Named Fellows,
Speakers, and Lectures
The Obenshain Family Great Issues Lectures
Made possible by generous support from Penny and Bill Obenshain D ’62 T ’63, the Obenshain Family Great Issues Lectures feature distinguished scholars or eminent practitioners from the world of international affairs.
February 2025: Mallory Stewart, former Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, at the U.S. Department of State. “A Diplomat’s Role: Arms Control and Nuclear Weapons Policy: How to Tackle AI, Space, And New Technology?”
April 2024: Margot Elisabeth Wallström, former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs and acting Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019. "More Than Lip Service."
October 2023: Clint Smith, author, poet, staff writer at The Atlantic. "Monuments to The Unthinkable:Remembering Atrocities, Lessons From Germany."
October 2022: Joseph Cirincione, National Security Expert and Author, former President, of the Plougshares Fund, and V.P. at the Center for American Progress; Kori Schake, Senior Fellow, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute; former Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies. "What Should The United States Fight For? A Dialogue On Ukraine, Nuclear Weapons And The Us Global Role."
April 2022: John Barry, Prize-Winning And New York Times Best-Selling Author. "Pandemics: Looking Back To Look Forward."
February 2022: Michael J. Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, Former Director of The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Levin Institute for Holocaust Education, and WaPo Correspondent. "Reversing The Tide: Can We Support Democracy And Counter Authoritarianism?"
October 2020: Michèle Flournoy, Former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense For Policy. "A Superpower Laid Low: America And The World After January 6."
October 2020: Kathleen Powers, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Government, Dartmouth and Travis Adkins, Lecturer of African and Security Studies, Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. "How To Build An Anti-Racist Foreign Policy."
May 2019: Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of The United States (1993-2001), Senator of New York (2001-2009), Secretary of State (2009-2013). "In Conversation With Hillary Rodham Clinton, Daniel Benjamin, and Jake Sullivan."
April 2017: Antony Blinken, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2015-2017). "Walls Or Bridges, What Will Make America Great In The 21st Century?"
May 2016: Alexander Thier, Former Cheif of Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID. "Poor No More, A Plausible Path To Eradicating Extreme Poverty By 2030."
April 2015: Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary of The U.S. Treasury (2009-2013). "Poverty And Progress In The 21st Century: International Development And The Global Economy."
Jannuary 2014: Carol Graham, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution. Professor of Public Policy at The University of Maryland. Research Fellow at The Institute For The Study of Labor. "The Pursuit Of Happiness: An Economy Of Well-Being."
May, 2013: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow And Director of International Economics at The Council on Foreign Relations. "The Big Picture, Beyond Hot Spots and Crisis in Our Interconnected World."
November, 2011: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, Former Director of Policy Planning for The United States Department of State. "The Big Picture: Beyond Hot Spots and Crisis in Our Interconnected World."
November, 2009: Sarah Chayes, Special Advisor to US General Stanley McCrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, Former reporter for National Public Radio. "The Re-Talibanization Of Afghanistan."
November, 2008: Dr. Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist. "Reason for Hope."
Mary and Peter R. Dallman 1951 Great Issues Lectures
Made possible by a gift from Mary and Peter R. Dallman ’51, The Great Issues Lecture series is aimed at making the Dartmouth community aware of and motivated to respond to the pressing international issues of the day, keeping alive President John Sloan Dickey’s vision for international understanding and in particular the spirit of his Great Issues course.
April 2025: Pan Cooke, Irish artist and “cartoonivist”, Robyn Smith, Jamaican cartoonist, 2022 winner of LA Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel, and Jason Lutes, American Comics Creator, teacher at the Center for Cartoon Studies. “The Politics of Comics.”
April 2025: Candace Rondeaux, Senior Director for the Future Frontlines program at New America, Professor of Public Practice at Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies. ”Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse Into Mercenary Chaos.”
April 2025: Author Sherri Goodman, former senior Pentagon official, leading expert on climate, energy and national security. “Threat Multiplier. Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security.”
October 2024: Evgenia Kara-Murza, Advocacy Director of the Free Russia Foundation, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Tikhon Dzyadko, Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of TV Rain. “Dissidence and Democracy in Russia: A Work in Progress.”
February 2024: Vivian Salama, National Security Reporter for The Wall Street Journal. "Covering the Globe from Russia to The Middle East to The White House in 2024."
February 2023: Masih Alinejad, Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights
activist.”Dissent & Democracy: Ending Gender Apartheid in Iran.”
January 2023: Dr. Lori Alvord ’79, Surgeon and Author. “Integrating the Healing Properties of Native American Traditional Medicine With Western Practice.”
April 2022: Ambassador Keith Harper. U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council from 2014 to 2017. "Promoting Human Rights in an Increasingly Challenging and Autocratic World."
June 2021: Idowu (Jola) Ajibade and AlexAnna Salmon '08. "Centering Justice, Community Voices, and Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Adaptation."
February 2020: Ambassador Susan Rice. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009-2013, National Security Advisor from 2013-2017. "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For."
April 2019: Michael Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance and a Professor of Business and Society at NYU's Stern School of Business, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor 2009-2013. "Online Political Disinformation: The Global Threat and What the Tech Giants Need to Do."
2017: Timothy Snyder. "Origins of Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."
2017: Boris Dralyuk, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Michele Leigh, Assistant Professor of Film & Media History, Southern Illinois University. "The Year that shook the Arts: Literature in the Russian Revolution."
2017: Barbara Will, Associate Dean, Arts & Humanities."World War I, Red Cross Propaganda and The Making of Ernest Hemingway."
2017: Chad Williams, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University. "Torchbearers of Democracy: African Americans and World War I."
2017: Stephen Kotkin, John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University. "War, Revolution, Socialism, War."
February 2017: Ambassador Yoram Ben-Zeev, former Deputy Director General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Coordinator for the Peace Process under Prime Minister Ehud Barak. "Israel and Its Neighbors: After the Arab Spring and at the Dawn of the Trump Era."
Class of 1950 Senior Foreign Affairs Fellows
Made possible by the Dartmouth Class of 1950, the Dickey Center brings to Dartmouth distinguished foreign leaders, scholars and specialists to interface with the students on the important issues of the day.
October 2023: Esther Brimmer, James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance at the Council of ForeignRelations, U.S. Foreign Policy Expert and Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.”Changing Geopolitics & Global Governance in The Arctic and Beyond.”
May 2023: Hanna Tetteh, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa. “Challenges in The Horn of Africa.”
May 2023: Philip Zelikow, American diplomat, academic and author. “Lessons Learned From The Covid War.”
April 2023: Ambassador Bisa Williams, Special Advisor on Mali and West Africa for the Carter Center. “Pursuing Peace In Times Of War: A Diplomat’s Efforts From Cuba To Mali To The UN.”
April 2021: Frances Ulmer, Senior Fellow, Harvard’s Belfer Center; Chair of the Arctic Research Commission. “Winners and Losers from Rapid Arctic Change.”
April 2019: Bill Burns. President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. “American Diplomacy and The Case for Its Renewal.”
February 2018: Lisa Monaco, former Counterterrorism, White House Homeland Security, and Cyber Advisor to President Obama. “A Conversation with Lisa Monaco.”
April 2016: Matthew Olsen, Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. “Amid Secrets And Threats.”
2015: Michael Flynn, Retired United States Army Lieutenant General, 24th U.S. National Security Advisor. “World Without Order: Threats and Challenges in The 21st Century.”
2015: Neil Wolin, Lawyer, former U. S. Deputy Director of the Treasury. “Poverty And Progress in The 21st Century: International Development and The Global Economy.”
2013: James N. Mattis, General, USMC (ret.) 11th Commander of the United States Central Command.
2013: Maria Otero, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. "Smart Power in U.S. Diplomacy.”
2012: James Nachtwey, Photographer and journalist. “Witness to History.”
The Rabbi Marshall Meyer Great Issues Lectures On Social Justice
Co-sponsored with the William Jewett Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life, and the Jewish Studies Program, made possible by a gift from Marina and Andrew Lewin ’81. Drawing on the Jewish value of tikkun olam, the Rabbi Marshall Meyer Great Issues Lectures On Social Justice features speakers truly helping to ‘heal the world’ and expressing the values that Rabbi Meyer saw as the very core of Judaism.
February 2025: Dr. Zed Zha MED‘16, Family physician specializing in dermatology, serving immigrants, and farm worker communities. “The Problematic Racial History of #MEDED.”
October 2022: Yossi Beilin, former Israeli Justice Minister, Chief Negotiator, Oslo Process; Omar Dajani, former member of the PLO Negotiations Support Unit, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific. “Confederation: The Realistic Two-State Solution.”
February 2021: Michael Breen ’02, President and CEO, Human Rights First, and Welton Chang ’05, Chief Technology Officer, Human Rights First. "Working for Justice in an Age of Authoritarians and Extremists."
September 2019: Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2014-2018, “The Struggle for Human Rights in an Era of Resurgent Popular Nationalism.”
April 2018: Thomas Buergenthal, Judge on the International Court of Justice (2000-2010), Holocaust Survivor. “Scenes from a Life: From the Auschwitz Death March to the International Court of Justice.”
February 2017: Harold Hongju Koh, Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, Legal Advisor of the U.S. Department of State (2009-2013). "The Fate Of International Law In The Trump Administration And An Agenda For Its Proponents."
September 2015: Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court of Israel (1995-2006). "Human Dignity: A Constitutional Value And Constitutional Right."
May 2015: Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First. "Is The Age Of Human Rights Over?"
October 2013: John Prendergast, Human Rights Activist and Co-founder of Enough! "10 Ways To Change The World."
April 2012: Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. "Inuit In The Changing Arctic: A Bright New Future Or A Fight For Survival."
April 2011: Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen and author of New York Times Bestseller, "Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Interconnected World."
February 2010: Shelia Watt-Cloutier, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Citizen Advocate in Arctic Climate Change and Canadian Inuit Activist. “Everything is Connected: Environment, Economy, Foreign Policy, Sustainability, Human Rights, and Leadership In The 21st Century.”
February 2009: Kul Gautam ’72, Recipient of the Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime Achievement. “Child Survival: The Cutting Edge Of Human Rights And Human Development.”
March 2008: Helen Epstein, public health specialist and molecular biologist. “The Invisible Cure: Africa, The West, and The Fight Against AIDS.”
January 2007: Robert Jay Lifton, M.D., Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of NY. “Superpower Syndrome And Beyond: Toward A More Humane Future.”
May 2006: Ambassador Hector Timerman, Consul General of Argentina and Director of the Promotion Center of Argentina, New York. “The Struggle Of Being Human In Difficult Times.”
E. M. Skowrup Lectures
September 2023: Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard, and director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. “Middle East Uprisings and the Evolution of Social Pacts: The Reconfiguration of Economic Reform Initiatives.”
October 2019: Pamela Jakiela, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development. “Does Language Limit Women’s Equality?”
April 2019: Sam Asher, Economist, Development Research Group at the World Bank. "Can People in Poor Countries Escape Poverty without Moving to Cities?"
Stefansson Memorial Lectures
The Institute of Arctic Studies and the Stefansson Arctic Institute of Iceland collaborate to present the annual Stefansson Memorial Lectures, delivered in commemoration of the life, work, and vision for the Arctic of explorer and anthropologist Vilhjálmur Stefansson.
2023: Oran R. Young, professor emeritus at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California Santa Barbara. "Keeping the Flame of Arctic Cooperation Alive in Difficult Times."
2022: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland. “Small Iceland: Reflections on Independence and Interdependence, Nationalism, and Globalization.”
2021: Ambassador Michael Mann, EU Special Envoy for Arctic matters "The European Union’s Stronger Arctic Engagement."
2020: Dr. Margaret Willson, author. "Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge."
2019: Dr. Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University. "An Arctic without End: Visions for our Planet in an Age of the Anthropocene."
2018: Professor Leslie King, Royal Roads University in Canada. "Learning from Northern Peoples."
2017: Professor Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Economics, and Department of Life-and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland. "The Value of the Arctic."
2016: Hugh Beach, Professor Emeritus of Ethnology, Uppsala University. "Managing The Wilderness: Arctic Perspectives."
2014: James White, "Abrupt Change: Past, Present and Future:The hard reality and silver lining in a sustainable future."
2013: Thomas Mcgovern, Anthropologist, Hunter College, City University of New York. "Sustainability And Collapse In The Norse North Atlantic: Implications For Climate Adaptation Today."
2012: Finn Lynge, University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik). "Compass needle: where does it point? Are there limits to growth?Are these limits known and respected?How fares the division of powers in present-day Greenland?"
2010: Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir, professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland. "Vísindamaðurinn í náttúrunni og náttúra vísindarannsókna: Um hlutverk og samfélagslegar skyldur vísindamanna (The scientist in nature and the nature of research: The role and social obligations of scientists)."
2008: Dr Gunhild Hoogensen, associate professor of political science at the University of Tromsø, Norway. "Drill baby, Drill: from Energy to Human Security in the Circumpolar North."
2007: Dr. Astrid Ogilvie, Research Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado. “Interdisciplinary Explorations in the Climate, History and Human Ecology of Northern Iceland.”
2006: Andrew Revkin, Journalist."The North Pole Was Here: On The Front Lines Of Climate Change, From The Arctic To The Beltway."
2005: Dr Gísli Pálsson, Professor of Anthropology at University of Iceland. "Travelling Passions: The Life and Legacy of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic Explorer."
2004: Laila Freivalds, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, "Swedish Arctic Policy," and professor Sverker Sörlin: "The Human Arctic: Stefansson, Ahlmann and The Quest for an Arctic within History."
2003: Mrs Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada. "A Threshold of the Mind: The Modern North."
2002: Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland."The Stefansson-Dartmouth Legacy And The Role Of America, Russia And The Nordic Countries In The Future Of The North."
2000: Professor Mark Nuttall, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. "Global Processes and community viability in the circumpolar North."
1998: Dr. Oran Young, Professor and Director of Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College. "Creating an Arctic Sustainable Development Strategy."