Courses – Spring 2025 / Contemporary Issues / DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURE SERIES

Coordinators: Arlynn Greenbaum, Estelle Selzer, Karen Levin, Bob Reiss

This bimonthly Guest Lecture Series enhances the Quest program experience by inviting recognized experts in their fields to present on varied subjects.

Past presentations have included discussions of global policy and political science, literature, theater arts, social science, and music.

B WEEK / WEDNESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURERS – SPRING 2025

Feb 26Neil Nyren on Publishing: The Inside Scoop From a Top Editor
Mar 12Patrick Bringley, author of All The Beauty In The World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me.
Mar 26Ruth Reichl, food critic and author of The Paris Novel.
Kenneth Leedom/Peter Cott Memorial Speaker.
Apr 09Russell Shorto, author of Taking Manhattan.
Apr 16No Class
May 14Jodi Kantor, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of She Says.
Jan and Stuart Eisler Memorial Speaker.


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