/beatty/taxonomy/term/269/all en /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/charles-taylor Canadian philosopher best known for his contributions to political philosophy and the history of philosophy. Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:50:35 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 953 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/michael-ignatieff-2005 Canadian author, academic and former politician, past President of Central European University in Budapest. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:00:50 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1034 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/shirin-ebadi-2004 Nobel Prize winning Iranian political activist, lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:59:53 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1033 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/queen-noor-jordan-2002 American-born architect, queen dowager of Jordan as the widow of King Hussein and philanthropist on behalf of children. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:55:51 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1029 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/bernard-kouchner-1996 French politician, diplomat and doctor, who co-founded the Nobel peace prize-winning Médecins Sans Frontières. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:46:21 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1020 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/david-akers-jones-1994 British administrator who served as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Acting Governor of Hong Kong during the 1980s. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:36:43 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1014 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/mikhail-gorbachev-1993 Eighth and last leader of the then Soviet Union who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1990. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:31:28 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1009 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/jacques-attali-1993 French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant and leader in microfinance. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:30:08 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 1008 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/william-mccarthy-1984 British Labour politician, Oxford professor and renowned industrial relations adviser and arbitrator. Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:23:16 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 994 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/gwendolen-carter Canadian-American political scientist whose teaching and writing focused on apartheid era South Africa. Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:13:29 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 992 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/ralf-dahrendorf-1981 German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist, politician and a leading expert on class divisions. Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:57:37 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 990 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/edwin-reischauer The first Japanese-born U.S. Ambassador to Japan who helped establish East Asian studies in American schools. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:04:37 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 984 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/alexander-king-1976 Scottish scientist, civil servant, environmentalist and co-founder of the Club of Rome. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:11:58 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 982 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/han-suyin-1968 Belgian-Chinese author and doctor, noted for her personal understanding of China's political, social and economic landscape. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:15:26 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 975 at /beatty /beatty/digital-archive/past-lectures/max-beloff-1967 English historian and political scientist who was instrumental in founding Britain's first private university. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:46:01 +0000 Beatty Lecture Archive 974 at /beatty