Visiting Speakers

Jonathan Israel is Professor of Modern European History at the Institute for Advanced Study.  His work is concerned with European and European colonial history from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century.

Margaret C. Jacob is Professor of History at UCLA with a primary interest in the meaning and impact of the Newtonian synthesis on religion, political ideology, industrial development, and cultural practices.

Mark Jarrett is the author of The Congress of Vienna and its Legacy (London: I.B. Tauris, 2013), and is currently at work on a study of Lord Castlereagh and counter-revolution in Ireland and France. He has taught at the Mander, Portman and Woodward School in London and at Hofstra University, and has practiced law in the San Francisco office of Baker & McKenzie, the world’s largest law firm.

Phyllis Mack is Professor of History at Rutgers University.  Her research lies in European history, women's history, and history of religion.

Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic.

Uday Singh Mehta, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at CUNY, is a renowned political theorist whose work encompasses a wide spectrum of philosophical traditions.

Samuel Moyn is professor of law and history at Harvard University. He earned a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2001.

Thomas Nagel is University Professor, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Law and New York University.