2010

Nancy Siraisi

Distinguished Professor Emerita, History
Hunter College and the Graduate Center
City University of New York
biographical note 

Professor Siraisi's lecture will be published in fall 2010.

2009

William Labov

Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
biographical note 

A Life of Learning: Six People I Have Learned From by William Labov. HTML/audio; mp3. 

2008

Theodor Meron

Appeals Judge and Former President
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and
Charles L. Denison Professor of Law Emeritus and Judicial Fellow
New York University Law School
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Theodor Meron. PDF.

2007

Linda Nochlin

Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
biographical note

• A Life of Learning by Linda Nochlin. PDF.

2006

Martin E. Marty

Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
Divinity School, University of Chicago
biographical note

• A Life of Learning  by Martin E. Marty. PDF.

2005

Gerda Lerner

Robinson-Edwards Professor of History
University of Wisconsin, Madison
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Gerda Lerner. PDF.

2004

Peter Gay

Sterling Professor of History
Yale University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Peter Gay. PDF.

2003

Peter Brown

Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History
Princeton University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Peter Brown. PDF.

2002

Henry A. Millon

Dean Emeritus
Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning  by Henry A. Millon. PDF.

2001

Helen Vendler

A. Kingsley Porter University Professor of English and American Literature
Harvard University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Helen Vendler. PDF.

2000

Geoffrey Hartman

Distinguished Visiting Scholar in English and Judaic Studies, George Washington University, and
Sterling Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus, Yale University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Geoffrey Hartman. PDF.

1999

Clifford Geertz

Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Clifford Geertz. PDF.

1998

Yi-Fu Tuan

K. Wright Professor and Vilas Professor of Geography
University of Wisconsin, Madison
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Yi-Fu Tuan. PDF.

1997

Natalie Zemon Davis

Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus
Princeton University, and
Northrop Frye Visiting Professor of Literary Theory
University of Toronto
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Natalie Zemon Davis. PDF.

1996

Robert William Fogel

Director, Center for Population Economics, Graduate School of Business, and
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions
University of Chicago
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Robert William Fogel. PDF.

1995

Phyllis Pray Bober

Leslie Clark Professor Emeritus in the Humanities,
Professor Emeritus of History of Art, and
Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Bryn Mawr College
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Phyllis Pray Bober. PDF.

1994

Robert K. Merton

University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, and
Foundation Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Robert K. Merton. PDF.

1993

Annemarie Schimmel

Professor Emerita of Indo-Muslim Culture, Harvard University, and
Honorary Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Bonn
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Annemarie Schimmel. PDF.

1992

Donald W. Meinig

Maxwell Research Professor of Geography
Syracuse University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Donald W. Meinig. PDF. 

1991

Milton Babbitt

William Shubael Conant Professor Emeritus of Music
Princeton University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Milton Babbitt. PDF.

1990

Paul Oskar Kristeller

Frederick J.E. Woodbridge Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Columbia University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Paul Oskar Kristeller. PDF.

1989

Judith N. Shklar

John Cowles Professor of Government
Harvard University
biographical note 

• A Life of Learning by Judith N. Shklar. PDF.

1988

John Hope Franklin

James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History and Professor of Legal History in the Law School 
Duke University
biographical note

• A Life of Learning by John Hope Franklin. PDF.

1987

Carl E. Schorske

Professor Emeritus of History
Princeton University

• A Life of Learning  by Carl Schorske. PDF.

1986

Milton V. Anastos

Professor Emeritus of Byzantine Greek and History
University of California, Berkeley

• A Life of Learning by Milton V. Anastos. PDF.

1985

Lawrence Stone

Dodge Professor of History
Princeton University

• A Life of Learning by Lawrence Stone. PDF.

1984

Mary Rosamond Haas

Professor Linguistics, Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley

Lecture not published.

1983

Maynard Mack

Sterling Professor English, Emeritus
Yale University

• A Life of Learning by Maynard Mack. PDF.