International Relations

Ariella Azoulay (2011-2012)

Jan 20, 2012

“Toward a Visual Declaration of Human Rights: Revisiting The Family of Man” Ariella Azoulay is an author, art curator, filmmaker, and theorist of photography and visual culture. She is Professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of Comparative Literature at [...]

Mary Louise Pratt (2009-2010)

Mar 03, 2010

“Globalization and the Ecology of Language” Mary Louise Pratt is an emeritus professor at New York University, where before retirement she was Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures. She studied at the University of Toronto, the [...]

Sherene Razack (2006-2007)

Jan 30, 2007

“Dangerous Muslim Men, Imperiled Muslim Women, and Civilized Europeans: Law and the War on Terror” Sherene Razack is Distinguished Professor and the Penney Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies at UCLA. She was previously Emeritus Professor in the Department of Social [...]

Hanan Ashrawi (2005-2006)

Oct 25, 2005

“The Global Context and Human Imperative of Peace in the Middle East” Hanan Ashrawi is a scholar and activist in the struggle for a Palestinian homeland. As the founder and secretary general of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, [...]

Margaret MacMillan (2004-2005)

Nov 04, 2004

“The Uses and Abuses of History: Versailles and Beyond” Margaret MacMillan is a provost at Trinity College and Professor of History at the University of Toronto. She is also emeritus Professor of International History and the former Warden of St. Antony’s College at the [...]

Martha Nussbaum (2000-2001)

Jan 20, 2001

“In Search of Universal Values” Martha Nussbaum is a renowned legal academic known for her work on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, feminist philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy and the arts. She was trained as a classicist at Harvard University and is an [...]

Gwynne Dyer (1999-2000)

Oct 03, 1999

“Democratic Overdog: Strategy, Morality, and Etiquette for the New Masters of the Universe” Gwynne Dyer is a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster, and lecturer, originally trained as a historian. He has served in the armed forces of three nations and has held [...]

Mel Hurtig (1985-1986)

Feb 10, 1986

“1986: The Most Crucial Year in Modern Canadian History” Mel Hurtig was a publisher, an author, and a well-known Canadian nationalist. During the 1972 federal election, he ran as a Liberal in West Edmonton, finishing second. In 1973, he left the Library party and co-founded [...]

Pauline Jewett (1982-1983)

Mar 21, 1983

“Canadian Politics and the Arms Race: A View from Parliament Hill” Pauline Jewett was a Canadian Member of Parliament and activist. She earned a BA and an MA from Queen’s University, and a PhD in political science at Harvard University in 1949. After graduating, she taught [...]

Han Suyin (1980-1981)

Oct 06, 1980

“The Chinese Perception of the World Today” and “Writers and Writing in China Today” Han Suyin was a well-known author and authority on Chinese literature. Her 15 works of fiction, autobiography, history and cultural analysis include A Many-Splendored Thing (1952), which [...]

Paul GĂ©rin-Lajoie (1974-1975)

Nov 28, 1974

“The Development Crises and the Canadian Dilemma” Paul Gérin-Lajoie was President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). He was born in Montreal in 1920, and studied at Université de Montreal and Oxford University. He served as Quebec’s first Minister of [...]

Pierre Charpentier, Alfred Pick, Allan Roger, Rev. C. William Smith, Pierre Tanguay (1974-1975)

Nov 27, 1974

“Institutional Cooperation Between Canada and Latin America: Government and Church” This panel was part of a series on “Canada’s Involvement in Latin America,” which began with Michael Lubbock’s lecture. The five speakers each addressed a different aspect of Canada-Latin [...]