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      • Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special
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    • 2003: Dr. Eleonore Stump
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Baylor BU Beall Russell Lectures in the Humanities Lectures 2019: Williams & McCann
  • 2024: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  • 2023: Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • 2022: Maya Lin
  • 2021: Sir Richard Sorabji
  • 2019: Williams & McCann
  • 2018: Ken Burns
  • 2017: Isabel Wilkerson
  • 2016: David McCullough
  • 2015: Jay Parini
  • 2014: Amy Tan
  • 2013: Timothy Egan
  • 2012: Anne Fadiman
  • 2011: John Patrick Shanley
  • 2010: Dana Gioia
  • 2009: Dr. Anthony Grafton
  • 2008: Dr. Robert Sapolsky
  • 2007: Taylor Branch
  • 2006: Azar Nafisi
  • 2005: Alexander McCall Smith
  • 2004: Robert Fagles
  • 2003: Dr. Eleonore Stump
  • 2002: Shelby Foote

2019: Terry Tempest Williams & Colum McCann

Creativity in the Humanities

Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams is an award-winning author whose work is widely taught and anthologized around the world. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is currently the Writer-in-Residence at the Harvard Divinity School and divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Castle Valley, Utah.

Colum McCann

Colum McCann

Colum McCann is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honors. He is the co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organization, Narrative 4, and he teaches at the MFA program in Hunter College.

 

Baylor BU Beall Russell Lectures in the Humanities Lectures 2019: Williams & McCann
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    • 2021: Sir Richard Sorabji
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    • 2017: Isabel Wilkerson
    • 2016: David McCullough
    • 2015: Jay Parini
    • 2014: Amy Tan
    • 2013: Timothy Egan
    • 2012: Anne Fadiman
    • 2011: John Patrick Shanley
    • 2010: Dana Gioia
    • 2009: Dr. Anthony Grafton
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      • Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special
    • 2007: Taylor Branch
    • 2006: Azar Nafisi
    • 2005: Alexander McCall Smith
    • 2004: Robert Fagles
    • 2003: Dr. Eleonore Stump
    • 2002: Shelby Foote
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