Past Forums

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 6:00pm

Free Speech, Open Minds and the Pursuit of Truth

Speakers Cornel West, Robert George
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 7:00pm

W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony 2008

Speakers Tavis Smiley, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Tamara Robinson, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Cornel West, Richard Plepler

Moderators Henry Louis Gates
Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 8:00pm

Reflections on Hip Hop Culture

Speakers Cornel West

Moderators Henry Louis Gates, Charles Ogletree
Monday, November 16, 1998 - 7:00pm

The Future of American Progressivism

Speakers Marvin Kalb, Cornel West, Michael Sandel

Moderators Marvin Kalb
Tuesday, October 13, 1998 - 8:00pm

Genocide in Rwanda: What Could We Have Done?

Speakers Joseph Nye, Cornel West, Payam Akhavan, Alison Des Forges, Philip Gourevitch, Barry Posen, Sarah Sewall

Moderators Cornel Ronald West
Tuesday, April 30, 1996 - 8:00pm

Prisoners of Hope

Speakers Geri Augusto, Cornel West, Gwen Lister

Moderators Peter Zimmerman
Saturday, April 20, 1996 - 8:00pm

Black in Black and White: African Americans and the Media

Speakers Gwendolyn Ifill, Cornel West, Stanley Crouch, David Remnick

Moderators Anna Deavere Smith
Wednesday, October 4, 1995 - 8:00pm

What Should The Million Man March Mean For All Americans

Speakers Cornel West, Pat Williams, Conrad Muhammad

Moderators Preston Williams
Wednesday, June 7, 1995 - 8:00pm

Race Matters

Speakers Albert Carnesale, Cornel West
Sunday, November 29, 1992 - 7:00pm

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Crack

Speakers Margaret Burnham, Henry Louis Gates, Eugene Rivers, Cornel West, Glenn Loury, Kwame Anthony Appiah

Moderators Kwame Anthony Appiah