Since 1973-1974, the Hilldale Lecture Series has showcased distinguished thinkers whose contributions to contemporary culture and science have received international recognition and acclaim. One lecture is funded annually in each division.
Please click on the tabs below to view the Hilldale Lectures scheduled in the four divisions.
Liliane Weissberg
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and
Sciences at University of Pennsylvania
Time and Location TBD
Alison Brown, MS, PhD, RDN
Program Director in the Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch
of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health
Time and location TBD
Coming in 2025-2026:
Jerry Mitrovica
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University
Time and location TBD
Jane Rigby
Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space
Telescope at NASA
Time and location TBD
Dean Spade
Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Sticking Together in Hard Times
Friday, April 4, 2025, Noon
Reception following the lecture
1310 Sterling Hall
Powerful social movements are made of relationships between people. They are made up of collaborative projects of all kinds—art, protests, mutual aid, direct action, and more—and most of us struggle when we work together. We get bossy and flaky, we gossip, we want others to dislike people we have felt slighted by, we get perfectionistic, we procrastinate, we hold grudges, and we ghost. We’ve got a lot to learn about how to show up in the work with rigor and love, especially in this moment, when we need each other so badly. In this talk, Dean Spade will share from his latest book, Love in a F*cked Up World, and his broader work about building skills for having each other’s backs while doing hard work in harrowing times.
Coming Fall 2025:
Sendhil Mullainathan, PhD
Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science and
University Professor at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business
Time and location TBD