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About the Fulbright Lectures
These distinguished annual lectures commemorate former United States Senator J. William Fulbright, alumnus of Pembroke College, Oxford and founder of one of the most prestigious international education awards programs in the world: the Fulbright Program.
They are organised in association with Pembroke College, US-UK Fulbright Commission, Fulbright Association and Lois Roth Endowment.
Former speakers include:
- John Kerry, former U.S. special presidential envoy for climate
- Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, past President of the British Academy and
- David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee
2024 Oxford Fulbright Distinguished Lecture
The 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture took place on Friday 14 June at Pembroke College Oxford. Dr Fareed Zakaria, esteemed Washington Post columnist and CNN host spoke on the subject of 'Towards a Post-American International Order'.
Almost 80 years on from the end of World War II, the international liberal order is under acute stress around the world while its main supporter, the United States, turns increasingly inward. In his 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria examined the dramatic shifts in geopolitics we are currently witnessing and asked: what is going to come next?
Fulbright Lecture 2024
Past lectures
2023: Professor Earl Lewis (University of Michigan).
Title: The Grace of Repair.
2022: US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
Title: The Urgency of Global Climate Action.
2021: Devi Sridhar (UoE).
Title: Preventing the Next Pandemic: What have we learned about international health collaboration and what needs to change?
2020: Janet Napolitano (UC).
Title: A Future in Question: Higher Education and the Public Good.
2019: The Rt Hon David Miliband (International Rescue Committee).
Title: The New "Arrogance of Power": Global Politics in an Age of Impunity.
2018: Professor Lord Nicholas Stern (LSE).
Title: The Best of Centuries or the Worst of Centuries: Leadership, Governance and Cohesion in an Interdependent World.
2017: Professor Louise Richardson (Oxford).
2016: Professor Michael Ignatieff (CEU).
Title: The European Refugee Crisis: What Is to Be Done?
2015: Ambassador Jack Matlock
Title: Managing the Crises in Ukraine and Elsewhere: Lessons for Leadership.
2014: Professor Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University)
Title: Causes and Consequences of Global Inequality - and What Can Be Done About It.