Upcoming Events
Occasional Lecture
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Mr. Wolterstorff’s lecture, “Love and Justice,” will
be delivered on November 1, 2007, at the University of
Virginia. Details to be announced.
Occasional Lecture
Cherif Ferjani
Mr. Ferjani’s lecture will
be delivered on November 30, 2007, at the University of
Virginia. Details to be announced.
Past Events
Reading
U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall
On February 2nd, 2007, 475 people attended U.S. Poet Laureate
Donald Hall’s poetry reading at the University of
Virginia and responded with a standing ovation. Earlier
in the day, Hall led a seminar on illness and poetry for
a group of physicians, medical students, poets, and IASC
fellows.
The Poet Laureate’s visit was co-hosted by The
Hedgehog Review, The Virginia
Quarterly Review, and the Center
for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, with generous financial
support from UVa’s Office of the President.
The audio recording of Mr. Hall’s reading can be
heard here.
Occasional Lecture
Mohammad Khatami, Former President of Iran
On September 7, 2006, the Institute for Advanced Studies
in Culture sponsored a lecture by former Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami. Khatami delivered a lecture on “Religion
and Politics,” identifying peace through security
as the fundamental international dilemma of our time.
Further details of Mr. Khatami’s visit and his address
can be found in the Fall 2006 issue of INSight.
Reading
Poet Adam Zagajewski
As part of its 2004 Spring Colloquium on The Fate of the
Arts, poet Adam Zagajewski delivered a reading to a packed
hall at the University of Virginia Art Museum. | 
