The Annual Oration

The highlight of the Society’s academic year, the Annual Oration is an address to the campus community from a prominent public intellectual organized by the Society and usually featuring the co-sponsorship of multiple university departments, offices, and student groups.

The Annual Oration is the responsibility of the Second Censor elected in the Fall. Feel free to email them for details.

Some previous Orators have included:

  • Stanley Fish
  • Daniel Dennett
  • Vali Nasr
  • 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

Past Event: Judith Butler – Annual Oration 2010

Posted on July 17, 2010 by moderator

6 PM, 3 March, 2010 | Hall of Flags The Annual Orator for 2010 was Dr. Judith Butler, who delivered her oration on “From Performativity to Precarity” in 
the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. For … Continue reading →

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