Sacrifice, Surplus and the Soul
Romila Thapar, Professor of Ancient History, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
April 8, 1992 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Five Years of the Democratic Experiment in Russia
Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister, Russia
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 21, 1996
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Two Russian Revolutions
Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister, Russia
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 19, 1996
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
‘To Civility and Man’s Use’: History, Geography, and Nature
Ian G. Simmons, Professor of Geography, University of Durham, England
Carl O. Sauer Memorial Lectures
April 2, 1998
Toll Room, Alumni House — UC Berkeley Campus
Sex and Death on the Edge of Europe: Slavonian Demography 1683-1900
Eugene A. Hammel, Professor of Demography and Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
March 4, 1998 — 4:10 PM
Toll Room, Alumni House — UC Berkeley Campus
Belgian Dream of Empire in South America
Hilgard O'Reilly Sternberg, Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
May 13, 1976 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Parallel Civilizations: Ancient Angkor and the Ancient Maya
Michael D. Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
October 12, 2000
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus
More Than a Drink: Chocolate in the Pre-Columbian World
Michael D. Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
October 11, 2000
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus
Deciphering the Maya Script
Michael D. Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
October 10, 2000
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley in the 1960’s: A Historian’s Point of View
Henry F. May, Professor of History, U.C. Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
November 24, 1970 — 4:10 PM
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
Exodus, Black Colonization, and Promised Lands
David Brion Davis, Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, and Director Emeritus, Yale University, and Gilder Lehrman Center
January 24, 2005
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
Changes in the Process of Aging during the Twentieth Century – Common Analytical Errors in Explanations for Improvements in Health and Longevity
Robert W. Fogel, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, and Director of the Center for Population Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 17, 2004
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Changes in the Process of Aging during the Twentieth Century – Disparities in Chronic Diseases during the Course of the Twentieth Century
Robert W. Fogel, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, and Director of the Center for Population Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 16, 2004
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
The Soul of Brutes: A Sixteenth Century Debate
Carlo Ginzburg, Franklin D. Murphy Professor of Italian Renaissance Studies, UCLA
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
April 24, 2004 — 4:10 PM
Toll Room, Alumni House — 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
Physics and History: Links Between Two Cultures – Fractured in Modernity
John Heilbron, Professor Emeritus, History, University of California, Berkeley
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 8, 2007 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Physics and History: Links Between Two Cultures – Forged in the Baroque
John Heilbron, Professor Emeritus, History, University of California, Berkeley
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
November 7, 2007 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Explaining Transformation: Material Miracles and Their Theorists in the Later Middle Ages
Carolyn Walker Bynum, Professor of Medieval European History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
October 21, 2009 — 4:10 PM
University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
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
Environmentalism: From the Control of Nature to Partnership
Carolyn Merchant, Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics, University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
May 4, 2010 — 4:10 PM
Maude Fife Room — 315 Wheeler Hall, Berkeley Campus
From Salvation to Spirituality
Susumu Shimazono, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
April 6, 2010 — 4:10 PM
Toll Room, Alumni House — 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
A Passion for Waiting: Messianism, History, and the Jews
Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor, The New Republic
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
October 24, 2012 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Why White People Are Called ‘Caucasian’ (Illustrated)
Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University
November 7, 2013 — 4:10 PM
International House Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley