Visiting Speakers

Fawzia Afzal-Khan is Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar, and Director of Women and Gender Studies at Montclair State University. 

Aijaz Ahmad is the author of many influential books on literature, politics, and cultural theory, including In Theory, Lineages of the Present, and In Our Time: Empire, Politics, Culture.

George Ainslie is a research psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA, and Professor of Economics at University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Danielle Allen is a Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a recipient of the Macarthur "genius" Grant.

Samik Bandyopadhyay is a film and theatre scholar and critic.

Rachel Barney is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Classical Philosophy, affiliated with both the Classics Department and the Philosophy Department. 

Jonathan Beere is Co-Director at the Graduate School of Ancient Philosophy of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Shyam Benegal a filmmaker and the originator of what has come to be called "middle cinema"