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Oct 9, 2024

Lafayette to host two-day visit by noted psychologist Tania Israel

Award-winning author and counseling psychology professor Tania Israel will be a guest on campus Oct. 16 and 17 to speak about how colleges can address…

Feb 27, 2013

Photo Gallery: Author Martin Amis Visits Campus

Lafayette presented “An Evening with Martin Amis” Feb. 26 in Colton Chapel. Called “Britain’s greatest living English author” by some and “the…

Feb 15, 2013

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Former State Department Director of Policy Planning, Will Speak at 178th Commencement

Anne-Marie Slaughter of Princeton University, former director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State, will be the principal speaker at Lafayette’s…

Feb 14, 2013

Martin Amis to Speak at Lafayette Feb. 26

Lafayette will present “An Evening with Martin Amis” 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Colton Chapel. The talk will be followed by a book signing and reception…

Oct 26, 2012

Princeton Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter Discusses Political Hot Spots in Inaugural Class of 1961 Lecture

Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter spoke before a packed house Oct. 24 in Colton Chapel. Her talk, “The Big Picture: Beyond Hot Spots and Crises…

Mar 18, 2008

Award-Winning Novelist Salman Rushdie will Speak April 3

Part of Marquis de Lafayette’s 250th birthday celebration, event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required Award-winning novelist Salman…

Feb 18, 2008

Author and Feminist Activist Gloria Steinem to Speak March 4

Lecture is part of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 250th Celebration Writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist Gloria Steinem will speak at 8 p.m. March…

Feb 4, 2008

Historian Simon Schama Will Speak about the End of the Slave Trade Feb. 11

Lecture will be part of Lives of Liberty series As part of the College’s yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s…

Jan 29, 2008

Civil War Scholar James McPherson Will Speak on Abraham Lincoln Feb. 4

Lafayette’s Lives of Liberty lecture series will resume with a talk entitled “Tried by War, Decided by Victory: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief”…

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