The Tanner Lectures on Human Values are presented annually at a select list of universities around the world. The University Center serves as host to these lectures at Princeton, in which an eminent scholar from philosophy, religion, the humanities, sciences, creative arts or learned professions, or a person eminent in political or social life, is invited to present a series of lectures reflecting upon scholarly and scientific learning relating to “the entire range of values pertinent to the human condition."
Upcoming Events
Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture one will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and…
Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture one will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and…
Tanner Committee
Stephen Macedo Chair
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values
Ruha Benjamin
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies
Matthew Desmond, Ex Officio
Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology; Chair, Public Lectures Committee
Eric S. Gregory
Professor of Religion
Melissa Lane
Class of 1943 Professor of Politics
Philip Pettit
Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor in the University Center for Human Values
Gideon Rosen
Stuart Professor of Philosophy
Esther Schor, Ex Officio
John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor; Professor of English; Chair, Council of the Humanities; Director, Stewart Seminars in Religion; Director, Program in Humanistic Studies
Nigel Smith
William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature; Professor of English
Rob Tempio
Princeton University Press Representative, sits with committee
See past Tanner Lectures on Human Values.