Visiting Speakers

Dr. Dimitris Kousouris has studied History and Archaeology at the University of Athens (2000) and pursued his graduate studies in the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), where he received a Master's degree (DEA, 2003), and a PhD in History and Civilizations. One of his most recent publication is From Revolution To Restoration: The Greek Postwar Purges, 1944-1949, which was published in 2013.

John H. McDowell is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh.

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.

Alexander Nehamas is Professor of Humanities and of Comparative Literature. His interests include Greek philosophy, philosophy of art, European philosophy and literary theory.

John Pilger is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker.

Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.

Orlando Reade studied English Literature as an undergraduate at St. John's College, Cambridge (2006-9), then studied for a masters degree in Renaissance Studies at the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, University of London (2010-11). His interests include contemporary and early modern poetry, political economy, psychoanalytic and critical theory, the history of toys, modern art, geometry, and dance.

Christopher Ricks is the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University, having formerly been professor of English at Bristol and at Cambridge