WUD DLS: Past Speakers List

The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.

2009-10 2006-07 2003-04 2000-01 1996-97

Steven Pinker Laurie David Kurt Vonnegut Jeffrey Wigand Jonathan Kozol Dan Ariely Howard Zinn Salman Rushdie Rubin “Hurricane” Adrienne Rich Jeremy Rifkin Joseph Stiglitz James Dale Carter Stanley Crouch Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dinesh D’Souza Elizabeth Wurtzel Alan Keyes Noam Chomsky Bill Marler Sarah Vowell Linda Chavez Judy Shepard Harry Wu Derrick Ashong David Suzuki Sylvia Earle Ralph Nadar Sarah Weddington Post-Racial Comedy Stephen Lewis Jared Diamond Afeni Shakur Stephen Gould Tour: Christian Lander Ali Abunimah (spotlight) Arun Gandhi Robert Pinsky Richard Lamm and Elon James White Jello Biafra (spotlight) Harvey Pekar (spotlight) (spotlight) Cornelia Flora Lama Ole Nydahl 1999-00 Michael Shermer 2005-06 (spotlight) 1995-96 V. S. Ramachandran John Esposito Pat Shroeder Vandava Shiva (spotlight) Isabel Allende Jaime Escalante Last Lectures: William George McGovern Angela Davis Cronon, Donald Downs, 2008-09 E.O. Wilson 2002-03 William Kristol Mary LaYoun, Hyuk Yu Brian Greene Sherman Alexie Gloria Steinem Amira Hanania Francis Bok Howard Zinn Dr. Peter Kramer Lani Guinier Shirin Ebadi Laurie Garrett Cornell West F.W. de Klerk Rebecca Walker Ben Karlin Edward Said Ben Stein Daniel Dennett Mark Zupan 1998-99 Rigoberto Menchi John Trudell Chrystia Freeland Frank Luntz Leslie Feinberg Neil deGrasse Tyson Dan Savage (spotlight) Terri McMillan Chuck D. 1994-95 Robin Wright Chai Ling Molly Ivins Ishmeal Beah Dr. William Schulz 2004-05 Nat Heutoff Francisco Ayala Michael Moore Dennis Banks 2001-02 Dinesh D’Souza Robert Novak Oliver Sacks 2007-08 Jean Kilbourne Mary Matalin Susan Faludi Karan Armstrong 1997-98 Peter Singer David Horowitz Amy Goodman Al Sharpton Tony Kushner Randall Robinson Micheal Eric Dyson Robert Seigel Ralph Reed Hanan Ashrawi Spike Lee Ken Mehlman Sister Helen Prejean Patricia Ireland Guerilla Girls 1993-94 Reza Aslan & Gideon Chuck Palahnuik Luis Rodriquez Patch Adams Yago Eric Schlosser Kurt Vonnegut Elie Wiesel William Buckley, Jr. Richard Dawkins Michael Moore Bobby Seale Jamaica Kincaid Bell Hooks Andrew Sullivan (spotlight) Joycelyn Elder Spitfire Tour: Jello Nadine Strossen John Perkins (spotlight) Biafra, Ingrid Newkirk, Helen Zia James Kunstler Krist Novoselic, Jill Jello Biafra (spotlight) Sobule Stephan Jay Gould Andy Greenwald Eric Soperston (spotlight) (spotlight) Craig Murray (spotlight) Gubernatorial Debate Paul Loeb (spotlight)

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The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.

1992-93 ‘87-88

Jesse Jackson Jeremy Rifkin Oscar Arias Charles King Chinua Achebe Irwin Abrams Phyllis Schafly Costeau Society Susan Faludi Ntozaki Shangi

1991-92

Charlene Spretnak Gloria Anzaldia Eqbal Ahmad Dennis Barrie Winona LaDuke Elie Wiesel

1990-91

Audre Lord Godfrey Binaisa Faye Wattleton Seymour Hersh Barbara Ehrenreich Isabel Allende

1989-90

Seymour Melman Angela Davis Edward Said Frances More Lappe Maya Angelou Daniel Ellsberg

1988-89

John Walters Martin Luther King III Noam Chomsky Garrett Hardin/Julian Simm Debate