Washington University Assembly Series

The broad ranging effects of globalism will be a common theme explored this fall by several Assembly Series speakers, including social activist and film star Mia Farrow. WUSTL’s annual speaker series has brought a variety of voices to campus since 1953.

James Lennox, PhD, a prominent scholar of the history and philosophy of biology, will deliver the annual John and Penelope Biggs Lecture in the Classics for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium. This event, which is free and open to the public, originally was scheduled for April 8.

John Maeda, Ph.D., one of the pioneers in integrating technology and the visual arts, will give a presentation on “Creative Leadership” for the Assembly Series. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.

Urvashi Vaid, a stalwart of the LGBT movement, will deliver the Spencer T. Olin Fellows annual lecture, “Beyond the Wedding Ring: LGBT Activism in the Age of Obama.” The event will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.

Urvashi Vaid, a stalwart of the LGBT movement, will deliver the Spencer T. Olin Fellows annual lecture, “Beyond the Wedding Ring: LGBT Activism in the Age of Obama.” The event will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in Graham Chapel and is free and open to the public.

Alumnus Jason Green, deputy associate general counsel to President Barack Obama, returns to campus to give an Assembly Series/Leadership Lecture Series presentation Oct. 9.

Harold Ford Jr., once described by President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century,” will give this year’s Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series Oct. 7.

“The State of the LGBT Movement,” a presentation by Matthew Coles, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, in the Anheuser-Busch School of Law Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. It is free and open to the public.

Harold Ford Jr., once described by President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century,” will give this year’s Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series. His talk will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 7 in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

Alumnus Jason Green, who now serves as Deputy Associate General Counsel to President Barack Obama, will be back on campus to give an Assembly Series/Leadership Lecture Series presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, October 9 in Wilson Hall Room 214. His talk is free and open to the public. Green is returning to Washington University to participate in a Student Union reunion from October 9 – 11