The Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman lectures are listed below in chronological order.
* Denotes Assembly Series Lecture
Use and Abuse of Power
February 18, 1976
David Halberstam *
Co-sponsored by Student Academic Committee
On-Rushing 1980s–Hard Choices Ahead
February 15, 1978
U.S. Representative Morris K. Udall *
Social Justice in a World of Shrinking Resources and Rising Poverty
October 29, 1980
William Shirer *
Something Wonderful: A New Dealer Remembers
October 13, 1982
Former Washington University Chancellor Thomas H. Eliot *
Co-sponsored by Student Union Speakers Programming Board
Long March: The Untold Story,
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October 1, 1986
Harrison Salisbury
Corporate Power in America
October 18, 1989
Ralph Nader *
When the Unthinkable Happens
November 5, 1992
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel *
Jewish Perspective on Neo-Nazism
November 9, 1994
Ernst Stein *
Holocaust Memorial Lecture/Ferdinand Isserman Memorial Lecture
Social Justice and the 1996 Presidential Election
October 24, 1996
Congressional Representative Patricia Schroeder *
Address
November 11, 1998
Senator George J. Mitchell *
Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman Memorial Lecture/Thomas C. Hennings Memorial Lecture
Address
March 26, 2001
Paul Simon *
Ferdinand Isserman Memorial Lecture/Thomas C. Hennings Memorial Lecture
Challenging the Illusion of Separation: Celebrating the Dignity of Difference
February 12, 2004
Rabbi Susan Talve *
West Bank Story
April 1, 2008
Ari Sandel *
Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman / Students for a Peaceful Palestinian-Israeli Future Lecture
Co-sponsored by Jewish Student Union
Reading the Quran at Starbucks: An American Secular Feminist and a Traditional Muslim Scholar Find Commonalities
April 14, 2015
Carla Power *
Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman/Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms
October 20, 2016
Arsalan Iftikhar
Voices of the Unheard and a Call for Grace for Victims of Oppression, Racism and Sexism
March 29, 2018
Rev. Traci Blackmon and Rabbi Susan Talve
Faith in Action: Working for Justice in St. Louis
February 20, 2020
Dr. Billie Mayo and Dr. Shima Rostami
Dominion or Regeneration: How do Faith Communities Show up in Perilous Times?
March 31, 2022
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times
February 8, 2024
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III