Speaker Series
Our University brings Bucknell to the world and the world to Bucknell, including speakers from all disciplines who help make this connection.
Departments across the University's curriculum regularly host outstanding speakers, including various colloquia in the humanities, society and technology, and social science, as well as other disciplines, that bring nationally and internationally renowned guests to campus to talk with students and the campus community about issues affecting our world.
This national speakers series began in fall 2007 to focus on major issues facing America and the world. Guests have already included beloved newsman Tim Russert, renowned investor Jim Cramer, distinguished presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nobel Laureate F. W. de Klerk, and respected commentator Norman J. Ornstein.
The Bucknell Forum's current theme is "Global Leadership: Questions for the 21st Century," and includes guests like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters
The Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters is an award given annually to honor and recognize an individual who represents the very highest level of achievement in the craft of writing within the realms of fiction, non-fiction, or biography.
This year's Fellow is John Edgar Wideman, an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Other recipients have included Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and John Updike.
The largest non-navigable river in North America, the Susquehanna is the major source of fresh water to the continent's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. The health of the bay ecosystem is intimately linked to the land use and natural hydrogeomorphic processes upstream in the watershed. Bucknell is ideally situated on the banks of the river to take a leadership role in long-term studies of the river.
The Fall 2009 theme is Cultures at the Confluence: Native Americans, Ecology, and the Susquehanna Valley
International China Conference
Leading scholars on Chinese politics, economics, history and foreign policy will come together to discuss the country's past, present and future.
Their topic: The People's Republic of China at 60: Internal and External Challenges
Sponsored by Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, this series facilitates university-wide discussion of issues of race, ethnicity, and gender.
The Fall 2009 lecture is Jennifer Bloomquist (Gettysburg College), "Looney Coons: Language, Race and Ethnicity in Animated Film."
During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Humanities institute will be co-sponsoring with the Humanities Residential College and the Department of Classics a study of ancient Aegean culture.
Their topic: Concepts in Context: Excavating Ancient Aegean Culture
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