Lectures
| 2012-13 |
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| Andrew Sullivan Sebastian Junger |
| 2011-12 |
| Suzan-Lori Parks Carolyn Porco |
| 2010-11 |
| David Rohde David Brooks |
| 2009-10 |
| John Irving Fareed Zakaria |
| 2008-09 |
| Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Paul Krugman |
| 2006-07 |
| Joan Didion Tony Kushner and Robert Pinsky |
| 2005-06 (20th anniversary year of the series) |
| Dr. Azar Nafisi Ira Glass |
| 2004-05 |
| George Will Cokie Roberts Colin Powell (campaign keynote Dec. 05) |
| 2003-04 |
| David Sedaris Benazir Bhutto |
| 2002-03 |
| Molly Ivins Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
| 2001-02 |
| Anna Deavere Smith Amy Tan |
| 2000-01 |
| Frank McCourt George Mitchell |
| 1999-00 |
| Garry Wills Arthur Caplan |
| 1998-99 |
| Camelia Sadat Jill Ker Conway |
| 1997-98 |
| Meron Benvenisti Anna Quindlan James McPherson |
| 1996-97 |
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| Leroy Hood Stephen Ambrose |
| 1995-96 |
| Ken Burns Hanan Ashrawi Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 1994-95 |
| Oscar Arias Ellen Gilchrist Henry Louis Gates |
| 1993-94 |
| David McCullough James B. Stewart Judith Viorst |
| 1992-93 |
| Mark Russell Isabel Allende David Suzuki |
| 1991-92 |
| Carlos Fuentes Jamaica Kinkaid David Halberstam |
| 1990-91 |
| Louis Rukeyser Nien Ching Studs Terkel |
| 1989-90 |
| Stephen Jay Gould Jane Bryant Quinn Edward Albee |
| 1988-89 |
| Jeff MacNelly Joyce Carol Oates Maya Angelou Kurt Vonnegut |
| 1987-88 |
| Beverly Sills Bernard Kalb |
| 1986-87 |
| Philip Habib Ellen Goodman |