A Call for Nominations for the

As a Cornell University

faculty member, you are

in a unique position to

enhance the academic

environment and cultural

life of the university.

Nominate a distinguished

scholar for one of two

prestigious lectureships:

the Messenger Lecture

Series and the University

Lectures.

Spread knowledge

about your department

and the relevance of its

concerns to the Cornell

community. Funding

provides for speaker

honoraria and expenses.

You Can Bring the World to Cornell

Messenger Lecture serIes and the unIversIty Lectures

“the Messenger and university lectures bring visitors to Ithaca who enrich our academic community and put a human face on scholarship.”

Recent Lectures

A Call for Nominations for the

As a Cornell University

faculty member, you are

in a unique position to

enhance the academic

environment and cultural

life of the university.

Nominate a distinguished

scholar for one of two

prestigious lectureships:

the Messenger Lecture

Series and the University

Lectures.

Spread knowledge

about your department

and the relevance of its

concerns to the Cornell

community. Funding

provides for speaker

honoraria and expenses.

You Can Bring the World to Cornell

Messenger Lecture serIes and the unIversIty Lectures

“the Messenger and university lectures bring visitors to Ithaca who enrich our academic community and put a human face on scholarship.”

Recent Lectures

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University Lectures

cornell’s Messenger Lecture series was established in 1924 by a gift from Dr. Hiram Messenger, a cornell graduate of 1880 and a longtime teacher of mathematics. the terms of the original gift established “a fund to provide a course of lectures on the evolution of civilization for the special purpose of raising the moral standard of our political, business, and social life…delivered by the ablest nonresident lecturer or lecturers obtainable.”

the scope of Dr. Messenger’s charter for the lecture series and the generosity of his gift enable cornell to bring to the campus some of the world’s leading scholars and public figures: steven Weinberg (2007), sir Martin rees (2005), Maynard solomon (1992), edward W. said (1986), noam chomsky (1976; also expected in 2008), edward O. Wilson (1976), richard P. Feynman (1964), Linus Pauling (1959), J. r. Oppenheimer (1945), Bronislaw Malinowski (1932), and robert A. Milliken (1925). each year, one or more Messenger lecturers presents a series of three or six lectures at the university.

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“Distinguished scholars and public intellectuals, drawn from around the globe and representing diverse points of view, add significantly to the quality of public discourse on our campus. As Messenger and university Lecturers, they increase the vibrancy of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs; broaden our horizons; and enhance the collaborative, interdisciplinary culture of our university.”

—David J. Skorton Cornell University President

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the cornell university Lectures were first endowed at the beginning of the twentieth century by goldwin smith, a distinguished historian and early cornell faculty member who wanted to “open an intercourse with the world.” the designation of university Lecturer is given to a speaker whose single lecture is likely to have wide-ranging appeal. Lecturers have included: Joseph D. Anderson, a major scholar in cognitive film studies; New York Times national correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner Fox Butterfield; Marcia Landy, a leading authority on cinema, visual culture, and politics; Lisa Lowe, a noted scholar of the cultural politics of colonialism and migration; and Dame Marilyn strathern, one of the foremost anthropologists of her generation.

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“Distinguished scholars and public intellectuals, drawn from around the globe and representing diverse points of view, add significantly to the quality of public discourse on our campus. As Messenger and university Lecturers, they increase the vibrancy of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs; broaden our horizons; and enhance the collaborative, interdisciplinary culture of our university.”

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Guidelines for NominationsMessenger and university lecturers are selected by the cornell university Lectures committee, which is composed of both faculty and students. the committee welcomes nominations from faculty; students are encouraged to suggest nominees.

A complete nomination for a proposed lecturer must include the following information:◆ resume and brief biography of the

speaker◆ title and abstract of the prospective

lecture ◆ projected dates of lectures◆ strong evidence of interdisciplinary

appeal◆ a letter from the principal sponsor

and additional letters from faculty and students that address the broad appeal of the prospective speaker and proposed topic (3 supporting letters for university Lecture nominations; 6 supporting letters for Messenger Lecture nominations)

Funding for LecturesHonoraria begin at $2,500. Funds also are provided for travel, lodging, receptions, and publicity related to the lectures. A full description of standard funding policies for expenses and honoraria for Messenger and university lectures is available from the Office of the Dean of Faculty or online at theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu(click on the link for “Messenger and university lectures”).

Co-Sponsorship of Conferencesthe committee also will consider requests for support of conferences, colloquia, and workshops related to the lectures. such events should have wide appeal to the cornell community.

In addition to the nomination requirements for university Lectures, requests for associated conferences, colloquia, and workshops must include:◆ event description and schedule◆ estimate of expenses◆ complete budget (including amounts

other sponsors have agreed to commit)◆ precise amount of funding requested

(itemized)◆ description of events that provide

opportunities for interaction among the speaker, participants, and guests

All lectures and co-sponsored events supported by the cornell university Lectures committee must be open to the public without charge.

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Submission Deadlines for Nominationsthe committee meets twice a year to evaluate proposals, in April and October. Proposals should be submitted by April 1 for events in the next fall semester or later, and by October 1 for events in the next spring semester or later.

Please send nominations and inquiries to:

Cornell University Lectures CommitteeOffice of the Dean of Faculty315 Day HallIthaca, NY 14853607-255-4843

“Distinguished scholars and public intellectuals, drawn from around the globe and representing diverse points of view, add significantly to the quality of public discourse on our campus. As Messenger and university Lecturers, they increase the vibrancy of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs; broaden our horizons; and enhance the collaborative, interdisciplinary culture of our university.”

A Call for Nominations for the

As a Cornell University

faculty member, you are

in a unique position to

enhance the academic

environment and cultural

life of the university.

Nominate a distinguished

scholar for one of two

prestigious lectureships:

the Messenger Lecture

Series and the University

Lectures.

Spread knowledge

about your department

and the relevance of its

concerns to the Cornell

community. Funding

provides for speaker

honoraria and expenses.

Frances Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins University

You Can Bring the World to Cornell

Messenger Lecture serIes and the unIversIty Lectures

Janet Halley, Harvard Law School

“the Messenger and university lectures bring visitors to Ithaca who enrich our academic community and put a human face on scholarship.”

—Charles Walcott, Dean of University Faculty, Cornell University

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Recent LecturesJoseph Anderson, georgia state university,

“realism and the Perception of Artifacts in Motion Pictures”

Benjamin Bagby, university of Paris-sorbonne, “Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf ”

David J. P. Barker, university of southampton, “early Life experiences and Adult Disease”

Judith Butler, university of california, Berkeley, “Psychoanalysis, Politics, Kinship”

Jay clayton, vanderbilt vanderbilt v university, “the Human genome in Literature and Film”

gerald r. Fink, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical research, “We’re Off to see the genome”

Katrina Firlik ‘91, yale university school of Medicine, “Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside”

Frances Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins university, “the state After september 11”

Patrick geary, university of california, Los Angeles, “Medievalists and the challenge of ethnic nationalism”

temple grandlin, colorado state university, “Autism and Animal Behavior: How they come together”

Janet Halley, Harvard Law school, “sexuality Harassment/same-sex Marriage”

Janet Holmes, victoria university, “What Is a Feminine Workplace? gender stereotypes, Discourse, and Interracial realities”

edward James, university of reading, “sir Arthur clarke’s utopian vision”

Bruce Kapferer, Bergen university, “Democracy, Political cosmology, and Wild sovereignty”

Donald Kennedy, stanford university, “state of the Planet”

Lisa Lowe, university of california, san Diego, “Out of the West: Modernity and its Discontents”

robert Mcneill Alexander, university of Leeds, “size, energy, and gait: the Dynamics of running from Ants to Dinosaurs”

sidney Mintz, Johns Hopkins university, “Food and History: How Many globalizations”

norman Myers, consultant in environment and development, “environmental and conservation Issues for the new Millennium”

rex nettleford, university of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, “cultural Identify and Development: A caribbean Perspective”

sir Martin rees, trinity college, university of cambridge, “A Perspective of earth’s Future” and “the universe from start to Finish”

thomas seifrid, university of southern california, “roman Jakobson’s sculptural Myth”

steven Weinberg ‘54, nobel Laureate, university of texas, “A History of the Warfare of science with theology”

carl Zimmer, noted journalist and science writer, “POssesseD: the strange Biology of Parasite Manipulation”

Katrina Firlik ‘91, Yale University School of Medicine