Sanford S. Elberg Lecture in International Studies

Established in 1987 by the Institute of International Studies in honor of Sanford S. Elberg, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Emeritus Dean of the Graduate Division, this lectureship was endowed with contributions primarily from Dean Elberg's Berkeley colleagues. It honors his tireless efforts and substantial achievements in building the excellence of graduate education at Berkeley, including his support for international studies.

Sanford S. Elberg

Elberg Lecturers: 1988-2007

• 2007: General Anthony Zinni (ret.), former Commander in Chief of the Central Command: Challenges for U.S. National Security Policy. See the interview with Tony Zinni.
• 2006: Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org and Director of the Seva Foundation: The Health of Humanity. You can watch this lecture in streaming video or listen to in podcast. See also the interview with Dr. Brilliant (text).
• 2005: Panel: Human Rights, International Law, and the War on Terrorism Keynote addresses by Tom Farer, Dean of the School of International Affairs, University of Denver, John Yoo, Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley, and Mark Danner, Professor of Journalism, UCB. Watch this event in streaming video. See also the interview with Tom Farer in 2000 and a 1999 interview with Mark Danner.
• 2004: Panel: What Do We Do about Failed States and Rogue States and How Do We Do It? Keynote addresses by Geir Pedersen, Director of the Department of Political Affairs, Secretariat of the United Nations and Ambassador, Pierre Schori, Sweden's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York; with commentary by David D. Caron, C. William Maxeiner Professor of Law UC Berkeley, and Stephen Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Watch this event in streaming video. See also the interview with Pierre Schori and a 2003 interview with Stephen Krasner.
• 2003: Tariq Ali, author of The Clash of Fundamentalisms and editor of the New Left Review: War, Empire, and Resistance. This lecture can be viewed in streaming video. See also the interview with Ali.
• 2002: Christopher Hitchens, Writer and Journalist: Internationalism in the Wake of September 11th: A Contrarian's View. See also the interview with Hitchens.
• 2001: Perry Anderson, Professor of History and Sociology, UCLA; Editor, New Left Review: Internationalism: Metamorphoses of a Meaning. See also the interview with Anderson.
• 2000: Hanan Ashrawi, Founder and Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy: Democracy, Peace, and the Global Imperative: A Palestinian Perspective [not posted]. See the interview with Ashrawi.
• 1998: Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature: Cultural Relativism vs. Global Claims [not posted]. See also the interview with Soyinka.
• 1996: Timothy Garton Ash, Writer and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford: Is Europe becoming Europe? See also the interview with Garton Ash.
• 1993: Alexander Yakovlev, Chairman of the Yeltsin Commission for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Repression and an architect of glasnost: The Future of Democracy in Russia: The Lessons of Perestroika and the Question of the Communist Party. See also the interview with Yakovlev.
• 1992: Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Refugees: A Multilateral Response to Humanitarian Crises. See also the interview with Sadako Ogata.
• 1991: Fang Lizhi, human rights advocate and Astrophysicist at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton University: China in Crisis
• 1990: Robert McNamara, former President of the World Bank and former Secretary of Defense: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century. See the interview with McNamara.
• 1989: Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, Warden of St. Antony's College, Oxford: How is Europe Changing? See also the interview with Dahrendorf.
• 1988: Victor Weisskopf, University Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Double-Edged Sword of Technology. See the interview with Weisskopf.