2010s
Joy James (2019)
Mar 19, 2019
Joy James is a professor at Williams College. Her research considers the role of mass incarceration in the class and race struggles of the 1970s, and considers incarceration as a form of state violence while also exploring how people of colour resist it through organizing [...]
Bill Nichols (2019)
Jan 20, 2019
鈥淚n the Beginning鈥 Bill Nichols is Professor of Cinema at San Francisco State University, a position he has held in 1987. Prior to that, he was a member of the 皇冠体育鈥檚 University Film Studies Department, where he was Acting Chair from 1976-8 and Chair from 1978-1985. He is [...]
Christopher Lebron (2018)
Oct 11, 2018
鈥淧roblems of African Universities South of the Sahara鈥 Lawrence C.B. Gower was the Law Commissioner for Great Britain and the former Dean of Law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He wrote The Principles of Modern Company Law (1954). Gower studied law at University [...]
Jenny Sealey (2017)
Oct 04, 2017
鈥淭he Arts as a Human Right鈥 Jenny Sealey is the CEO and Artistic Director at Graeae Theatre in London, UK, the country鈥檚 flagship disabled-led theatre company. She has been the Artistic Director at the theatre since 1997. Her work has involved the development of a new [...]
Susan Stryker (2015)
Feb 25, 2015
鈥淭ransgender Histories and Futurities鈥 Susan Stryker is Associate Professor of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies at the University of Arizona. She is a historian, writer, educator, artist, documentary filmmaker, and human rights activist. Her work lies at the intersection of Queer [...]
Fredy Armando Peccerelli Monterroso (2015)
Jan 20, 2015
鈥淭he Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation: Truth from the Graves and the Power of Identification鈥 Fredy Armando Peccerelli Monterroso is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist, human rights activist, and founding member of the Forensic Anthropology [...]
Mike Otsuka (2014)
Oct 30, 2014
鈥淗ow it Makes a Moral Difference that One is Worse Off than One Could Have Been鈥 Mike Otsuka is a left-libertarian political philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Prior to this, he taught philosophy at University College London, [...]
Akram Zaatari (2014)
Feb 11, 2014
鈥淎ddressed, Folded, Opened, Performed, and Buried: Letters as a Form of Art鈥 Akram Zaatari is a Lebanese filmmaker, photographer, archival artist and curator. His work focuses on collecting, studying and archiving the history of the Arab World. In 1997, he cofounded the [...]
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (2012-2013)
Jan 20, 2013
鈥淗umanizing the Urban: The Poetics of Citizenship鈥 Pier Giorgio Di Cicco was an Italian Canada author, editor, and priest. He attended the University of Toronto, graduating with the B.A. in 1973 and a B.Ed. in 1976. A trip to Italy in the 1970s inspired him to become a [...]
Stephanie Inglis (2012-2013)
Sep 24, 2012
鈥淭he Mi鈥檏maq Nation and Cape Breton University: 25 Years of Success鈥 Stephanie Inglis is a linguist who has been a professor at Cape Breton University since 1986. She was integral in creating the first Native Studies courses in the university and has had a hand in the [...]
Ralph Nader (2011-2012)
Mar 21, 2012
鈥淕oing Green in a Corporate Climate鈥 Ralph Nader is a former American presidential nominee, who some claimed was a deciding factor in the 2000 election, and was named by Time magazine as one of the top one-hundred most influential people. Throughout his career, he has been [...]
Frances Myrna Kamm (2011-2012)
Jan 30, 2012
鈥淭he Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War鈥 Frances Myrna Kamm is Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. She is also Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy in the Kennedy School of Government at [...]