Visiting Scholars
Following are scholars who will visit or have visited Valparaiso University through the Visiting Scholar Program of The Phi Beta Kappa Society and the efforts of Eta of Indiana Chapter:
Professor Michael Thaddeus
Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
October 27-28, 2022
Public Lecture: The Thrall of Technology
Thursday, October 27, 6:30pm in Neils Science Center 234
Dr. R. Howard Bloch
Sterling Professor of French, Yale University
March 31-April 1, 2022
Public Lecture: “Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Rise of the University of Paris”
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 6:30 pm by Zoom
Father Columba Stewart
Director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University
April 12-13, 2021
Public Lecture: “Public Lecture: “What a (Modern) Monk Does: Saving the World’s Manuscript Heritage from Imminent Danger”
Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm by Zoom
Alfred Z. Spector
Chief Technology Officer, Two Sigma
February 4-5, 2019
Public Lecture: “Data Science: Opportunities and Challenges”
Monday, February 4, 2019 at 6 pm, Christopher Center Community Room
Augusta Read Thomas
University Professor of Composition, University of Chicago
September 11-12, 2014
Public Lecture: “The A.R.T. of Composing”
Thursday, September 11 at 6:30 pm, Duesenberg Recital Hall
David P. Forsythe
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
September 18-20, 2013
Public Lecture: “Human Rights in the World: 1948-2014”
Thursday, September 19 at 6:30 pm, Mueller Hall Refectory
Ka Yee C. Lee
Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
September 27-28, 2012
Public Lecture: “The Physics of Breathing: Wrinkle-to-Fold Transitions in Lung Surfactants and other Elastic Sheet”
Friday, September 28 at 3:30 pm, Neils Science Center 234
Richard A. Shweder
William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development, University of Chicago
September 22-23, 2011
Public Lecture: “Engaging Cultural Differences Without Moral Panic: The Burqa and FGM”
Thursday, September 22 at 6:30 pm, Mueller Hall Refectory
Eric Adelberger
Professor of Physics, University of Washington
September 18-19, 2008
Public Lecture: “Testing Einstein’s Happiest Idea By Watching Things Fall Sideways”
Thursday, September 18 at 6:30 pm, Neils Science Center 234
James J. Sheehan
Professor of History, Stanford University
October 25-26, 2007
Public Lecture: “Why the European Union Will Not Become a Superpower”
Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 6:30 pm, the Great Hall of the Union
Thomas G. Rawski
Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh
February 8-9, 2007
Public Lecture: “China’s Economic Explosion: Echoes at Home and Abroad”
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 6:30 pm, Christ College Refectory
Thomas Childers
Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
September 23-24, 2004
Public Lecture: “The Crisis of Democracy and the Rise of Hitler: Elections, Campaigning, and Mass Politics”
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004 at 6:30 pm, Christopher Center Community Room