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Akhil Reed Amar, Southnayd professor of law and political science, Yale University; author, America's Constitution: A Biography (2005) and The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction (1998); "America’s Constitution:…

Erwin Cook, T. Frank Murchison distinguished professor of classical studies, Trinity University; author, The Odyssey in Athens: Myths of Cultural Origins (1995); "Near Eastern Prototypes of the Palace of Alkinoos in the…

Gregory Hess, Russell S. Bock Chair of Public Economics and Taxation, professor of economics, Dean of Faculty, CMC; co-editor of International Macroeconomics (2000) and author, The Economic Cost of War: An Empirical Ass…

Uzodinma Iweala, author, Beasts of No Nation: A Novel (2005); "Beasts of No Nation" (12:15 p.m.)  

Fazle Abed, founder, BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee); recipient of the 2007 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership; "Empowering the Poor in the Developing World" (12:15 p.m.)  

Susan Shirk, professor of political science, director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, U.C. San Diego; author, China, Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise (2007)…

Gayle Blankenburg, piano, lecturer in music, Scripps College; Heinz Blankenburg, baritone, professor emeritus of music, UCLA; "Enoch Arden, by Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Setting for Narrator and Piano by Richard Strauss"  

Adam Michnik, editor in chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland; author of The Church and the Left (1993) and Letters from Freedom: Post-cold War Realities and Perspectives (1998); "Democracy and Religion"  

Norah Vincent, columnist, Los Angeles Times and The Advocate; author, How to Sound Smart: A Quick and Witty Guide (2000) and co-author, The Instant Intellectual: The Quick and Easy Guide to Sounding Smart and Cultured (…

Walter Russell Mead, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, Council on Foreign Relations; author, Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition (1987) and Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Chan…