Events & Media

Lectures

Selected Lectures

Craig Calhoun has delivered numerous lectures that discuss critical issues such as democracy, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and the human condition. These lectures are often part of distinguished series and are hosted by various academic institutions. Here are some notable examples:

Endowed Lectures

2023 — Joseph Pieper Keynote Lecture, University of Notre Dame

2022Clough Distinguished Lecture, Boston University

2018 — Jodidi Lecture, Harvard University

2018 — Matrix Distinguished Lecture, University of California, Berkeley

2017 — Thesis Eleven Lecture, La Trobe University, Melbourne

2015 — Ralph Dahrendorf Lecture, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford

2014William Temple Lecture, University of Manchester

2013Willem Aubert Lecture, University of Oslo

2013Fred Halliday Memorial Lecture, LSE

2013 — Tanner Lecture on Human Values, University of Michigan

2012Ralph Miliband Memorial Lecture, LSE

2011Albert Morris Lecture, Boston University

2009 — Dennis F. and Brooks Holt Lecture, USC

2007Sir Robert Birley Lecture, City University of London

2007 — Ernest Gellner Memorial Lecture, LSE

2004 — Pitirim Sorokin Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan

2001Hans Speier Distinguished Lecturer, New School for Social Research

2000Benjamin J. Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Bristol

1997Howard W. Beers Lecturer, University of Kentucky

1996Harry Bridges Lecturer, University of Washington and the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, Seattle

1994Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture, UCLA

Civic Space in an Uncivic World — Keynote Lecture, CiviCon 2025
Recording

The Persistence of the Nation in an Era of Globalization
Recording
IRLA Foundation Inaugural Lecture, Barcelona, Spain

Nations, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy
Recording
Public Lecture

Marcuse Returns to the Zeitgeist
Public Lecture, Princeton Center for Human Values, Princeton, NJ

Democracy’s Challenges
Lectio Magistralis Series, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL

Degenerations of Democracy & What Is Next
Western College Legacy Seminar, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Artificial Persons? Corporations, States, and People
Sociology Colloquium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Persons: Created, Artificial, and Natural
Josef Pieper Keynote, Notre Dame Conference, Notre Dame, IN

Scale and Democracy
Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Democracy at Different Scales
Rebuilding Democracy Conference, El Colegio de México, Mexico City

Degenerations of Democracy
American University of Paris, Online event

Alienation, Solidarity, and the Future of Democratic Societies
Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Reversing the Degenerations of Democracy
Clough Distinguished Lecture, Boston College, Boston, MA

Degenerations of Democracy
SPGS/GFL Colloquium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Degenerations of Democracy
ASU Center for Work and Democracy, Tempe, AZ

Dismantling Democracy from Within
CEU Summer University, Budapest, Hungary

What Does Democracy Need?
Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Science and Democracy Lecture: A New Roadmap for Science and Society
Harvard STS Program, Cambridge, MA

Master Class: Karl Polanyi’s Great Transformation (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
ISCTE University, Lisbon, Portugal

Pandemic Nationalism
Ryerson University CERC Speech, Toronto, Canada

Are Digital Futures Choice or Fate? (CDCS Digital Launch Keynote)
University of Edinburgh, Online

The Power of Imagination
Recording
Reset DOC – Dialogues on Civilizations