Past Lectures

Historical and Cultural Roots of the Current Problems in the Middle East

Lecture by M. Hakan Yavuz, Professor, Department of Political Science


The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Missions

Lecture by Colonel Stephen C. Hall, United States Air Force (Retired), Instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute


University of Utah Sports Medicine: A 5-year Explosion

Lecture by Dr. Travis Maak, Assistant Professor and Head Orthopaedic Team Physician for the Utah Jazz


Coming to Our Census: Utah’s Ongoing Economic, Demographic, and Cultural Transformation

Lecture by Dr. Pamela S. Perlich, Director of Demographic Research, The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute


Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer

Lecture by Dr. Joshua D. Schiffman, Edward B. Clark, MD Chair in Pediatric Research, Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute


Justice in Rwanda

Lecture by Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, Adjunct Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law


The Middle East to Where

Lecture by Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law


The Art of Poetry

Lecture by Dr. Keller A. Higbee, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,The University of Utah


What Does the Bubonic Plague have to do with 3.5 Million Blind Americans?

Lecture by Dr. Randall J Olson, Chief Executive Officer, John A. Moran Eye Center


Technology and the Future of Higher Education

Lecture by Dr. Martha S. Bradley, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Cory Stokes, Director of UOnline and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies