WUD DLS: Past Speakers The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
2015-16
RJ MitteJohn WatersJeannette WallsJohn HawksAlex BlumbergMarc BrownJunot DiazJon RonsonSally MannAnna Deavere SmithDean StrangJeff HalperLaverne Cox
2014-15
Tavi GevisonSheryl WuDunnDave ArnoldBill BrysonNaomi KleinJad AbumradBill T. JonesTa-Nehisi CoatesEzra KleinDanielle Allen
2013-14
Alexis OhanianAlice WatersCheryl StrayedJalen RoseLawrence KraussOlver Stone and Peter KuznickMax BrooksMichele Norris
2012-13
Paul FarmerAron RalstonByron PittsDan SavageFrank WarrenJane GoodallMichelle AlexanderMorgan Spurlock
2011-12
Mara HvistendahlJake Woods (spotlight)Bill StricklandAn Evening with The Onion (Joe Garden and Carole Kolb)Jill Bolte TaylorNikki GiovanniCoffee w/ TED (spotlight)Robert Eggers (spotlight)Deb Pangerl (spotlight)Derrick Hensen (spotlight)Benjamin MeeNeil deGrasse Tyson (Senior Class Event) 2010-11
Andrei CodrescuBen Huh (spotlight)Christine Jeske (spotlight)Chad Sorenson (spotlight)Merlin MannErrol MorrisMatt TaibbiThe Yes MenJill Pruez (spotlight)Brian CoxSir Ken RobinsonBilly Collins
2009-10
Steven PinkerDan ArielyJeremy RifkinAyaan Hirsi AliCornelia Flor (spotlight)Bill Marler (spotlight)Post-Racial Comedy Tour w/ Elon James & Christian LanderV.S. RamachandranVandana Shiva
2008-09
Amira HananiaShirin EbadiDaniel DennettChrystia FreelandNeil deGrasse TysonRobin WrightIshmeal BeahFrancisco Ayala
2007-08
Amy GoodmanMichael Eric DysonKen MehlmanReza Aslan and Gideon YagoRichard DawkinsAndrew Sullivan
2006-07
Laurie DavidHoward ZinnJoseph StiglitzDinesh D’SouzaSarah VowellDavid SuzukiStephen LewisAli Abunimah (spotlight)Jello Biafra (spotlight)
2005-06
Isabel AllendeGeorge McGovernE.O. WilsonBrian GreeneFrancis BokLaurie GarrettBen KarlinMark ZupanFrank LuntzDan Savage (spotlight)
WUD DLS: Past Speakers The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
2004-05
Robert NovakJean KilbourneKaran ArmstrongAl SharptonRobert SeigelSIster Helen PrejeanChuck PalahniukEric SchlosserMichael Moore (spotlight)John Perkins (spotlight)James Kunstler (spotlight)Andy Greenwald (spotlight)Craig Murray (spotlight)Paul Loeb (spotlight)Tim Wise (spotlight)
2003-04
Kurt VonnegutSalman RushdieJames DaleElizabeth WurtzelLinda ChavezSylvia EarleJared DiamondArun GandhiHarvey Pekar (spotlight)Lama Ole Nydahl (spotlight)John Esposito (spotlight)
2002-03
Lani GuinierF.W. de KlerkBen SteinJohn TrudellLeslie FeinbergChuck D.Molly Ivins
2001-02
Susan FaludiDavid HorowitzRandall RobinsonSpike LeeGuerilla GirlsPatch AdamsElie WieselJamaica KinkaidSpitfire Tour - Jello Biadra, Ingrid Newkirk, Krist Novoselic, and Jill SobuleEric Soperston (spotlight)Gubernatorial Debate
2000-01
Jeffrey WigandRubin “Hurricane” CarterAlan KeyesJudy ShepardRalph NadarAfeni ShakurRobert Pinsky
1999-00
Pat SchroederJaime EscalanteAngela DavisWilliam KristolSherman AlexieHoward Zinn
1998-99
Terri McMillanChai LingDr. William SchulzMichael MooreDinesh D’Souza
1997-98
Ralph ReedPatricia IrelandLuis RodriquezKurt VonnegutBobby SealeJoycelyn Elder
1996-97
Jonathan KozolAdrienne RichStanley CrouchNoam ChomskyHarry WuSarah WeddingtonStephen GouldRichard Lamm (spotlight)
1995-96
Last Lecture (William Cronon, Donald Downs, Mary LaYoun, and Hyuk Yu)Gloria SteinemDr. Peter KramerCornell WestEdward SaidRigoberto Menchi
1994-95
Nat HeutoffDennis BanksOlver SacksMary MatalinPeter SingerTony KushnerHanan Mikhail-Ashrawi
1993-94
William Buckley, Jr.Bell HooksNadine StrossenHelen ZiaJello BiafraStephen Jay Gould
WUD DLS: Past Speakers The Distinguished Lecture Series has been bringing incredible speakers to campus since 1987. Here’s a list of who’s made it to Wisconsin so far.
1992-93
Jesse JacksonOscar AriasChinua AchebePhyllis SchaflySusan Faludi
1991-92
Charlene SpretnakGloria AnzaldiaEqbal AhmadDennis BarrieWinona LaDukeElie Wiesel
1990-91
Audre LordGodfrey BinaisaFaye WattletonSeymour HershBarbara EhrenreichIsabel Allende
1989-90
Seymour MelmanAngela DavisEdward SaidFrances More LappeMaya AngelouDaniel Ellsberg
1988-89
John WatersMartin Luter King IIIGarrett Hardin/Julian Simm Debate
1987-88
Jeremy RifkinCharles KingIrwin AbramsCosteau SocietyNtozaki Shangi
