Due to unsafe road conditions for Anchorage and surrounding areas, UAA’s Anchorage campus will be on a delayed start today, Thursday, Dec. 4. Campus will open at 10 a.m. to allow for safer travel.
Past Seward and Chartwell Lectures
Below are listed the lecture series and the current schedule. Highlighted lecturers' names will take you to a webpage about the lecturer, and highlighted lecture titles will take you to podcasts of the event.
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- 2015 - 2016 Lectures
Chartwell Lecture Series
- Dr. Forrest Nabors, "The 150th Anniversary of the Constitutional Abolition of Slavery" (September 17, 2015)
- David Freeman, "Winston Churchill: Student of History, Champion of Democracy" (November 29, 2015)
- Sinan Ciddi, "Turkey, ISIS, and the Implications for the United States" (February 25, 2016)
- Hanna Shelest "Implications and Challenges of the Ukraine Crisis for International Security" (April 11, 2016)
William H. Seward Lecture Series
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Jack Roderick, "Politics in Alaska" (September 24, 2015)
- Christer Persson and Bertelsen Rasmus Gjedsso "Scandinavia and Alaska: Sweden in and Norway out of the European Union" (October 3, 2015)
- Rick Mystrom "Building Anchorage's Future - Dream Big and Dare to Fail" (October 14, 2015)
- George Wuerch, "Known Unknowns & Unknown Unknowns: Questions Every Mayor Faces" (November 19, 2015)
- Tom Fink, "Reflections of Anchorage 1988–1994" (January 20, 2016)
- Mara Kimmel "Adventures of Misfits and Intrepeneurs: Creating Justice and Change from the Inside Out" (March 31, 2016)
- Ethan Berkowitz "A Conversation with the Mayor" (April 7, 2016)
- 2014 - 2015 Lectures
Chartwell Lecture Series
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Kevin Patterson, "Have Courage: Sustaining the Arts in a Time of Cultural and Economic Uncertainty" (July 24, 2014)
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Ishmael Khaldi, "Israel and the Conflict in Gaza" (August 24, 2014)
- Ralph A. Rossum, "Justice Clarence Thomas and the Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration" (September 16, 2014)
- Justin D. Lyons, "Deserve Victory: The Statesmanship of Winston Churchill" (December 1, 2014)
- Jonathan Adelman, "China in Crisis: Will It Become a Superpower in the Next Two Decades?" (January 22, 2015)
- Mary Mathie "Antony and Cleopatra" (April 9, 2015)
William H. Seward Lecture Series
- David Azerrad, "Equalizing Opportunity: How Far Should We Go?" (October 20, 2014)
- Chancellor Tom Case "Veterans: An Enduring Story of Service" (November 11, 2014)
- Judge Pamela Washington "Problem Solving Justice" (March 24, 2015)
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- 2013 - 2014 Lectures
Chartwell Lecture Series
- (Constitution Day Lecture) Judge Ralph R. Beistline "The Constitution, Jury Trials, and My Reflections from the Bench" (September 16, 2013)
- Paul Courtenay "Winston Churchill the Artist" (December 3, 2013)
- Paul Rahe "Thucydides on Athens and Sparta: Domestic Regimes and the Conduct of Foreign Policy" (April 17, 2014)
William H. Seward Lecture Series
- (Alaska Day Lecture) Fran Ulmer- "The Emerging Arctic: Is the United States Ready?" (October 3, 2013)
- Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell- "The United States and Federal Overreach in Alaska" (November 7, 2013)
- Dr. Landry Signé- "Why has Democracy Proven Good for Africa?" (November 19, 2013)
- United States Senator Mark Begich- "Google It: Advancing Technology on the Last Frontier" (February 3, 2014)
- (Legacy Lecture) Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe- "Women Judges: Do They Make a Difference?" (March 17, 2014)
- Dr. Scott Hibbard- "Egypt and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East" (March 20, 2014)
- Walter Stahr- "William H. Seward and Alaska" (March 31, 2014)