Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecturers


Clockwise from top left: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Amy Bloom, Tariq Ali, Elaine Pagels, Jenny Holzer, Caryl Phillips, Lorraine Daston, David Harvey, Jack Miles, Mary Sweeney.

 

 

Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture Series
in the Humanities

The Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture Series in the Humanities brings to the Penn Humanities Forum scholars and artists whose work has advanced our understanding of issues central to the humanities.

The series is named for Seng Tee Lee, a business executive and noted philanthropist. Dr. Lee is director of the Lee group of companies in Singapore and of the Lee Foundation.


Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lectures
 
  2001-02 | Time
image Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Professor of History, Oxford
What is History Now?
November 28, 2001
   
  2002-03 | The Book
image Jack Miles, Author
How Many Scriptures Became One Bible; March 19, 2003
   
  2003-04 | Belief
image Tariq Ali, Writer and Filmmaker
Fanaticism, Belief, Empires; February 18, 2004
   
  2004-05 | Sleep and Dreams
image Mary Sweeney, Writer, Editor, and Producer
Cutting Cinematic Dreams; March 15, 2005
   
  2005-06 | Word & Image
image Jenny Holzer, Artist
Public Art; November 16, 2005
   
  2006-07 | Travel
image Caryl Phillips, Author
Border Crossings; October 25, 2006
   
  2007-08 | Origins
image Elaine Pagels, Historian of Religion, Princeton University
Original Sin; April 2, 2008
   
  2008-09 | Change
image Amy Bloom, Author
Tragedy is Easy, Comedy is Hard, and Love is Damn Near Impossible; February 11, 2009
   
  2010-11 | Virtuality
image Lorraine Daston, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Nature's Revenge; April 6, 2011
   
  2011-12 | Adaptations
image David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; November 30, 2011