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Tanner Lectures on Human Values

The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions relating to human values. Conducted by leaders in their fields, the lectures are also presented at:

Linacre College, Oxford University

Clare Hall, Cambridge University

Harvard University

Yale University

Princeton University

University of Michigan

Stanford University

University of California at Berkeley

 

Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the U

  1. "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power"

    October 28, 2021. Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values with Shoshana Zuboff. Zuboff is an author, Harvard professor, social psychologist, philosopher, and scholar.

  2. "At the Intersection of Art and Architecture"

    November 20, 2019. Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Maya Lin

  3. "From Social Movement to Social Impact: Ending Sexual Harassment"

    September 26, 2018. Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Anita Hill

  4. "Shaping Human Understanding Through Literature and Humanities"

    October 19, 2017. Tanner Lecture on Human Values with award-winning writers Michael Chabon and Zadie Smith.

  5. “Human Values and The Innocence Project”

    2017 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Barry Scheck

  6. Pulitzer Prize-winning Science Writer Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee to Deliver the 2016 Tanner Lecture on Human Values

    Dr. Mukherjee will discuss genetic engineering and its ethical implications.

  7. "Human Values in an Age of Change"

    2015 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Margaret Atwood

  8. "Science as a Way of Knowing"

    2014 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Neil deGrasse Tyson

  9. "Love, Acceptance, Celebration: How Parents Make Their Children"

    2013 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Andrew Solomon

  10. "Casino Capitalism: Gambling, Investing, and the Ethics of Speculation"

    2013 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Michael Sandel

  11. "Two Souls Intertwined"

    2012 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Abraham Verghese

  12. "America Through My Lens: The Evolving Nature of Race and Class in the Films of Spike Lee"

    2010 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Spike Lee

  13. "In the Hearts of Women"

    2009 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Isabel Allende

  14. "Order and Disorder in the Emotional Brain"

    2009 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Richard Davidson

  15. "What is Good Work?" & "Achieving Good Work in Turbulent Times"

    2008 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Howard Gardner

  16. “Presence and Absence: Vision and the Invisible in the Media Age”

    2007 Tanner Lecture on Human Values with Bill Viola

 

 

Last Updated: 9/16/21