2011

Think - Converse - Act: The Salon and Its Histories

• Faith E. Beasley, Dartmouth College
• Linda Essig, Arizona State University
• Marjanne E. Goozé, University of Georgia
• Eleanor Heartney, New York, NY
• Jonah Lehrer, contributing editor, WIRED Magazine
• Sarah Holmes Miller, Oxford, U.K.
• Natalie Kay Moore, Boston University
• Greg Sandow, The Juilliard School
• Vicky Unruh, University of Kansas
• Robert N. Watson, University of California, Los Angeles

Brown Symposium XXXIII website »

2010

IMPERIVM: The Art of Empire in Rome and America

• Karl Galinsky, The University of Texas at Austin
• Margaret Malamud, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
• Edward Lucie-Smith, London
• Alexander Stille, Columbia University
• Edward Luttwak, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Mersad Berber, artist
• Francisco Benitez, artist
• Ensemble De Organographia, demonstration of ancient Greek and Roman instruments

Brown Symposium XXXII website »

2009

Science and Religion: Conflict or Convergence?

• Andrew Newberg, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Spirituality and the Mind
• Simon Conway Morris, Ph.D, University of Cambridge
• Mary Evelyn Tucker, Ph.D, Yale University, Forum on Religion and Ecology
• David Sloan Wilson, Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton
• Christopher Bader, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D., Baylor University, Baylor Survey of Religion
• Christian Lavigne, Co-founder of Ars Mathematica

Brown Symposium XXXI website »

2008

Umwelt: Exploring the Self-Worlds of Human and Non-Human Animals

• Diane Ackerman, writer and poet
• Christopher W. Clark, Imogene Powers Johnson Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• David Fogel, president and CEO of Natural Selection, Inc.
• Michael S. Gazzaniga, professor of psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Brown Symposium XXX website »

2007

Who Do We Think We Are?!

• Paul Waldau, director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
• Inés Talamantez, professor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Marc Bekoff, professor of biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Brown Symposium XXIX website »

2006

GNP or Gross National Well-Being

• Ed Diener, distinguished professor of psychology, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Rafael Di Tella, Joseph C. Wilson professor of business administration, Harvard University
• Tim Kasser, professor of psychology, Knox College
• Read Mantague, professor, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

Brown Symposium XXVIII website »

2005

For Love and Justice: Breaking the Cycles of Intimate Violence

• Sarah Buel, clinical professor, University of Texas School of Law
• bell hooks, author
• Jackson Katz, Founder, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
• Terrence Real, senior faculty member, Family Institute of Cambridge, Mass.

Brown Symposium XXVII website »

2004

Arctic Journey: Discoveries of Inter-relationships in the Circumpolar North

• Barry Lopez, author of National Book Award winning Arctic Dreams
• Richard Nelson, cultural anthropologist and naturalist
• Ian Stirling, senior research scientist at the Canadian Wildlife Service, adjunct professor of zoology at the University of Alberta
• Susan A. Kaplan, associate professor of anthropology and director of The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College

Brown Symposium XXVI website »

2003

Spiritualities of Resistance

• Karen Baker-Fletcher, associate professor of systematic theology, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
• James Cone, Charles A. Briggs distinguished professor of systematic theology, Union Theological Seminary
• Roger S. Gottlieb, professor of philosophy, department of humanities and arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Winona LaDuke, founder, White Earth Land Recovery Project and Indigenous Women's Network
• The Girls Choir of Harlem

Brown Symposium XXV website »

2002

Globalization: Win-Win or Win-Lose?

• Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, professor at Columbia University Business School, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics, and the School of International and Public Affairs
• Herman Daly, senior research scholar, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
• Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis professor of sociology, University of Chicago and the Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
• Stephen J. Kobrin, William H. Wurster professor of multinational management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Brown Symposium XXIV website »

2001

Shakespeares!!

• Tina Packer, founder, president and artistic director of Shakespeare & Co., Lenox, Massachusetts
• Stephen Greenblatt, The Cogan University Professor, department of English, Harvard University
• Patsy Rodenburg, head of voice, Royal National Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
• Ron Bashford, independent director, New York City. He has served as director of theatrical programming at Sequitur, a music ensemble.

Brown Symposium XXIII website »

2000

Ratios & Radiance, Feathers & Faith: The Music of Olivier Messiaen

• Robert Sherlaw-Johnson, emeritus fellow, Worcester College, Oxford
• Hans-Ola Ericsson, professor, National College of Music in Pitea and the University of Lulea, Sweden, and Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany
• Virginia Dupuy, associate professor of music at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
• Shields-Collins Bray, principal keyboardist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra
• Paul Griffiths, writer and author, former chief music critic for The Times of London and The New Yorker
• Jonathan Bernard, professor of music at the University of Washington
• Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Yale University and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ancient Rhetoric at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania
• The Austin Symphony Orchestra

Brown Symposium XXII website »

1999

España y América: Cultural Encounter—Enduring Legacy

• Carlos Fuentes, author
• Rigoberta Menchú, 1992 Nobel Laureate
• Alfred E. Lemmon, curator of manuscripts, The Historic New Orleans Collection
• Marion Oettinger, Jr., senior curator of Latin American Art, San Antonio Museum of Art
• Joaquín Achúcarro, Joel Estes Tate Chair in music, Southern Methodist University

Brown Symposium XXI website »

1998

The Human Genome Project: Advances, Repercussions and Challenges

• Nancy S. Wexler, Higgins professor of neuropsychology, departments of neurology and psychiatry of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and president, Hereditary Disease Foundation
• Leroy Hood, founder and chairman, department of molecular biotechnology, University of Washington
• C. Thomas Caskey, senior vice president for research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania
• Susan A. Henry, professor of molecular biology and genetics, Cornell University

1997

Drawing and Crossing Boundaries: The Roots of Texas Music

• Nick Spitzer, producer and host of American Routes, folklorist, professor of American studies and communication, Tulane University
• Manuel Pena, renowned anthropologist of music and folklore. Winner, Chicago Folklore Prize
• Bill Malone, professor emeritus, Tulane University, country music/traditional American music historian
• Charles Keil, ethnomusicologist, professor of American Studies (retired), University at Buffalo

1996

Communities

• Michael Herzfeld, professor of anthropology and curator of European ethnology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
• Benedict R. Anderson, Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies, Cornell University
• Louise Lamphere, distinguished professor of anthropology, University of New Mexico
• Robert N. Bellah, Elliott professor of sociology emeritus, University of California at Berkeley
• Barbara A. Babcock, anthropologist, University of Arizona

1995

The Quartets of Shostakovich: Odyssey of a Man and of a Nation

• Harlow Robinson, Matthews Distinguished University Professor in the departments of History and Modern Languages at Northeastern University
• Alison Hilton, professor of art history and chair of the department of art, music and theater, Georgetown University
• Albert Todd, professor of European languages and literatures, Queens College
• Donald Mitchell, professor of Music, Sussex University
• Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of Music, Southwestern University
• Manhattan String Quartet

1994

Global Climates: Past, Present & Future

• Wallace S. Broeker, Newberry professor of geology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• Jessica T. Mathews, senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• F. Sherwood Rowland, Donald Bren Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
• William H. Schlesinger, professor in the departments of botany and geology, Duke University and Adjunct Professor at the Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada

1993

Macrohistory: New Visions of the World

• Alfred Crosby, professor of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• William H. McNeill, professor emeritus of history, The University of Chicago
• Carolyn Merchant, professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics, University of California at Berkeley.
• Rosalind Miles, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Clive Ponting, research fellow, University College, Swansea, Wales
• John Mears, associate professor of history, Southern Methodist University and president-elect of the World History Association

1992

Discoveries of America

• Brian Fagan, professor of anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
• William Goetzmann, Jack S. Blanton, Jr. Chair in history, University of Texas at Austin
• Stephen Greenblatt, The Class of 1932 professor of English, University of California at Berkeley
• Myra Jehlen, The Richard and Laura Fisher professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
• Linda Kerber, professor of history, the University of Chicago
• Hortense Spillers, professor of English and women's studies, Emory University

1991

Cultural Worlds

• James Boon, professor of anthropology, Princeton University
• Michael Herzfeld, professor of anthropology and semiotics, Indiana University
• Sherry B. Ortner, professor of anthropology and women's studies, University of Michigan
• James Peacock, Kenan professor of anthropology and professor of comparative literature, University of North Carolina
• Annette Weiner, David B. Kriser distinguished professor of anthropology, New York University and president of the American Anthropological Association

1990

Punctuated Evolution: The Slender Thread of Life

• Stephen Jay Gould, director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
• David M. Raup, Sewell L. Avery distinguished service professor and professor of geophysical sciences, University of Chicago
• J. William Schopf, professor of paleobiology and director of the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, University of California, Los Angeles

1989

Gods, Giants and Monkeys: The Ramakian in the Arts and Culture of Thailand

• Theodora Helene Bofman, author of "The Poetics of the Ramakian"
• Stephanie Krebs, social anthropologist, author of Harvard dissertation on Thai classical dance as a model for Thai society
• Forrest McGill, director and curator of Asian Art, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Donald Mitchell, chairman of Faber Music Limited, specialist in the music of Mahler and Britten as well as the music of Thailand
• Dacre Raikes, recipient of the Order of the British Empire and of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• Frank Reynolds, specialist in Buddhist Studies, The University of Chicago
• Musicians and dancers from Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, under the leadership of Dr. Chalermpon Ngamsutti

1988

Africa and Afro-America

• Alex Haley, author of "Roots," Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner.
• Donald Johanson, director of the Institute of Human Origins at Berkeley and professor of anthropology, Stanford University
• Ivan Van Sertima, associate professor of African Studies, Rutgers University
• Paula Giddings, author of "When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America"

1987

Developed by Pandora's Box: Computers in Everyday Life

• Isaac Asimov, professor of biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine
• John Chowning, director of Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University
• Joseph Deken, director of Knowledge and Database Systems Program, Division of Information, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Charles Dillman, director of the Sports Science Program, United States Olympic Center
• Ernest Hall, director of the Center for Robotics Research, University of Cincinnati
• Admiral B.R. Inman, chairman and chief executive officer of Westmark Systems, Inc.
• Alan Kay, fellow, Apple Computer
• Peter Richter, professor of physics, University of Bremen, West Germany
• Gale Slutzky, assistant director of the Center for Robotics Research, University of Cincinnati
• Bill Turpin, manager of Artificial Intelligence Applications, Texas Instruments

1986

Womanhood, Manhood, and Public Life: Visions and Revisions of Gender in America

• Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, associate professor of history and director of the Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Anne Goodwyn Jones, associate professor of English, University of Florida
• Mary Kelley, associate professor of history, Dartmouth College
• David Leverenz, professor of English, University of Florida
• Kathryn Kish Sklar, professor of history, University of California, Los Angeles

1985

Benjamin Britten and the Ceremony of Innocence

• Donald Mitchell, professor of music, Sussex University and senior trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation;
• Philip Brett, distinguished professor of musicology, University of California, Los Angeles
• Eric Crozier, Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies
• John Evans, chair, department of music, University of California, Berkeley
• Drusilla Huffmaster (piano) and Anthony T. Adessa (violin)
• Southwestern University Chorale; Kenny Sheppard (director) and F. Ellsworth Peterson (organist)

1984

Molecular Cloning of Human Genes: Implications for Basic and Medical Science

• Paul Berg, "father of recombinant DNA technology," Willson Professor of Biochemistry, the Stanford University Medical Center
• Michael S. Brown, director of the Center for Genetic Disease, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and Paul J. Thomas Professor of Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas

1983

Performance and Ritual

• Barbara Myerhoff, professor of anthropology, University of Southern California
• Dell Hymes, dean of the graduate school of education and professor of folklore and linguistics, the University of Pennsylvania
• James Peacock, professor of anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1982

Gustav Mahler and His Vienna

• Carl B. Schorske, Dayton-Stockton professor of history, emeritus, Princeton University
• Donald Mitchell, chairman of Faber Music Limited
• Alessandra Comini, professor of art history, Southern Methodist University
• Maureen Forrester, contralto

1981

Macrohistory: Cosmopolitanism on a Global Scale

• William H. McNeill, Eastman professor, Oxford University
• Kenneth E. Boulding, director, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado
• Garrett Hardin, chief executive officer, The Environmental Fund, Washington, D.C. and professor emeritus, University of California at Santa Barbara

1980

Interpretation: Meaning and the Substance of Human Experience

• Clifford Geertz, professor of social science, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
• James Boon, associate professor in the department of anthropology and southeast Asia program, Cornell University
• Stephen Greenblatt, professor of English, University of California, Berkeley
• David Tracy, associate professor of philosophical theology, Divinity School, University of Chicago

1978

Cosmology: The Changing Philosophies of Science

• John A. Wheeler, professor of physics, the University of Texas at Austin and Joseph Henry professor of physics, emeritus, Princeton University
• Kip S. Thorne, professor of theoretical physics, California Institute of Technology
• Harlan J. Smith, chairman, department of astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin and Director of McDonald Observatory