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Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

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Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

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Incisive Talks on the Most
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Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

Incisive Talks on the Most
Important Questions of Our Time

Incisive Talks on the Most
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Incisive Talks on the Most
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Incisive Talks on the Most
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UPCOMING EVENTS


Amitav Ghosh

2022-2023, Events

April 18, 2023 | Acclaimed author, public intellectual

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Nicholas Christakis

2022-2023, Events

May 18, 2023 | Physician, Sociologist, Director of Yale’s Human Nature Lab

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Alpin Hong

2022-2023, Events

May 25, 2023 | Classical pianist, music education advocate, inspirational speaker, paladin

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Julian Aguon

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September 21, 2023 | Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer

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Robin Kimmerer

2022-2023, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 7, 2023 | Botanist, author, enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
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December 23, 2022
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Noam Chomsky

2022-2023, Greatest Hits, Speakers
October 27, 2022 | Linguist, philosopher, public intellectual
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October 24, 2022
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Maria Ressa

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers
July 15, 2022 | Co-Founder of Rappler.com and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
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July 21, 2022
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Paul Farmer

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 17, 2022 | Harvard physician, co-founder of Partners In Health
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October 31, 2021
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Joy Harjo

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers
October 23, 2021 | Writer and musician of the Mvskoke Nation; U.S. Poet Laureate
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September 7, 2021
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Kate Raworth

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers
October 7, 2021| Oxford economist and bestselling author of Doughnut Economics
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September 4, 2021
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Helen Zia

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers
April 12, 2021 | Author of Last Boat out of Shanghai and Asian American Dreams
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March 21, 2021
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Vivek Murthy

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers
January 6, 2021 | Co-Chair of Biden's Covid-19 Advisory Board and former Surgeon General
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November 13, 2020
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Eric Topol

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers
December 17, 2020 | Cardiologist, research scientist, and bestselling author
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October 30, 2020
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Alicia Garza

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers
September 24, 2020 | Co-founder of the Black Lives Matter and Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals
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July 23, 2020
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Michael Bennett

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers
June 17, 2020 | Defensive end with the New England Patriots and author of Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
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July 1, 2020
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Priyamvada Natarajan

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers
May 2, 2019 | Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale and the author of Mapping the Heavens
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March 11, 2019
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Sheena Iyengar

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers
March 14, 2019 | Social psychologist
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November 28, 2018
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David Cole

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 28, 2019 | National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
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January 28, 2019
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Janet Mock

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers
Fall 2018 Commencement | author, TV personality and one of the nation’s most important advocates for transgender rights
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July 16, 2018
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Eric Shinseki

2017-2018, Greatest Hits, Speakers
Spring 2018 Commencement | First Asian American 4-star general and former Secretary for Veteran's Affairs
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January 17, 2018
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Lonnie Bunch

2017-2018, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 27, 2018 | Founding Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
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January 17, 2018
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Ai-jen Poo

2016–2017, Greatest Hits, Speakers
March 22, 2017 | Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, MacArthur fellow, author of The Age of Dignity (2015).
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May 12, 2017
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Sacha Pfeiffer

2016–2017, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 17, 2017 | Pulitzer-prize winning reporter on the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, author of Betrayed: The Crisis in the Catholic Church (2003).
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May 11, 2017
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Angela Y. Davis

2015–2016, Greatest Hits, Speakers
April 8, 2016 | Scholar, author, activist
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May 16, 2017
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Mark Bittman

2015–2016, Greatest Hits, Speakers
February 18, 2016 | New York Times food writer, author of twenty books, including How to Cook Everything (1998).
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May 16, 2017
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Jose Antonio Vargas

2013–2015, Greatest Hits, Speakers
Fall 2013 Commencement | Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Founder and CEO, Define American
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May 16, 2017
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Van Jones

2011–2012, Greatest Hits, Speakers
March 19, 2012 | CNN commentator, White House green jobs advisor (2009), author of Rebuild the Dream (2012).
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May 16, 2017
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Joseph Stiglitz

2011–2012, Greatest Hits, Speakers
March 14, 2012 | Nobel laureate, University Professor of Economics at Columbia
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May 16, 2017
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YouTube Video UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q_ycnUD7Gb0e4 Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined us to discuss her research into authoritarianism, democracy protection, and propaganda. She is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, a Guggenheim fellow, and Advisor to Protect Democracy. She is an MSNBC opinion columnist and a regular contributor to CNN and The Washington Post. She publishes Lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. 
In her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, Ben-Ghiat looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo — and how they can be defeated. Professor Ben-Ghiat is the spring 2023 Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined us to discuss her research into authoritarianism, democracy protection, and propaganda. She is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, a Guggenheim fellow, and Advisor to Protect Democracy. She is an MSNBC opinion columnist and a regular contributor to CNN and The Washington Post. She publishes Lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. 
In her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, Ben-Ghiat looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo — and how they can be defeated. Professor Ben-Ghiat is the spring 2023 Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Kimmerer has won the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing and a MacAurthur “genius” grant. Her research interests include the restoration of ecological communities, as well as the restoration of our relationships to land. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.
Author, activist, and pediatrician, Mona Hanna-Attisha has an endowed professorship in public health at Michigan State University, and she is the founding director of the Pediatric Health Initiative. For her role in the Flint water crisis, she was named on of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized by USA Today as one of its Women of the Century. An alumna of the University of Michigan, Dr. Hanna-Attisha received her M.D. from Michigan State University and served as chief resident at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. She is the author of What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City.
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes about authoritarianism, democracy protection, and propaganda. She is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, a Guggenheim fellow, and Advisor to Protect Democracy. She is an MSNBC opinion columnist and a regular contributor to CNN and The Washington Post. She publishes Lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. Her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo — and how they can be defeated. Professor Ben-Ghiat is the spring 2023 Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Join acclaimed author and public intellectual Amit Join acclaimed author and public intellectual Amitav Ghosh (@amitav_ghosh1) for "The Nutmeg's Curse." 

Ghosh delves into how the forces of capitalism and #colonialism unleashed destructive environmental forces, from #globalwarming to mass extinctions, that now threaten to disassemble the modern world. Follow the link in bio for more information.

Mahalo to our co-sponsors include @asianstudiesuhmanoa, @halekulanihotel, and the UH Manoa Library.
Why do you keep fighting for the family’s of Fli Why do you keep fighting for the family’s of Flint, Michigan?

“For the kids” ~ Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
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Flint, Michigan started the fight for better drink Flint, Michigan started the fight for better drinking water with the help of activist and pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. 

Join us for "What the Eyes Don't See," where Dr. Hanna-Attisha will talk about her experience bringing awareness to Flint's water crisis. She was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized by USA Today as one of its Women of the Century for her role in the Flint water crisis. Register with the link in the bio 🚰

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Join acclaimed author and public intellectual Amitav Ghosh for The Nutmegs Curse! 

Ghosh will delve into how the forces of capitalism and #colonialism unleashed destructive environmental forces, from #globalwarming to mass extinctions, that now threaten to disassemble the modern world. Register here: https://loom.ly/ylM3iss

Mahalo to our co-sponsors the UH Manoa Asian Studies Department, Halekulani Hotel, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library.

Join acclaimed author and public intellectual Amitav Ghosh for "The Nutmeg's Curse!"

Ghosh will delve into how the forces of capitalism and #colonialism unleashed destructive environmental forces, from #globalwarming to mass extinctions, that now threaten to disassemble the modern world. Register here: loom.ly/ylM3iss
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