Speakers come to campus :

Speakers in Fall 2001

"The War in Afghanistan and the Global Refugee Crisis" was addressed by Lavinia Limon, Interim Executive Director of Immigration and Refugee Services of America at a luncheon sponsored by the Levitt Center on November 2.

Public Affairs Journalism

(with Department of English and Department of Communications Studies)

Sam Fulwood III - Sept. 24

Bernard Lefkowitz - Oct. 18

Mark Hertsgaard - Nov. 19

Each year the Levitt Council selects a theme.  Academic year 2002-03 will feature Immigration and Global Citizenship. The theme chosen for the 2000-2001 academic year was Poverty and Inequality. 

Speakers in 2000- 2001

The Levitt Center sponsored the following speakers as part of a series on Race and Ethnicity in 1999-2000:

Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics and Director, Institute for Race and Social Division at Boston University
Terry Pell, Senior Counsel, Center for Individual Responsibility, Washington, DC
Tom Sugrue, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

The Levitt Center contributed toward part of the expenses of thefollowing speakers. The co-sponsors are shown in parentheses.
Robert Audi (Philosophy)
Black and Latin Student Union Cultural Awareness Series:
   Felipe Luciano
   Himilce Novas
   Randall Robinson 
Rebecca Pierce Bomann (Sociology) 
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Government)
Michelle Chang (Government)
Arnett Doctor (Multicultural Affairs)
Jean Bethke Elshtain (Government)
Roy Ginsberg (Government)
Michael Kazin (History)
Lisa Lewenz (Hillel)
Leon Litwack (History Department & President's initiative on race)
Liam Mahony (Latin American Studies, Government)
Vivian Malone-Jones (Multicultural Affairs)
Anthony McFarlane (Student Activities)
Barry Mehler (Panel on race)
Rev. Irene Monroe (Rainbow Alliance)
Philosophy panel (Philosophy):
   Susan Bassett
   Mark Murphy
   Dave Paulsen
Laura Rozen (Government)
Yaaron Sideman (Hillel)
Claude Steele (Psychology)
Sun Yan (Government)
Ana Zentalla (Kirkland Project)