The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute - University of Arkansas System

Public Lectures

Scheduled at different times of the year, lecture topics are diverse and are intended to encourage a free-flowing exchange of ideas across disciplines, geographic borders, and cultures.

Past lecturers include the following:

• March 2006 – Nina Totenberg, one of the most well-known authorities on the affairs of the United States Supreme Court
• April 2007 – Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History
• April 2009 – Dr. Byron E. Shafer, the Glenn B. and Cleone Orr Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

Check back soon for more information about public lectures at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute.