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Distinguished Visitors-in-Residence

2011-2012

  • Gavin Wright
    Professor of American Economic History, Stanford University
    Hosted by Economics
    Supported by Economics, American Studies, and History
    September 19-30, 2011
  • Marion Ritchey Vance '60
    Formerly field representative for Colombia, regional director for the Andean region, and director of learning and evaluation at the Inter-America Foundation; grassroots organizer and expert in international community development
    Hosted by Sociology and Anthropology
    Supported by the C. Angus Wurtele Environmental Studies Fund
    April 16-27, 2012
  • Lila Abu-Lughod '74
    Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University
    Co-Director, Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference, Columbia University
    Hosted by Middle Eastern Languages and the Middle East Initiative
    Supported by the Ira Wender Visitor for Cultural Understanding Fund
    May 2-4, 2012

2010-2011

  • Pierre Bayard
    Professor of French Literature and author
    The University of Paris VIII and the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
    Hosted by French and Francophone Studies
    Supported by the Fred W. and Margaret C. Schuster Lectureship, the Humanities Center at Carleton College, and the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Chicago
    September 25-October 3, 2010
  • Michael H. Armacost '58, H89
    Former ambassador and president of the Brookings Institute
    Fellow, The Asia/Pacific Research Center,
    Stanford University
    Convocation Speaker
    Hosted by Political Science
    Supported by the Harold Stassen United Nations Lectureship Fund
    October 31-November 5, 2010
  • Francis Bonahon
    Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California
    Hosted by Mathematics
    Supported by the Dean of the College Office and the Department of Mathematics
    January 24-28, 2011
  • Erica Flapan
    Professor of Mathematics, Pomona College
    Hosted by Mathematics
    Supported by the Dean of the College Office and the Department of Mathematics
    January 24-28, 2011
  • Dan O'Brien
    Writer and buffalo rancher
    Hosted by Environmental Studies
    Supported by the C. Angus Wurtele Environmental Studies Fund
    May 1-17, 2011

2009-2010

  • Dan O'Brien
    Writer and buffalo rancher
    Hosted by Environmental Studies
    Supported by the C. Angus Wurtele Environmental Studies Fund
    April 18-May 2, 2010
  •  Margaret C. Simms '67
    Institute Fellow and Director, Low-Income Working Families Project,
    The Urban Institute, D.C.
    Hosted by Economics
    Supported by the Helen Andrus Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor Fund
    May 9-24, 2010
  •  Charles L. Betsey
    Professor of Economics, Howard University; Center Director and
    Principal Investigator, Howard University Center on Race and Wealth
    Hosted by Economics
    Supported by the Helen Andrus Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor Fund
    May 9-24, 2010