Visiting Speakers

Richard Terdiman

Professor
University of California, Santa Cruz

Richard Terdiman is a Professor of Literature and of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz and former Director of UCSC’s Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center.

Yanis Varoufakis

Professor of Economic Theory
University of Athens

Yanis Varoufakis is Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Athens and the author of several best-selling books.

Iakovos Vasiliou

Professor of Philosophy
City University of New York

Iakovos Vasiliou received his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993. Most of Vasiliou's research has been on Plato and Aristotle, but it extends to broader questions in ethics, epistemology and political philosophy. 

Robert Young

Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature
New York University

Robert Young is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University and was formerly Professor of English and Critical Theory at Oxford University.