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2008-09 Lectures
Made possible by generous contributions from the Dean's Advancement Council for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, the East Carolina Alumni Association, and friends of the Harriot College. Generous corporate sponsorship has been provided by.
North Carolina Lecture
Lecture Title: Medical Discoveries and Innovations in the Twentieth Century
Dr. Randolph Chitwood
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Founding Director, East Carolina Cardiovascular Institute
September 24, 2008 | 7PM | Wright Auditorium
Dr. Chitwood pioneered the development and expansion of mitral valve repair surgery in North Carolina, producing better outcomes than possible with valve replacement, which had long been the prevalent surgical treatment. He also recognized that endoscopic methods, in which a specialized camera and instruments are introduced into the body, provide better visibility and access to the mitral valve, and he devised a set of special instruments to simplify the procedure. He performed the first totally endoscopic mitral valve repair in North America and the second in the world.
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Premier Lecture
Lecture Title: Creative Leaders Who Have Shaped Our World
Walter Isaacson, CEO
Aspen Institute
Former CEO, CNN
October 8, 2008 | 7PM | Wright Auditorium
Walter Isaacson is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of Time Magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992) and is the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).
Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952, in New Orleans. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He began his career at the Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item.
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Jarvis Lecture in Religion and Culture
Lecture Title: "Christians in the Age of Empire"
Marcus Borg, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Religion and Culture
Oregon State University
November 18, 2008 | 7PM | Wright Auditorium
Marcus J. Borg (Ph.D., Oxford University) is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture. Known as one of the leading historical Jesus scholars of this generation, he is the author of ten books, two of which have become best-sellers, Jesus: A New Vision and Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. His most recent publication is The Heart of Christianity: How We Can Be Passionate Believers Today (2003). He has lectured widely in this country (including at the Smithsonian and Chautauqua Institutions) and overseas (England, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, and South Africa). His books have been translated into German, Dutch, Korean, and French.
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Sallie Southall Cotten Lecture
Lecture Title: "Darwin's Legacy in Science and Society"
Eugenie Scott, Ph.D.
Executive Director, National Center for Science Education
January 27, 2009 | 7PM | Wright Auditorium
Eugenie C. Scott has been since 1987 the Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., a pro-evolution nonprofit science education organization with members in every state. She holds a Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Missouri, and honorary D.Sc degrees from McGill University and Ohio State University. Scott has taught at the University of Kentucky and at the University of Colorado. A human biologist, her research has been in medical anthropology and skeletal biology. The author of Creationism vs Evolution: An Introduction, she has many published papers and monographs, has served as chair of the Ethics Committee of the American Anthropological Association, as President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and has chaired the Anthropology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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 Brewster Lecture in History Lecture
Lecture Title: "Vespucci: The Man Who Gave His Name to America"
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Ph.D.
St. Anthony's College, Oxford University
February 25, 2009 | 7PM | Wright Auditorium
Fernández-Armesto is author of the best selling book Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years, which inspired CNN's Millenium, and such critically acclaimed works as The Times Atlas of World Exploration and, most recently, Civilizations. Recent honors include the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum (1995), and the John Carter Brown Medal (1999). His journalistic works have been widely syndicated and appear frequently in The Times of London and regularly in the Sunday edition of The Independent. Fernández-Armesto also contributes to BBC Radio, most often as a panelist on "Room for Improvement," International Question Time, and "Night Waves."
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Thomas Harriot Lecture
Lecture Title: "Thomas Harriot: New Worlds of an Elizabethan Scientist"
Professor Stephen Clucas
Birkbeck University of London
April 2, 2009 | 7PM | Science and Technology Building, OC-307
Professor Clucas is the co-editor, with Stephen Gaukroger, of the journal Intellectual History Review, and is a member of the Council of the International Society for Intellectual History. He has been Vice-Chairman of the Thomas Harriot Seminar devoted to the life and times of the Elizabethan scientist and mathematician Thomas Harriot since 1990. Professor Clucas is the organizer, with Peter J. Forshaw, of the EMPHASIS seminar, held in the School of Advanced Studies, University of London, since 2003. He also serves on the Councils of the Society of the History of Alchemy and Chemistry and the Society for Renaissance Studies.
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