October 6, 2005 R. Jean Brownlee Lecture in Feminist Thought HÉLÈNE CIXOUS Professor of English Literature and Feminist Studies University of Paris VIII "The Unforeseeable"

Vandana Shiva, (Fall 2005), Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in New Delhi "Terra Madre: Creating an Earth and Women Centered Non-Violent Agriculture"

Martha Nussbaum, (Fall 2004), Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago "Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Human Capabilities"

Michael Ondaatje, (Fall 2002), Author "A Conversation with Michael Ondaatje"

Dorothy Allison, (Fall 2001), Author "Conversations with Dorothy Allison"

Barbara Ehrenreich, (Fall 2000), Author "Down and Out in Post-Welfare America"