Visiting Speakers

Bradley Simpson is an assistant professor of history and international studies at Princeton University. Simpson researches twentieth century U.S. foreign relations and international history, and has an interest in U.S.-southeast relations, political economy, human rights and development.

Gillian Tett is US managing editor and an assistant editor of the Financial Times. In her previous role, she oversaw global coverage of the financial markets. In March 2009 she was Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In June 2009 her book Fool’s Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the inaugural Spear’s Book Awards.

Robert S. Thomas is a historian, and the recipeint of the 2007-08 Jerrold Seigel Fellowship awarded by the Consortium for Intellectual and Cultual History at Columbia University.

Jelle Visser (1946) is professor of empirical sociology and chair of sociology of labour and organization at the University of Amsterdam, where he directs the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), an interdisciplinary center for research and graduate teaching at the University of Amsterdam, with participation from economics, sociology, psychology, law and occupational health.

Robert Vitalis joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in July 1999 as associate professor of political science and director of the Middle East Center. 

Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and an expert on the history of the Cold War era and on contemporary international affairs.