Former FBI Director Robert Mueller delivers this year's Payne Lecture. His presentation covers the 12 years he spent leading the FBI in the aftermath of 9/11. The Payne Lectureship is sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. It is named for Frank E. Payne and Arthur W. Payne, brothers who gained an appreciation for global problems through their international business operations. The position is given to someone with an international reputation as a leader, with...

Sigrid Weigel leads an exploration of Benjamin Watson's image based epistemology and its preconditions in visual arts and media history. Robert Harrison serves as a moderator and provides a response to Sigrid Weigel's lecture. (February 28, 2013)

Anne Aghion addresses consciousness in the world by discussing her award winning film "My Neighbor, My Killer." (November 9, 2012)

Steven Kleinman, Eyal Press, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Debra Satz discuss consciousness in the world by discussing problems of toleration and intervention. (November 9, 2012)

Abraham Verghese, Fady Joudah, and Mark Johnson address consciousness and modes of witnessing conscience by discussing how conscientious action presents itself on a day to day basis. (November 9, 2012)

Sheri Fink, Colin Dayan, and David Palumbo-Liu discuss conscience's role in witnessing and narrating events. The panel focuses on moral quandaries in journalism ethics and animal rights. (November 9, 2012)

Kent Greenawalt, Jay M. Bernstein, and Nancy Ruttenberg address consciousness under the Secular/Religious divide by discussing how morality is dependent upon conscientious action. (November 8, 2012)

Nathan Chapman, Steven Knapp, Arnold Eisen, and Nancy Ruttenberg discuss consciousness under the Secular/Religious divide by discussing how religion and conscience operate in modern society. (November 8, 2012)

Jack Rakove, Michael J. Perry, and Derek Webb dicuss consciousness under the American context by discussing how freedom of speech and the conscience influence and effect each other. (November 8, 2012)

Andrew Murphy, Mark Valeri, and Caroline Winterer address consciousness under the American context by discussing how religion shaped and impacted the pre-revolutionary conscience. (November 8, 2012)

Amir Eshel, Tobias Wolff and Abbas Milani lead a discussion about the writing of Salman Rushdie and how they think his religion led to how he lived his life and how he was perceived in various cultures. (November 28, 2012)

Professor Margaret Cohen illuminates how the documentary narratives of 1920-1950's dive pioneers turn to a poetic imagery of marvels and enchantment to express aspects of human perception. (January 23, 2013)

Robert Harrison investigates the surprising longevity and relevance of Dante's Divine Comedy in contemporary society. He discusses the poem's ontology, language of the divine, and its relation to the modern crisis of faith. (November 16, 2011)

A panel of distinguished individuals discuss and debate the Cuban Missile Crisis from several perspectives. They describe the event's impact on the world and talk about what history has taught us since then. (October 22, 2012)

Omer Bartov gives a lecture, "My Blood or Yours: Historicizing Atrocity as a Path to Reconciliation," followed by "A Memory of One's Own: History, Political Change and the Meaning of 1977," by Mitchell Cohen. (May 18, 2012)

Elazar Barkan gives a lecture, "Beyond Accountability: The Role of Historical Memory in Conflict Resolution," followed by Simon Glendinning's philosophical approach to the conditions of forgiveness in, his lecture "I Forgive You." (May 18, 2012)

Gregory Khalil gives a lecture, "America, Prolepsis and the 'Holy Land': Writing a Cultural History Beyond the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" followed by "Neutralizing History and Memory in Divided Societies," by Bashir Bashir. (May 17, 2012)

Derek Penslap, Yael Zerubavel, and Alon Confino give lectures on Zionism and provide unique perspectives on the Israeli-Palestine conflict. (May 17, 2012)

Fatma Muge Gocek explores the Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide, followed by a lecture by Heidemarie Uhl on the recent developments in the way that Western Europe remembers the Holocaust. (May 17, 2012)

Gabriel Motzkin examines the differences between history and memory, event and narrative, and collective and individual memory, and applies this debate to the Holocaust and the ongoing political process in Israel. (May 17, 2012)

Amir Eshel and Gabriel Motzkin outline the goals, questions, purpose, and some of the material of the two-day "History and Memory: Global and Local Dimension" conference. (May 17, 2012)

Stanley Chia, Senior Technology Consultant at Vodafone Group R&D, discusses how companies should strive to reach the Chinese market in the developing economy. (May 24, 2010)

Håkan Eriksson, Chief Technology Officer at Ericsson, talks about the increasingly connected nature of the world and how (especially in the developing technological markets like China) this will change the way the products are shaped. (May 24, 2010)

Olivier Glauser, Managing Director of Steamboat Ventures, discusses investing in the Chinese technology market and how innovation is occurring in a different area than what is expected in United States markets. (May 25, 2010)

Richard Hsu, Managing Director at Intel Capital China, discusses the future for Chines markets and how the internet might adapt in order to fit the developing needs. (May 25, 2010)