public scholar lectures
From the Center's earliest years, we have showcased the University's most exciting scholars in our Public Scholar lecture series. Many of the Public Lectures have been published (in slightly revised form) as Occasional Papers of the Center. Click here for a list of past Public Scholar lectures.
All events are free and open to the public.
upcoming public scholar lectures
| November 5, 2009
Hughes-Trigg Ballroom (map). The Maguire Center is pleased to present this lecture in conjunction with the Human Rights Educational Program's semester-long observance, "Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point." |
Professor Jenia Turner, Associate Professor,
SMU/Dedman School of Law, will speak on speak on "Ethical Dilemmas of
International Criminal Defense Attorneys" In the United States, legal ethics rules and guidelines tend to permit criminal defense attorneys to engage in conduct that is on the extreme margins of zealous advocacy. For example, criminal defense attorneys arguably have greater leeway in making meritless claims or contentions and in introducing evidence (specifically the defendant’s testimony) that they reasonably believe is false. In this lecture, Professor Turner will examine whether a similar special treatment ought to be accorded to international criminal defense attorneys — that is, attorneys who appear before international criminal tribunals and represent clients accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. |
Past Public Scholar Lectures
| 1996-1997 | James Hopkins: "The Private and Public Intellectual in the World and the Academy" |
| 1997-1998 | Michael Holahan:
"'Look, her lips': Softness of Voice, Construction of Character in
King Lear" Bonnie Wheeler: "Pilgrimage and the Desire for Meaning" |
| 1998-1999 | Joseph Allen: "Politics as a Calling" Steven Sverdlik: "Compassion and Sympathy as Moral Motivation" |
| 1999-2000 | Alastair Norcross: "Social
Contract Theory and the Ethical Status of Animals" Peter Winship: "Legislating Morals: Legal Prescriptions of Proper Business Behavior" |
| 2000-2001 | Jeffrey Gaba: "When Takings Happen to Good People: The
Ethical Basis for Legal Rules Allowing Government Regulation of Land
Use" William May: "The Media: The Unordained Teaching Authority in the West" |
| 2001-2002 | Rebekah Miles: "The Ethics of Balancing Work and
Family, In and Out of The Home in America" Matthew Wilson: "Religion and Politics in America" |
| 2002-2003 | Kathleen Wellman: "Ethics and the Enlightenment" Linda Eads: “The Law and Corporate Ethics” |
| 2003-2004 | Michael Adler: “Who Is the Past? Ethics and Identity in Archaeology” |
| 2004-2005 | Carolyn Sargent & Carolyn Smith Morris: “Is There a
Culturally Contextualized Alternative to the Four-Principles Approach in
Bioethics? Anthropological Contributions to Ethics Dilemmas in Clinical Practice” |
| 2005-2006 | Mark Chancey: “Politics, Culture Wars, and The Good Book: Recent Controversies Regarding the Bible and Pubic Education” |
| 2006-2007 | Joseph Kobylka: "When Bible Classes Go to the Supreme
Court, What Will They Find?" Marshall Terry: "The Founding and Defining of a University" (view the video) |
| 2007-2008 | Tony Pederson: “Reporter Privilege: A Con Job or an
Essential Part of Democracy?” (pre-publication
version of the paper) (view
the video) Barbara Hill Moore: “True to My Own Voice: Ethical Challenges in Transmitting Talent” |
| 2008-2009 | Professor Robin Lovin, Cary M. Maguire University
Professor of Ethics: “Politics in Religious Perspective: Temptation, Tool, or Task”
(view
the video)
Professor Mark Lawrence McPhail, Chair, Division of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Meadows School of the Arts: "Confessions of an Expert Witness: Rhetoric, Politics, and Ethics at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda" (view the video) |