| The Presidential Lecture series provides an opportunity for distinguished members of the faculty to present significant aspects of their work to members of the University community and to the general public. The University has established this annual series to encourage intellectual communication among the many disciplines that constitute the University of Iowa, and to provide a public forum for University scholarship, research, and creative achievement. The series is made possible through the generosity of donors of unrestricted gifts to the University of Iowa Foundation.
Lectures Available in Web Video
Presidential Lectures from 2001 to the present are available in web video. See Playing Web Video: Tips and Troubleshooting.
| 2006 |
Gerhard Loewenberg, Political Science
"Paradoxes of Legislatures"
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| 2005 |
Kenneth Cmiel, History; UI Center for Human Rights
"Seeing War at a Distance: Photography from Antietam to Abu Ghraib"
Unavailable due to copyright issues. |
| 2004 |
Phil Kutzko, Mathematics
"The Epsilon-Delta Blues: Math at the Crossroads"
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| 2003 |
Kate Gfeller, School of Music; Speech Pathology and Audiology
“Beauty and Meaning in Music...Lend Me Your (Bionic) Ears”
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| 2002 |
Kathleen Buckwalter, Nursing
“Who Will Care? Research and Service on Behalf of Iowa’s Impaired Elders”
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| 2001 |
Ingo Titze, Speech Pathology and Audiology
“Fascinations With the Human Voice”
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Lectures Available Online
| 2000 |
Jeffrey C. Murray, Pediatrics
“Genes and Environment, Science and Society” |
| 1999 |
Louis A. Frank, Physics and Astronomy
“Small Comets and Our Origins:
The Ecstasy and Agony of the Scientific Debate” |
| 1998 |
Ed Folsom, English
“What Do We Represent? Walt Whitman,
Representative Democracy, and Democratic Representation” |
| 1997 |
Dudley Andrew, Communication Studies
“Fade In, Fade Out: Aspirations of National Cinema” |
| 1996 |
Jerald L. Schnoor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
“Eco-Logic: An Environmental Perspective for the 21st Century” |
| 1995 |
Herbert Hovenkamp, Law
“The Mind and Heart of Progressive Legal Thought” |
| 1994 |
Michael J. Welsh, Internal Medicine
“The Pathway of Discovery in Pursuit of a Genetic Disease” |
| 1993 |
Nancy C. Andreasen, Psychiatry
“O Brave New World! Exploring the Mind and
Brain in Health and Disease” |
| 1992 |
James A. Van Allen,
Physics and Astronomy
“The Modern Saga of Planetary Exploration” |
| 1991 |
Jorie Graham, Writers’ Workshop
“A Poetry Reading” |
| 1990 |
John E. Donelson, Biochemistry
“Molecular Biology of Parasites Causing Tropical Diseases” |
| 1989 |
George W. Forrell, Religion
“The Sacred and the Secular: Religion in the State University” |
| 1988 |
Beaumont Glass, Music
“Genius on the Opera Stage: The Life and Art of Lotte Lehman” |
| 1987 |
Linda K. Kerber, History
“History Will Do It No Justice:
Women’s Lives in Revolutionary America” |
| 1986 |
June Helm, Anthropology
“Horde, Band and Tribe: Northern Approaches” |
Lectures Available in Print
| 1985 |
Antonio R. Damasio, Neurology
“What’s in a Brain That Ink May Character?” |
| 1984 |
Sherman Paul, English
“The Onward Way” |
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