Colloquia | Annual Lectures | Upcoming Conferences
September 24, 8 p.m. Daniel Dennett (Tufts). The Richmond Lecture: "Darwin and the Evolution of Reasons." Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
November 2, 8 p.m. Harold Varmus, M.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering). The Weiss Lecture in Medicine and Medical Ethics: “Health and Science in the Developing World.” Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
November 5, 8 p.m. Angela Riley (Southwestern Law School). The W. Allison Davis '24 and John A. Davis '33 Lecture: "Indigenous Peoples in a Multicultural World." Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
Annual Lectures
The Center sponsors the three annual lectures described below.
The W. Allison Davis 1924 and John A. Davis 1933 Lecture commemorates the remarkable work of two distinguished scholars, brothers who, throughout their adult lives, made important contributions to equal rights and opportunity in the United States. Allison Davis, valedictorian of the Class of 1924, was a pioneer in the social anthropological study of class and caste in the American South. John A. Davis pursued wide-ranging political science work on race in both the United States and Africa. The Davis Lecture is delivered each year by a scholar whose work concentrates on some aspect of race, class, or education in the United States.
Angela Riley
Previous Davis Lecturers:
The Richmond Lecture brings to campus authorities with broad scientific and humanistic interest, particularly those with some focus on the history or philosophy of science. This lectureship is made possible by an endowment established by Don Richmond, Professor of Mathematics at Williams for many years.
Previous Richmond Lecturers:
Daniel Dennett
The Weiss Lecture on Medicine and Medical Ethics promotes discussion of health care, broadly conceived, including the economics of health care as well as biomedical/ethical issues. This lecture series is possible because of a generous gift from Dr. Andrew B. Weiss, '61 and his wife, Madge Weiss.
Harold Varmus
Weiss Lecturers: