Harper Lecture Series, Autumn 2015

Harper Lectures celebrated 125 years of inquiry and impact in Autumn 2015, bringing faculty to selected cities around the globe to discuss recent breakthroughs and discoveries, and offering alumni and friends a chance to share ideas and conversation.

Watch select past Harper Lectures here. Find upcoming lectures here. 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charles Lipson, “America’s Four Biggest Challenges Abroad”
Thursday, September 10, 2015 
Franklin Hotel

San Diego, California
Giulia Galli, “n Integrated Microscope for Water at Surfaces”
Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Hyatt La Jolla

Washington, DC
John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, “A Century of Higher Learning: The University and its Histories”
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
National Press Club

New York City, New York
John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, “A Century of Higher Learning: The University and its Histories”
Thursday, October 8, 2015
New York Marriott East Side

Los Angeles, California
Sian Beilock, “Perform Your Best Under Stress”
Sunday, October 11, 2015
The Peninsula

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Matthew Briones, “Illusion Fields: Baseball and US History”
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Ritz-Carlton

Greenwich, Connecticut
Cécile Fromont, “Five Centuries of Art and History in the Congo”
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Hyatt Regency

San Francisco, California
Samuel Volchenboum, “Is Critical Illness Contagious?”
Thursday, October 22, 2015
The Palace Hotel

Boston, Massachusetts
Jack Gilbert, “Adventures in Our Microbial World”
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Lennox

London, United Kingdom
Augusta Read Thomas, “Inside a Composer’s Studio”
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Sofitel London St. James

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Todd Henderson, JD’98, “Corporate Personhood and Corporate Social Responsibility”
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek

Chicago, Illinois
John Cacioppo, "Social Brains"
Thursday, October 29, 2015
The Wit

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brodwyn Fischer, "Rights to the City in Modern Brazil"
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo

Miami, Florida
Eugene B. Chang, MD'76, "Diet, Microbes, and Obesity"
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Conrad Miami

Delhi, India
David Meltzer, LAB'82, AM'87, PhD'92, MD'93, "The Doctor-Patient Relationship and Health Care" 
Monday, November 16, 2015
UChicago Center in Delhi

Mumbai, India
David Meltzer, LAB'82, AM'87, PhD'92, MD'93, "The Doctor-Patient Relationship and Health Care"
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Four Seasons Mumbai