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
Progressives have increasingly lost faith in the First Amendment—at least as it has been interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court. They argue that free speech has been “weaponized” by big business as a deregulatory tool; that hate speech inflicts harms that warrant its regulation; that free speech is obsolete in the internet age; and…
Progressives have increasingly lost faith in the First Amendment—at least as it has been interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court. They argue that free speech has been “weaponized” by big business as a deregulatory tool; that hate speech inflicts harms that warrant its regulation; that free speech is obsolete in the internet age; and…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
Alan Patten, Ex Officio
Director, University Center for Human Values. Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck 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.