Forging a New Political System, 2024 and Beyond
Heather Cox Richardson in Conversation with Dylan Penningroth
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
February 26, 2025 — 7:30 pm
Zellerbach Auditorium, Cal Performances — UC Berkeley Campus
American Thanatocracy vs Abolition Democracy: On Cops, Capitalism, and the War on Black Life
Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, University of California, Los Angeles
March 20, 2024 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus
Governing the Marketplace: The American Revolution and the American Corporation
Pauline Maier, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Spiderless Web: Exploring the History of Criminal Justice
Lawrence M. Friedman, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Stanford University
February 3, 1994 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Reflections of a Former Speaker
Thomas Foley, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Reflections on a Life in Public Service
Alan K. Simpson, Former United States Senator for the State of Wyoming
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Origins of American Freedom
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Origins of American Democracy
Gordon S. Wood, Professor of History, Brown University
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Avoiding Nuclear War: Crisis Prevention and U.S. – Soviet Relations
David A. Hamburg,, President, and Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The American University: Dinosaur or Dynamo?
Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Invoking the Constitution Ineptly
Abner J. Mikva, Visiting Professor of Law at College of Law, and Senior Fellow, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Constitutionalism and Civil Society
Stanley Katz, Professor of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
April 25, 2000
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
From the Second Sex to the Joint Venture: An Overview of Women’s Rights and Family Law in the United States
Herma Hill Kay, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
November 14, 2000
Toll Room, Alumni House — UC Berkeley Campus
Democracy and Liberal Education
James O. Freedman, President Emeritus, and President, Dartmouth College, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Third Stage: The New Frontiers of Religion and Public Life
E.J. Dionne, Columnist, and Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Washington Post, and The Brookings Institution
March 7, 2001
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Law, Cultural Conflict, and the Socialization of Children
Kenneth L. Karst, David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA School of Law
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
A Constitution Against Parties
Richard Hofstadter, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Transnational Legal Process after September 11
Harold Hongju Koh, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School
October 2, 2003
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Visual Democracy: Dorothea Lange and the Political Culture of the New Deal
Linda Gordon, Florence Kelley Professor of History, New York University
August 16, 2004
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Humvee and the Apple Tree: Globalization or Americanization?
Ken Jowitt, Pres and Maurine Hotchkis Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
October 19, 2004
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Equal Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams and the Roots of a Constitutional Tradition
Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
September 13, 2006 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
From Thomas Jefferson to Forrest Gump: How the Mall in Washington Became the Nation’s Most Venerated Civic Space
Michael Kammen, Professor of America History, Cornell University
March 19, 2007 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class: Higher Risks, Lower Rewards, and a Shrinking Safety Net
Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard University
March 8, 2007 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
The Challenges of Inequality and Global Capitalism to U.S. Democracy
Richard B. Freeman, Herbert S. Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
October 30, 2007 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The War on Terror and the Rule of Law
Honorable A. Wallace Tashima, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
September 17, 2007 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
The Mystery of Guantanamo Bay
Linda Greenhouse, Former Supreme Court Correspondent, New York Times
September 17, 2008 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Technology, Democracy, and the Law
Steven Usselman, Associate Professor, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology
September 17, 2009 — 4:10 PM
Bancroft Hotel, Great Hall — 2680 Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley
An Invitation to Struggle: The Constitution, The Military, and Political Accountability
David M. Kennedy, Professor of History, Stanford University
February 3, 2009 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Japanese American Incarceration Reconsidered: 1970-2010
Roger Daniels, Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati
September 14, 2010 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
A Forum on the Experience of Veterans in American Society
James Wright, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History, Dartmouth College
February 3, 2010 — 1:15 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
War Veterans and American Democracy
James Wright, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History, Dartmouth College
February 2, 2010 — 4:10 PM
East Pauley Ballroom, MLK Student Union — 2nd, Floor, UC Berkeley Campus
The American Experiment: A 21st Century Assessment
Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
September 22, 2011 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
March 16, 2011 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Income Inequality: Evidence and Implications
Emmanuel Saez, E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Equitable Growth, University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
December 4, 2012 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Obama, the Tea Party, and the Future of American Politics
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
September 19, 2012 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus