Berry College Conson Wilson Lecture Series

Conson Wilson Lecture Series

The Conson C. Wilson Lectureship Program brings scholars of national and international renown to the Berry College campus. The program bears the name of Col. Conson C. Wilson, a longtime Berry friend whose estate included a bequest to endow this lectureship series. The series is intended to enhance the learning experience and enrich the curricula at Berry.

Speakers are recognized authorities and scholars from a wide range of backgrounds who lecture to and meet with students and faculty. Notable past lecturers include news commentator William F. Buckley, U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, famed authors Alex Haley and Tom Wolfe, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeanne Kirkpatrick.

Suggest a Speaker

If you would like to suggest a speaker for next year's Conson Wilson Lectures, please do so by filling out this form. All suggestions will be considered by the committee responsible for selecting next year's speakers. Please submit suggestions prior to October 14 of this academic year in order for your suggested speaker to be considered for the next academic year.

2007-2008 Speakers

Click on the name of a speaker to find out more details about their lecture.

Maya Angelou: Thursday, Sept. 27, 8:00 PM
Tyler Cowen: Thursday, Nov. 1, 7:30 PM
Leo Hickman: Monday, March 28, 7:30 PM

2007-2008 Schedule of Lectures

Maya Angelou Thursday, September 27 7:00 P.M. Forum, Rome Georgia: We are very pleased to provide our conference attendees admission to a lecture by Dr. Maya Angelou. Dr. Angelou will be speaking as part of “One Book, Many Voices,” a Rome/Floyd County community event, on Thursday evening, September 27 (for further information on this event please visit: http://www.romelibrary.org/onebook.html). A ticket and transportation will be provided for full conference attendees (Thursday-Saturday) to and from the Forum in downtown Rome where the event will be held. If you are registering for Saturday only and would like to see Dr. Angelou, the public library’s website contains information on ticket sales, which open August 15. Unfortunately, Dr. Angelou will not be available to sign books or meet the audience.
Dr. Tyler Cowen Thursday, November 1 7:30 P.M.: Tyler Cowen has a Ph.D in economics from Harvard University and is currently a professor of economics at George Mason University. He has edited the volume Public Goods and Market Failures, and has written Explorations in the New Monetary Economics with Randall Kroszner. He has just finished a book, Markets and Cultural Voices, April 2005, and has three other books in print: In Praise of Commercial Culture, What Price Fame?, and Creative Destruction.
Leo Hickman Monday, March 24 7:30 PM
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