Distinguished Lecture Series: Speaker History

Past Visiting Speakers

Listed below are some of the distinguished visiting speakers that the UT Humanities Center has hosted in the past. Click on the highlighted links to see the video of the lecture.

2020-2021 Speakers

Department of History 2020 Charles O. Jackson Memorial Lecture Co-sponsored by The UT Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture Series Walter Johnson Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies Harvard University Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:30 PM Title: The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Walter Johnson was invited to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by Robert Bland (Department of History) as a speaker in the Charles O. Jackson Memorial Lecture Series, which is co-sponsored by the UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series.
Rachel Cohen Writer, Professor of Practice in the Arts Department of English Program in Creative Writing The University of Chicago Monday, October 19, 2020 Time: 3:30 P.M. (ET) Title: Reading Through Trouble: A changing experience of Jane Austen and her work Rachel Cohen was invited to The University of Tennessee by Hilary Havens (Department of English).
UT Theater Department with support from the UT Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture Series presents virtual Anti-Racism Play Festival. Idris GoodwinIdris Goodwin Break Beat Poet, Playwright, Speaker Exec. Director of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center @ Colorado College October 28: Features opening address and post-show discussion with playwright, Idris Goodwin 7:00 PM October 29: Features Post-show discussion with directors Aleah Vassell and Shinnerrie Jackson. 7:00 PM
Department of Religious Studies Annual Siddiqi Lecture in Islamic Studies Shahzia Sikander Multimedia Artist New York Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:30 PM Title: “Visual cultures of Islam: A Conversation with Shahzia Sikander”
Meiqin Wang Professor of Art History California State University, Northridge Monday, November 16, 2020 Time: 3:30 PM Title: Art in Action: Socially Engaged Art from Contemporary China Meiqin Wang was invited to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by Suzanne Wright (School of Art).
John Dunne Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities Center for Healthy Minds Chair, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday, February 15, 2021 Time: 3:30 PM (ET) Title: “Reflexivity and Conscious Experience in Buddhist Thought” John Dunne was invited to The University of Tennessee by Kristina Gehrman (Department of Philosophy) and Megan Bryson (Department of Religious Studies).
Marisa Parham Visiting Professor of English / Director of the African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities Initiative University of Maryland Monday, March 1, 2021 Time: 3:30 PM Title: Interactivities: difference, computation, textuality Marisa Parham was invited to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).
Pamela Gilbert Albert Brick Professor of English University of Florida Monday, March 22, 2021 Time: 3:30 PM Title: “Those Mysterious Markings: Tattoos, Identity and the British Traveler” Pamela Gilbert was invited to The University of Tennessee by Nancy Henry (Department of English).
Andrew Curran William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities Wesleyan University Monday, March 29, 2021 3:30 PM (ET) Title: The Bordeaux Academy of Sciences and the Great Race Contest of 1741 Andrew Curran was invited to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by Mary McAlpin (Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures).
Paul Jaskot Professor of Art History and Director of the Wired Lab for Digital Art History and Visual Culture Duke University Monday, April 12, 2021 Time: 3:30 PM Title: Building Nazi Occupied Krakow: Digital and Analog Approaches to the Spaces of the Holocaust Paul Jaskot was invited to The University of Tennessee by Daniel Magilow (Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures).
Terry Tempest Williams Author and writer in residence at the Harvard Divinity School April 15, 2021 Time: 7:00 P.M. Title: “An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams: Author, Conservationist, Free Speech Advocate” Terry Tempest Williams was invited to The University of Tennessee by UTHC Director Amy Elias.

2019-2020 Speakers

Michael Witmore Director Folger Shakespeare Library Vinton Cerf Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Google Thursday, September 12, 2019 Title: “Machine Reading in the Digital Age” Michael Witmore and Vinton Cerf were invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).
Celia Chazelle Professor, Department of History The College of New Jersey Monday, September 23, 2019 Title: “Women and the Dead in the Carolingian World” Celia Chazelle was invited to the University of Tennessee by Matthew Gillis (Department of History).
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi Professor, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies Northern Arizona University Thursday, October 3, 2019 Title: “History of Manichaean Art in China” Zsuzsanna Gulácsi was invited to the University of Tennessee by Shellen Wu (Department of History).
Jerry Gershenhorn Julius L. Chambers Professor, Department of History North Carolina Central University Monday, October 28, 2019 Title: “The Power of the Press: Southern Black Journalists and the 20th-Century Freedom Struggle” Jerry Gershenhorn was invited to the University of Tennessee by Brandon Winford (Department of History).
Kate Elswit Reader in Theatre and Performance The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama University of London Monday, November 11, 2019 Title: “Dance, Bodies, and the Digital: Digital Methods for Movement on the Move” Kate Elswit was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).
William Egginton Decker Professor of the Humanities, Director Alexander Grass Humanities Institute Johns Hopkins University Monday, January 27, 2020 Title: “Humanities Education at the Crossroads: Why the Liberal Arts are Fundamental to Democracy” William Egginton was invited to the University of Tennessee by Harrison Meadows (Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures).
Fred Moten Professor of Performance Studies Tisch School of the Arts New York University Thursday, February 20, 2020 Title: “Blue(s) as Cymbal: Beauford Delaney (Elvin Jones) James Baldwin” Fred Moten was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).

2018-2019 Speakers

Elizabeth Catte Historian and writer Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Title: “What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia” Dr. Elizabeth Catte was invited to the University of Tennessee by Bob Hutton (History).
Dr. David M. Lubin Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art Wake Forest University Monday, October 1, 2018 Title: “Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution” Dr. David Lubin was invited to the University of Tennessee by Mary Campbell (Art).
Deborah Wong Professor of Music University of California, Riverside Monday, October 15, 2018 Title: “Change is Coming: Asian American Arts Activism and Engaged Ethnomusicology” Dr. Deborah Wong was invited to the University of Tennessee by Jacqueline Avila, Leslie Gay and Rachel Golden (Music).
Kimberly Bowes Professor of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania Thursday, October 25, 2018 Title: “The Roman 90%: The Rural Poor in the Roman World” Dr. Kimberly Bowes was invited to the University of Tennessee by Jacob Latham (History).
Lothar von Falkenhausen Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History University of California, Los Angeles Monday, November 5, 2018 Title: “The First Emperor’s Terracotta Army” Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen was invited to the University of Tennessee by Charles Sanft (History).
Montserrat Cabré Professor of the History of Science Universidad de Cantabria, Spain Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Title: “Dissection, Domestic Caring, and Women’s Religious Practice in 13th Century Iberia”
Christopher Newfield Professor of Literature and American Studies University of California, Santa Barbara Thursday, February 28, 2019 Title: “What Do Universities Do? Bringing College and Society Back Together” Christopher Newfield was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).
Anita Allen Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania Monday, March 11, 2019 Title: “Privacy and Ethics in the Digital Age” Dr. Anita Allen was invited to the University of Tennessee by Nora Berenstain (Philosophy).
Steven Stoll Professor of History Fordham University Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Title: “The Ordeal of Appalachia” J.D. Vance was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (UT Humanities Center) Dr. Steven Stoll was invited to the University of Tennessee by Tore Olsson (History).
Jane Elliott Reader in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory Department of English King's College London Monday, April 8 2019 Title: "The Horror of Choice” (audio only) Jane Elliott was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (Department of English/UTHC).
Amy Greenberg Professor of History and Women’s Studies Pennsylvania State University Thursday, April 11, 2019 Title: "War for Empire: The 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico” Dr. Amy Greenberg was invited to the University of Tennessee by Luke Harlow (History).
Tracy K. Smith Poet Laureate of the United States Thursday, April 11, 2019 Title: “An Evening with Tracy K. Smith” Professor Tracy K. Smith was invited to the University of Tennessee by Margaret Dean (English).

2017-2018 Speakers

Dr. Laurent Dubois Professor of Romance Studies and History and Director of the Forum for Scholars & Publics Duke University Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Title: "On the Trail of the Banjo: America’s African Instrument" Dr. Dubois was invited to the University of Tennessee by Tore Olsson (History)
Dr. Dena Goodman Lila Miller Collegiate Professor of History and Women’s Studies University of Michigan Monday, October 2, 2017 Title: “Building a Successful Life and Career in the Wake of the French Revolution” Dr. Goodman was invited to the University of Tennessee by Mary McAlpin (MFLL)
Dr. Robert Campany Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies Vanderbilt University Monday, October 16, 2017 Title: “The Culture of the Night: Dreams and Meaning-Making in Late Classical and Early Medieval China” Dr. Campany was invited to the University of Tennessee by Megan Bryson (Religious Studies)
Dr. Robert Weems, Jr. Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History Wichita State University Monday, October 30, 2017 Title: “The Evolution of the TRILLION Dollar African American Consumer Market” Dr. Weems was invited to the University of Tennessee by Brandon Winford (History)
Dr. Sarah Kay Professor and Chair of the Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture New York University Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Title: “Singing with the Stars” Dr. Kay was invited to the University of Tennessee by Ann-Helene Miller (MFLL)
A dialogue with Joy Harjo and John Troutman, moderated by Julie Reed Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Title: “Rumble: Natives and American Music” Joy Harjo and John Troutman were invited to the University of Tennessee by Julie Reed (History)
Dr. David Potter Ronald W. Mellor Professor of Roman History The University of California, Los Angeles Monday, March 26, 2018 Title: “The Empress Theodora and the Management of Empire” Dr. Potter was invited to the University of Tennessee by Jacob Latham (History)
Dr. Anne Behnke Kinney Professor of Chinese Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures University of Virginia Monday, April 16, 2018 - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER-RELATED ISSUES Title: “Confucius’s Mary Magdalen Moment”
J.D. Vance New York Times best-selling author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Monday, April 30, 2018 Title: “Hillbilly Elegy: A Culture in Crisis” J.D. Vance was invited to the University of Tennessee by Amy Elias (UT Humanities Center)

2016-2017 Speakers

Dr. Peter Railton Gregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor and John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Friday, September 30, 2016 Title: "Moral Learning" Dr. Railton was invited to The University of Tennessee by Clerk Shaw (Philosophy)
Dr. Jeffrey Pilcher Professor of History University of Toronto Monday, November 7, 2016 Title: “How Beer Traveled the World: A Global History” Dr. Pilcher was invited to The University of Tennessee by Tore Olsson (History)
Dr. David Stone Associate Research Scientist Kelsey Museum of Archaeology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Thursday, January 26, 2017 Title: “Archaeology and Inequality: Methods and Measures in Ancient North Africa” Dr. Stone was invited to The University of Tennessee by Stephen Collins-Elliott (Classics)
Dr. Robin Yates James McGill Professor History and Classical Studies McGill University Monday, February 6, 2017 Title: “Terror or Pleasure? Living and Working under the First Emperor of China” Dr. Yates was invited to The University of Tennessee by Charles Sanft (History)
Dr. Jeffrey Cox Professor of English and Humanities University of Colorado, Boulder Monday, February 20, 2017 Title: “Knowing Romanticism” Dr. Cox was invited to The University of Tennessee by Adrian Del Caro (Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures)
Dr. Maria Loh Professor in Art History CUNY Hunter College Monday, March 6, 2017 Title: "Titian's Desperate Vitality" Dr. Loh was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dorothy Habel (Art)
Dr. Tiya Miles Mary Henrietta Graham Distinguished University Professor Department of American Culture, Department of Afro-American and African Studies, Department of History, Native American Studies Program, Department of Women’s Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor March 20, 2017 Title: “The Call of the Ancestors: Historical Imagination and the Black and Native American Past” Dr. Miles was invited to The University of Tennessee by Julie Reed (History)
Dr. Clifford Ando David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities and Professor of Classics, History and in the College University of Chicago Thursday, March 30, 2017 Title: “Knowing the Roman State: The Epistemics of Sovereignty” Dr. Ando was invited to The University of Tennessee by Jacob Latham (History)
Dr. Peter Sabor Professor of English McGill University Thursday, April 6, 2017 Title: “Jane Austen and the Common Reader: Contemporary Responses to Emma” Dr. Sabor was invited to The University of Tennessee by Hilary Havens (English)

2015-2016 Speakers

Dr. Candace Vogler David and Clara Stern Professor of Philosophy University of Chicago Keynote speaker at the Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA) Conference Saturday, September 5, 2015 Title: "Avoiding Bad" Dr. Vogler was invited to The University of Tennessee by E.J. Coffman (Philosophy)
Dr. Yunte Huang Professor of English University of California-Santa Barbara Monday, September 21, 2015 Title: "Charlie Chan and Yellowface" Dr. Huang was invited to The University of Tennessee by Lynn Sacco (History)
Dr. Michele Salzman Professor of History University of California-Riverside Thursday, October 22, 2015 Title: "The 'Falls of Rome': The Transformations of Rome in Late Antiquity (270-603)" Dr. Salzman was invited to The University of Tennessee by Jacob Latham (History)
Dr. Juliet Walker Professor of History and Founder/Director of the Center of Black Business, History, Entrepreneurship, Technology The University of Texas – Austin Monday, November 9, 2015 Title: "When Will All Black Economic Lives Matter? After 400 Years, 1619-2019, We Are Still at the Racial Bottom" Dr. Walker was invited to The University of Tennessee by Brandon Winford (History)
Dr. Martin Kern Greg and Joanna Zeluck Professor in Asian Studies Princeton University Thursday, January 14, 2016 Title: "The Origins of Chinese Poetry" Dr. Kern was invited to The University of Tennessee by Charles Sanft (History)
Dr. Akeel Bilgrami Sidney Morgenbesser Chair in Philosophy, Professor, Committee on Global Thought Columbia University Thursday, February 11, 2016 Title: "Agency, Value and Alienation" Dr. Bilgrami was invited to The University of Tennessee by Kristina Gehrman (Philosophy)
Dr. Daniel O'Quinn Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies University of Guelph Monday, February 22, 2016 Title: "Shylocks: Anti-Semitism, Pugilism and the Repertoire of Theatrical Violence" Dr. O'Quinn was invited to The University of Tennessee by Misty Anderson (English)
Dr. Kenneth Pomeranz University Professor of History University of Chicago Monday, March 21, 2016 Title: "Late Imperial Legacies: Land, Water, and Long-Run Economic Development in China" Dr. Pomeranz was invited to The University of Tennessee by Shellen Wu (History
Dr. Helmut Reimitz Professor of History Princeton University Monday, March 28, 2016 Title: "Romanitas after Rome: On the Use and Abuse of the Roman Past in the Early Medieval West" Dr. Reimitz was invited to The University of Tennessee by Matthew Gillis (History)
Dr. John Bryant Professor of English Hofstra University Thursday, April 7, 2016 Title: "Big Data \| Close Reading: Melville and the Humanities as Fluid Texts" Dr. Bryant was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dawn Coleman (English)
Dr. Barbara Savage Geraldine Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Department of Africana Studies University of Pennsylvania Monday, April 18, 2016 Title: "Merze Tate: Cosmopolitan Woman, Diplomatic Historian, World Traveler" Dr. Savage was invited to The University of Tennessee by Shannen Williams (History)

2014-2015 Speakers

Dr. Alexander Nemerov Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities, Stanford University "Lewis Hine in the Southeast: Child Labor Photographs, 1908-1912" Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Dr. Nemerov was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Mary Campbell (School of Art)
Paul Erickson Director of Academic Programs, American Antiquarian Society "Get Paid to Read Old Books! How to Apply for and Win Fellowships at Independent Research Libraries" Friday, September 12, 2014 Dr. Erickson was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Katy Chiles (English)
Dr. Glen Bowersock Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies "The Lod and Kfar 'Othnay Mosaics: Religion in Third-Century Roman Palestine" Monday, October 13, 2014 Dr. Bowersock was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Thomas Heffernan (Humanities Center)
Dr. Nicola Di Cosmo Luce Foundation Professor in East Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies "Climate Change Research and the History of Nomads: New Answers to old Questions?" Monday, November 10, 2014 Dr. Di Cosmo was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Charles Sanft (History)
Dr. Karl Ameriks McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame "On Kant and Autonomy" Friday, November 21, 2014 Dr. Ameriks was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Markus Kohl (Philosophy)
Dr. Stewart Shapiro O'Donnell Professor of Philosophy, Ohio State University "Conceptions of the Continuous" Friday, February 6, 201 Dr. Shapiro was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Nora Berenstain (Philosophy)
Dr. David Sedley Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Cambridge "Epicurus on Taxonomy and Definition" Saturday, March 14, 2015 Dr. Sedley was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Clerk Shaw (Philosophy)
Dr. Gail Hershatter Distinguished Professor of History, University of California-Santa Cruz "Did Rural Chinese Women Have a Revolution? If so, what remains?" Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Dr. Hershatter was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Shellen Wu (History)
Dr. Robert Darnton Carl Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian, Harvard University "Books, Libraries, and the Digital Future" Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Dr. Darnton was invited to The University of Tennessee by Dr. Thomas Heffernan (Humanities Center)

2013-2014 Speakers

Carole Pateman Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles "Where is Democracy Heading?" April 25, 2014 Dr. Ebrey was invited to The University of Tennessee by Charles Sanft (History)
Patricia Ebrey Professor of History, The University of Washington "Emperor Huizong: Daoist, Poet, Painter, Captive" March 10, 2014 Dr. Ebrey was invited to The University of Tennessee by Charles Sanft (History)
Amy Taylor Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky "On the Frontlines of Freedom: Life Inside the U.S. Civil War's 'Contraband' Camps" October 15, 2013 Dr. Taylor was invited to The University of Tennessee by Luke Harlow (History)
Edward Hirsch President, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation "Applying for a Guggenheim Fellowship" Poetry Reading by Edward Hirsch September 30, 2013 Dr. Hirsch was invited to The University of Tennessee by Arthur Smith (English)
Martha Nussbaum Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago Law School "The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear" September 16, 2013 A DVD of Dr. Nussbaum's lecture may be borrowed by faculty, staff and students by contacting the Humanities Center at uthumanitiesctr@utk.edu or 865-974-4222
Philippe Buc Professor for the History of the High and Late Middle Ages, University of Vienna "Wars to End All War: Apocalypse and Conflict in Medieval Europe and Beyond" September 9, 2013 Dr. Philippe Buc was invited to The University of Tennessee by Jay Rubenstein (History)

2012-2013 Speakers

Ernest Sosa
Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
"Descartes and Virtue Epistemology"
September 12, 2012
Ernest Sosa was invited to UT by E. J. Coffman (Philosophy).

Jeff Titon
Professor of Ethnomusicology, Brown University
"Thoreau's Pastoral Music"
October 3, 2012
Jeff Titon was invited to UT by Leslie Gay, Jr. (Music).

Patricia Cox Miller
W. Earl Ledden Professor of Religion, Syracuse University
"Figuring Relics: A Poetics of Enshrinement"
November 8, 2012
Patricia Cox Miller was invited to UT by Jacob Latham (History).

Saree Makdisi
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
November 12, 2012
Saree Makdisi was invited to UT by Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud (English).

Dagmar Herzog
Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar and Professor of History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
"Sexuality in Europe: A 20th Century History and a History of the Present"
November 28, 2012
Dagmar Herzog was invited to UT by Monica Black (History).

Susan Wolf
Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
February 8, 2013
Susan Wolf was invited to UT by E. J. Coffman (Philosophy).

Benjamin Elman
Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Princeton University, and the Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies
"China's Place in the Early Modern World: A New Historiography"
March 18, 2013
Benjamin Elman was invited to UT by Shellen Wu (History).

2010-2011 Speakers

Peter Fritzsche (Vejas Liulevicus, History)
Professor
Department of History
University of Illinois
Life and Death in the Third Reich (Harvard University Press, 2008)

Stephen Gardiner (John Nolt, Philosophy)
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Washington
A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Global Environmental Tragedy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)

2009-2010 Speakers

Jonathan Dancy (Lee Shepski, Philosophy)
Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Texas, Austin
Ethics Without Principles (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Julia Douthwaite (Mary McAlpin, French)
Professor
Department of Romance Languages
University of Notre Dame
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment (University of Chicago Press, 2002)

Samuel Freeman (David Reidy, Philosophy)
Avalon Professor in the Humanities
Department of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
Justice and the Social Contract, (Oxford University Press, 2006)

Lyn Hejinian (Ben Lee, English)
Professor
Department of English
University of California, Berkeley
The Language of Inquiry (University of California Press, 2000)

Aviel Roshwald (Vejas Liuelvicius, History)
Professor
Department of History
Georgetown University
The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

Thomas Pogge (David Reidy, Philosophy)
Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs
Department of Philosophy
Yale University
John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice (Oxford University Press, 2007)

2008-2009 Speakers

Jeffrey Herf(Vejas Liulevicius, History)
Professor
Department of History
University of Maryland
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (Yale University Press, 2009)

Christopher Looby(Martin Griffin, English)
Professor
Department of English
UCLA
The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (University of Chicago Press, 2000)

John Matthews(Michael Kulikowski, History)
John M. Schiff Professor
Departments of History and Classics
Yale University
The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business and Daily Life in the Roman East (Yale University Press, 2006)

C.D.C. Reeve(Clark Shaw, Philosophy)
Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Love's Confusions (Harvard University Press, 2005)

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