Apr 19, 2023
A Fireside Chat with former Congressman Jim Langevin and former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Lectures by prominent scholars, diplomats, and public intellectuals from around the world.
Nov 17, 2022
Is American Democracy in Crisis?
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
May 20, 2022
Prime Minister Albin Kurti — Deepening Democracy within Kosova and Across Europe and the World in Times of Crisis
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 9, 2022
Danielle Holley-Walker ─ Examining Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert ‘62 Hall, 280 Brook Street, or watch live on Watson's YouTube channel.
Sep 29, 2021
Sep 20, 2021
Juliette Kayyem ─ Managing Disasters in an Age of Climate Change
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall, 280 Brook Street
Sep 21, 2020
Jun 24, 2020
Mar 5, 2020
Better Outcomes: Exploring New Responses to Fragility, Conflict and Violence
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Nov 13, 2019
American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump: George Packer in Conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Oct 29, 2019
President Atifete Jahjaga on Gender and Politics
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. True North Classroom (101), Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Oct 28, 2019
Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández ─ Immigration, Trade, and Border Security
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Apr 22, 2019
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard ─ Build, Don't Bomb: A New American Foreign Policy
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. List Art Building, Room 120, 64 College Street
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Mar 18, 2019
In Conversation with Tom Perez '83 and Michael Steele
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Feb 7, 2019
A Conversation with Jim Yong Kim '82, Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street, Room 101
Nov 8, 2018
James Forman, Jr. '88 ─ Locking Up Our Own
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Oct 10, 2018
John Kerry ─ Every Day is Extra
The Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. De Ciccio Family Auditorium, Salomon Center for Teaching 101
Meet the Author
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Apr 23, 2018
Kevin Rudd ─ Understanding China under Xi Jinping
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Apr 12, 2018
Tom Perez '83 and Gina McCarthy ─ Preserving the Obama Legacy, Reflections from Former Cabinet Members
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. List Art 120, 64 College Street
Mar 16, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
John Holdren ─ Meeting the Climate Change Challenge
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Feb 13, 2018
Alissa Rubin '80 ─ From Baghdad to Paris: Tales from a New York Times Foreign Correspondent
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Oct 5, 2017
Romano Prodi ─ The Future of Europe in the Wake of Brexit
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 3, 2017
A Conversation with Governor Gina Raimondo
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Friedman Auditorium, Metcalf Research Building, 190 Thayer Street
Apr 18, 2017
The Future of the Democratic Party
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series