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