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Great Minds Visit Rutgers
From across the Hudson River, around the nation, and the world beyond our shores, exceptional thinkers come to Rutgers to enlighten, engage, and entertain. Spring semester lectures at the New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses cover the gamut of human inquiry.
Human Rights in Chechnya, Whose Childhood Is It Anyway?, the Linguistics of the Nez Perce Native American Language, and Metaphysics are just some of the topics you can explore with our standout lineup of speakers. Peruse our sampling of notable spring semester speakers and see who grabs your attention. Most events are free and open to the public.
April & May
Featured Speaker
Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize-Winning Author
Date: April 26, 2011; May 15, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Newark; Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: English
(Photo credit: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
In April, best-selling author Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and many other major literary awards, visits the Rutgers–Newark Campus as part of the Writers at Newark Reading Series. She returns to Rutgers in May, this time as the keynote speaker at the university’s 245th Anniversary Commencement at the Rutgers–New Brunswick Campus.
Explore other speakers who will appear at Rutgers in April and May.
- Amy Rose Deal: Linguistics of the Nez Perce Native
American Language
Date: April 1, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Linguistics
Harvard linguist Amy Rose Deal examines the expression of possession in Nez Perce, a native language of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. She visits Rutgers through the Rutgers Linguistics Colloquia Series. - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez: Latinos in New Jersey
Date: April 2, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Political Science
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez delivers the keynote address for an all-day conference, Latinos in New Jersey: Representation, Leadership, and Empowerment, sponsored by the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and the Latino Information Network @ Rutgers. - Mike O’Neal: Aviation Artist
Date: April 6, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Distinguished painter, historian, and pilot Mike O’Neal presents “One Foot in Two Worlds: The Conception and Creation of Aviation Art” as part of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s Colloquium Series. - Richard Besser: ABC News Health Editor
Date: April 7, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Political Science
ABC News senior health and medical editor Richard Besser presents “Preparedness, Pandemic, and Political Change” as part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics events lineup. - Lord Frank Judd: Human Rights in the Chechnya
Date: April 13, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Newark
Discipline: Global Studies
Lord Frank Judd of the British House of Lords discusses human rights in the Caucuses. He is a former rapporteur for Chechnya to the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and former director of Oxfam. His appearance is through the Conflict Resolution Spring 2011 Speakers Series hosted by the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights. Email the center for more information: cghr@andromeda.rutgers.edu. - Rachel Maddow: The MSNBC Host in Conversation
Date: NEW DATE April 13, 2011; rescheduled due to inclement weather; see Eagleton Institute for details
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Political Science
(Photo credit: Courtesy MSNBC)
“A Conversation with Rachel Maddow,” host of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, will cover current topics in American politics. Her appearance is part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics events lineup. Seats are limited. Check availability. - John R. Bolton: Former U.S. Ambassador to the
United NationsDate: April 20, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Newark
Discipline: Law
The Honorable John R. Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver a lecture titled “America’s Foreign Policy Challenges” at the Rutgers School of Law–Newark. The event is sponsored by the Rutgers Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. - Ted Sider: Metaphysics
Date: April 21, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Philosophy
Delivering the Department of Philosophy’s annual Class of 1970 Lecture, NYU professor of philosophy Ted Sider tackles the question: “Is Metaphysics about the Real World?” - Francis Deng: United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide
Date: April 26, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Newark
Discipline: Global Studies
(Photo credit: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferrã)
Francis Deng, United Nations special adviser to the secretary-general on the prevention of genocide, will speak about the conflict in Sudan as part of the Conflict Resolution Spring 2011 Speakers Series hosted by the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights. Email the center for more information: cghr@andromeda.rutgers.edu. - Valerie B. Jarrett: Senior Advisor to President Barack
Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women
and Girls
Date: May 2, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–New Brunswick
Discipline: Political Science
Valerie B. Jarrett will give the Senator Wynona Lipman Lecture in Women’s Political Leadership, through the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for American Women and Politics. - Elizabeth Chin: The Marginalized Child
Date: May 20, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Camden
Discipline: Childhood Studies
Occidental College cultural anthropologist Elizabeth Chin examines childhoods that are overlooked and misunderstood: unaccompanied minors coming to the United States, children in the juvenile justice system, Haiti’s working children, and other marginalized children in the United States and abroad. Her talk is a keynote address for the Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives Conference. - Judith Ennew: Whose Childhood Is It Anyway?
Date: May 20, 2011
Campus: Rutgers–Camden
Discipline: Childhood Studies
(Photo credit: Per Miljeteig)
Social anthropologist and children’s rights activist Judith Ennew of the University of Malaya, Malaysia, discusses the relationship—or nonrelationship—between theories of childhood in the Global North and the actual lives of children in the Global South. She is a keynote speaker for the Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives Conference.
