Annual Oration

From Philomathean Society

Contact: Daniel Singer, Moderator (singerd@sas)

The Society shall present annually for the University, the Alumni, and the Public, the Philomathean Annual Oration, to be delivered by a prominent scholar or personage. An annual Alumni Reception shall immediately follow the Oration. The Second Censor in the fall semester shall be in charge of organizing and arranging the Annual Oration for that academic year. (cf. Philomathean Constitution By-Law IX)

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2008 Annual Orator

Please check back in Spring 2008 for details on this year's Annual Oration.

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2007 Annual Orator: Dr. Vali Nasr

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Logan Hall, Room 17
249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Reception immediately following.

Dr. Nasr is a Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Studies for The Council on Foreign Relations. A professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, he is the author of The Shia Revival, Democracy in Iran, and The Islamic Leviathan. His current work examines Iraq, Iran, and democracy in the Islamic world.

For more about Vali Nasr, please visit: the CFR's website.

The Philomathean Society thanks the following for their support:

  • SPEC Connaissance
  • The Office of the Provost
  • The Middle East Center
  • The History Department
  • The Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Department
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Philo Annual Orators

  • John Lukacs
  • Malcolm Nance
  • Arthur Miller
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Joe Klein
  • Brian Greene
  • George Bacon Wood
  • Hon George Sharswood
  • Lincoln Eyre
  • Henry Steele Commager
  • John Ciardi
  • Ayn Rand
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Andrew Sullivan
  • Camille Paglia
  • Fareed Zakaria
  • Margaret Mead
  • Jerzy Kosinski
  • C. Everett Koop
  • William Styron
  • George Plimpton
  • Susan Sontag
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