2011–12 Tanner Lectures return to Tanner Lectures

1. Thursday, March 15, 2012 "Shakespeare and the Shape of a Life: The End of Life Stories" Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University Commentators:  Margreta de Grazia and Jeff Dolven 101 McCormick Hall, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
2. Wednesday, March 14, 2012 "Shakespeare and the Shape of a Life: The Uses of Life Stories" Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University Commentators:  Colin Burrow and Adam Phillips 101 McCormick Hall, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
3. Thursday, October 28, 2010 "American Grace: Religious Americans Are Nicer and Happier. Why?" Robert Putnam, Harvard University Commentators:  Marie Griffith / Harvard University; Mark Chaves / Duke University; Joshua Cohen / Stanford University; Henry Brady / UC Berkeley 101 Friend Center, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
4. Wednesday, October 27, 2010 "American Grace: Americans Are Religiously Devout and Religiously Divided, yet Religiously Tolerant. Why?" Robert Putnam, Harvard University Commentators:  Marie Griffith / Harvard University; Mark Chaves / Duke University; Joshua Cohen / Stanford University; Henry Brady / UC Berkeley 101 Friend Center, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values

2009–10 Tanner Lectures return to Tanner Lectures

1. Friday, April 9, 2010 "The Decline and Fall of the American Republic: The Coming Crisis of Constitutional Legitimacy" Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School 301 Marx Hall, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
2. Thursday, April 8, 2010 "The Decline and Fall of the American Republic: A Politicized Military" Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School Commentators:  Jeffrey Tulis / UT Austin and Adrian Vermeule / Harvard Law School McCormick 101, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
3. Wednesday, April 7, 2010 "The Decline and Fall of the American Republic: An Extremist Presidency" Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School Commentators:  Eric Foner / Columbia University and Jane Mansbridge / Harvard University McCormick 101, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
4. Thursday, November 13, 2008 "Seeds of Humanity" Marc Hauser, Harvard University Commentators:  Simon Blackburn, University of Cambridge; Helena Cronin, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Susan Gelman, University of Michigan; and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dartmouth College McCosh 50, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
5. Wednesday, November 12, 2008 "Seeds of Humanity" Marc Hauser, Harvard University Commentators:  Simon Blackburn, University of Cambridge; Helena Cronin, London School of Economics and Political Sciences; Susan Gelman, University of Michigan; and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Dartmouth College McCosh 50, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
6. Thursday, November 8, 2007 “Meaning in Life and Why it Matters” Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. McCormick 101, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values
7. Wednesday, November 7, 2007 "Meaning in Life and Why it Matters" Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. McCormick 101, 4:30pm - 6:30pm Tanner Lectures on Human Values