• Pre-Olympic Rio de Janeiro: The Dynamics of Urban Change 

  Williamson, Theresa (Swarthmore College, 2015-04-01)
• Peter Gram Swing Lecture: Stanford Thompson 

  Thompson, Stanford (Swarthmore College, 2014-11-05)
• Science and Compassion: John W. Thompson's Trajectory From Swarthmore to the Nuremberg Trials 

  Weindling, Paul (Swarthmore College, 2014-11-12)

  Paul Weindling’s lecture will focus on his research contained in his new book, John W. Thompson: Psychiatrist in the Shadow of the Holocaust (University of Rochester Press). This book is a biography of a doctor whose ...
• Why Do We Care for the Dead? 

  Laqueur, Thomas Walter (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-27)

  In the beginning there was the dead body: lifeless matter, soon to decay, from which all that was human had fled. Almost three thousand years ago Diogenes the Cynic told his students that when he died he wanted his corpse ...
• Do the Old Eat the Young?: The False Tradeoff Between Funding for the Young and the Old 

  Ghilarducci, Teresa (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-21)

  This talk, which will focus mostly on Social Security and pension funding, aims to generate critical thinking about who, why, and when does "inter-generational equity" get evoked in political economy debate.
• Sager Series Presents: Ivan Coyote 

  Coyote, Ivan E. (Ivan Elizabeth), 1969- (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-25)
• Arguing for Justice: Public Opinion, Legal Controversy, and the ‘Chinese Dream’ 

  Rosenzweig, Joshua (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-27)

  Rosenzweig will address public controversies about criminal justice transforming fundamental assumptions of the constitutional agenda underlying Chinese society. The political challenge posed by the challenge of the emerging ...
• Probability Processing, Probabilistic Programming, and Live Chicken Fresh Killed: Stories of Science Entrepreneuring in Graduate School, Industrial Research, and Startups 

  Vigoda, Ben (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-24)

  Ben Vigoda (Swarthmore Physics ’96) will talk about his experiences building interesting new things at the MIT Media Lab, industrial research labs, and startups, and will be available for questions and discussion. He and ...
• "We’re Free, But Not Free": Custodial Citizenship in Our Time 

  Weaver, Vesla M., 1979- (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-22)

  Vesla Weaver (Yale University) is co-author of the pioneering study, Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control (University of Chicago Press, 2014). It documents the full significance for ...
• Using the Law to Fight for Justice 

  Bryant, Arthur H. (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-21)

  The Center for Innovation and Leadership will be kicking off the academic year with a presentation on law and justice by Swarthmore alum, Arthur Bryant, class of ‘76. Please join us to learn more about Bryant’s journey ...
• Black Politics in the Post-Civil Rights Era 

  Carter, Niambi M., 1977-; Greer, Christina M.; Fogg-Davis, Hawley Grace, 1970- (Swarthmore College, 2014-09-12)

  The year 2014 marks both the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On May 17, 1954, Chief ...
• Inequality and Schooling 

  Jones-Walker, Cheryl; Gadsden, Vivian L.; Gayle, Lee; Davis, James Earl, 1960- (Swarthmore College, 2014-09-12)

  The year 2014 marks both the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On May 17, 1954, Chief ...
• On Goodness in Education: Disrupting the Discourse 

  Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- (Swarthmore College, 2014-11-01)

  Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ’66, a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist and distinguished professor of education at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s McCabe Lecture “On Goodness in Education: Disrupting the Discourse.” ...
• Todd Haynes Talk 

  Haynes, Todd (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-21)

  One of the most praised and innovative directors in world cinema today, Todd Haynes has been making queer films—formally original work about non-normative identities and sexualities—since high school. Made shortly after ...
• Policing and Racial Justice 

  Rudovsky, David (Swarthmore College, 2014-09-15)

  David Rudovsky, Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a founding partner of the public interest law firm of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, presents the 2014 Constitution Day Lecture.
• The Legacy and Impact of Brown v. Board of Education 

  Mack, Kenneth Walter, 1964-; Guinier, Lani (Swarthmore College, 2014-09-11)

  The year 2014 marks both the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On May 17, 1954, Chief ...
• Don Mizell '71 

  Mizell, Don (Swarthmore College, 2014-06-07)

  For the first time in its history, Swarthmore College is the proud recipient of a Grammy Award. It comes to the College courtesy of Don Mizell '71, winner of the 2005 Grammy for Album of the Year. The annual Album of the ...
• What I Learned from Trying to Change the World 

  Rouse, Carolyn Moxley, 1965-; Rosado, Lourdes; Martin, Nick; Quigley, Kevin F. F. (Swarthmore College, 2014-06-07)

  This discussion featured Carolyn Rouse '87, professor of anthropology, Princeton University; Lourdes Rosado '85 (left), associate director of Juvenile Law Center; Nick Martin '04, founder and president, TechChange; and ...
• Don't Be Fooled by the Bonnet: Lucretia Mott and Her Radical Vision 

  Stiehm, Jamie (Swarthmore College, 2014-06-06)

  Journalist and scholar Stiehm gave a talk, "Dont Be Fooled by the Bonnet: Lucretia Mott and Her Radical Vision."
• Collection: Jed Rakoff '64 

  Rakoff, Jed S. (Swarthmore College, 2014-06-07)

  At Collection, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff '64 lauded the College's emphasis on "academic rigor coupled with social consciousness" and reminded the reunion crowd of the importance of free speech. He ended his talk by ...

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