

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004 at 6:30 pm, Christopher Center Community Room