Lectures Archive

  •   “Women on Waves: Abortion Rights and Ocean Activism”   Rebecca Gomperts is a doctor, a seafarer, and an activist — “pro-choice extremist” was the phrase the New York Times […] 0

    Rebecca Gomperts

      “Women on Waves: Abortion Rights and Ocean Activism”   Rebecca Gomperts is a doctor, a seafarer, and an activist — “pro-choice extremist” was the phrase the New York Times […]

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  •   “China Politics and Human Rights After Tiananmen”   Xiao Qiang is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. He is an adjunct professor […] 0

    Xiao Qiang, Andrew Nathan & Robert Bernstein

      “China Politics and Human Rights After Tiananmen”   Xiao Qiang is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. He is an adjunct professor […]

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  •   “Death by Denial”   Amy Kapczynski is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and director of the Global Health Justice Partnership. She joined the Yale Law […] 0

    Amy Kapczynski & David Gelber

      “Death by Denial”   Amy Kapczynski is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and director of the Global Health Justice Partnership. She joined the Yale Law […]

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  •   “Prisons in America”   Marc Mauer is one of the country’s leading experts on sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system.  He has directed programs on criminal justice […] 0

    Marc Mauer & Susan Tucker

      “Prisons in America”   Marc Mauer is one of the country’s leading experts on sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system.  He has directed programs on criminal justice […]

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  •   “Human Rights and Human Wrongs”   Indian literary theorist, philosopher, and University Professor at Columbia University, where she is a founding member of the school’s Institute for Comparative Literature […] 0

    Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak

      “Human Rights and Human Wrongs”   Indian literary theorist, philosopher, and University Professor at Columbia University, where she is a founding member of the school’s Institute for Comparative Literature […]

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  •   “Art and Politics”   Stih & Schnock is a Berlin-based artist duo, formed by Renata Stih, Professor at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and curator at the Museum […] 0

    Reneta Stih & Frieder Schnock

      “Art and Politics”   Stih & Schnock is a Berlin-based artist duo, formed by Renata Stih, Professor at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and curator at the Museum […]

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  •   Gillian Caldwell is currently a consultant working with foundations and non-profits, including the Center for Community Change and the Bertha Foundation. Caldwell served as Executive Director at WITNESS for […] 0

    Gillian Caldwell

      Gillian Caldwell is currently a consultant working with foundations and non-profits, including the Center for Community Change and the Bertha Foundation. Caldwell served as Executive Director at WITNESS for […]

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  •   “Strategies of Net Activism”   Geert Lovink is a Research Professor of Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), a Professor of Media Theory at the European Graduate […] 0

    Geert Lovink

      “Strategies of Net Activism”   Geert Lovink is a Research Professor of Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), a Professor of Media Theory at the European Graduate […]

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  •   Sara Flounders has been active in progressive and anti-war organizing since the 1960s. She is co-director of the International Action Center and co-authored and/or edited 10 books the IAC […] 0

    Sara Flounders

      Sara Flounders has been active in progressive and anti-war organizing since the 1960s. She is co-director of the International Action Center and co-authored and/or edited 10 books the IAC […]

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  •   “Citizenship without Pre-Existing Community”   Étienne Balibar (born 23 April 1942) is a French Marxist philosopher and a Distinguished Professor of French & Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of California […] 0

    Étienne Balibar

      “Citizenship without Pre-Existing Community”   Étienne Balibar (born 23 April 1942) is a French Marxist philosopher and a Distinguished Professor of French & Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of California […]

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