Listen: Music and Dance Alumni Trace "Chaotic" Career Trajectories
March 1st, 2017
Alumni, including Jalisa Roberts '13 (left), spoke with students about how their Swarthmore education helped prepare them for life after graduation.
Listen: Envisioning Public/Engaged Scholarship
February 28th, 2017
Educator Nelson Flores '03 delivered the keynote address at the Public Discourse & Democracy series event that also featured a faculty discussion.
Listen: What Election Judges See
January 19th, 2017
Three election judges share what they have seen at polling places, what might cause a vote to be invalidated or lost, and on what matters they exercise discretion.
Listen: Economist Jeffrey Frankel '74 on TPP, Trade, Inequality, and the Election
December 13th, 2016
Frankel, one of the leading experts on international trade, gives an overview of changes in trade theory and addresses the connection between trade and inequality, which he says "is especially salient now."
Listen: Author Keiko Itoh '74 Discusses Her Novel, Set in Japanese-Occupied Shanghai
December 8th, 2016
Itoh returned to campus for the first time in 40 years to discuss her novel, which is partly inspired by her mother's experience living in China during WWII.
Listen: Economist David Weiman on Monetary Union, the Struggle over Political Economic Sovereignty
December 5th, 2016
In this talk, Weiman revisits the conflicts between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, specifically surrounding monetary issues.
Listen: Historian Maya Peterson '02 on Cotton Colonialism and the Shrinking Aral Sea
November 23rd, 2016
Peterson discusses the rapid disappearance of the Aral Sea, which has been called “one of the worst environmental disasters in the world.”
Listen: Author Eli Clare on Cure, Disability, Queerness, and Natural Worlds
November 14th, 2016
In this lecture, Clare explores the social and historical roots of the idea of cure.
McCabe Lecture by Patrick Awuah '89
November 1st, 2016
Patrick Awuah '89, founder and president of Ashesi University in Ghana, delivered this year's McCabe L
Listen: Labor Leader Paul Booth '64 on Pushing the Envelope in American Politics
October 31st, 2016
Booth discusses the development of the American left, the state of the election, and the 2016 Democratic platform, which he helped draft.
Listen: Sociologist Andrew Perrin '93 "Reads" the 2016 Election
October 28th, 2016
Perrin describes the election season as both cultural ritual and deliberative event.
Listen: Josh King '87 on Elections & Political Campaigns in the Age of Optics
October 28th, 2016
In his talk, the political strategist examines the current U.S. presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Listen: Cardiologist Nazanin Moghbeli '96 on Brush Strokes and Treating Folks
October 24th, 2016
In her lecture, Moghbeli discusses her career journey and how she has combined her two passions - medicine and art.
Listen: Political Scientist Diana Mutz on Hearing the Other Side
October 24th, 2016
In this lecture, Mutz explores what can be done to promote open discussion in which all voices are heard, without devolving into hurt feelings and damaged community ties. She is introduced by President Valerie Smith.
Listen: Legal Scholar Richard Hasen on Campaign Money and the Distortion of American Elections
September 27th, 2016
Hasen delivers the annual 2016 Constitution Day lecture on campaign money, the Supreme Court, and the distortion of American elections.
