Professor David Brady

Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

David Brady is Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the Hoover ... more

Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich

US Ambassador to Australia

Jeffrey Bleich is the US Ambassador to Australia. He visited the US Studies Centre in December 2009 to discuss the US-Australian relationship with stu... more

Professor Fred Greenstein

Professor of Politics at Princeton University and presidential historian

Fred I. Greenstein visited the US Studies Centre in December 2009. Greenstein is Professor of Politics Emeritus at Princeton University. His books inc... more

Professor James Fallows

Chair in US Media & National Correspondent for The Atlantic

Professor James Fallows is Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre and National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. One of the world's... more

Professor Richard White

Professor of History at Stanford University

Richard White, a professor of history at Stanford University, visited the US Studies Centre in September 2009. He is widely regarded as one of America... more

Taryn Simon

Photographic artist

http://www.tarynsimon.com/

Taryn Simon is a photographic artist who visited the US Studies Centre in September 2009. Her most recent work, An American Index of the Hidden and Un... more

Jim Johnson

Businessman and Democratic Party strategist

James A. Johnson was a visitor the US Studies Centre in September 2009. Mr Johnson is a keen observer of American politics and economics. He is a bus... more

Dennis Richardson, AO

Former Australian Ambassador to the US

Dennis Richardson was appointed as Ambassador of Australia to the United States in June 2005. He visited the US Studies Centre in August 2009 to discu... more

Cliff May

Former Director of Communications for the Republican National Committee

Clifford D. May was a visitor at the US Studies Centre in August 2009. Mr May is the President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy ... more

Professor David Blight

Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University

David W. Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University, joining that faculty in January, 2003. He previously taught at Amhe... more

Edward Albee

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning American playwright

Edward Albee burst onto the American theatrical scene in the late 1950s with a variety of plays that detailed the agonies and disillusionment of that ... more

Professor Adam Graycar

Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University

Dr Adam Graycar is Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University. He took up the post in July 2007 after a long career in governmen... more

Professor Lawrence Gostin

Associate Dean (Research and Academic Programs) and the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center

Lawrence O. Gostin, an internationally acclaimed scholar, is Associate Dean (Research and Academic Programs) and the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill P... more

Mayor C. Ray Nagin

Mayor of New Orleans

C. Ray Nagin is Mayor of New Orleans. He visited Australia for the US Studies Centre National Summit in 2009. Mayor Nagin's progressive policies resol... more

The Honourable Peter Garrett, AM, MP

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

Peter Garrett was elected as the Labor Member for Kingsford Smith at the 2004 federal election. In 2007, he was appointed Minister for the Environment... more

The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, MP

Former Leader of the Opposition

Malcolm Turnbull is the Member for Wentworth in the Australian federal government. He was Leader of the Opposition for the Coalition from September 20... more

Professor Robert Lawrence

Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard University

Robert Z. Lawrence is Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International ... more

Professor Ross Garnaut, AO

Garnaut Climate Change Review

Professor Ross Garnaut is both a Professorial Fellow (Faculty of Economics and Commerce) and a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Mel... more

Professor Richard Locke

Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT

Richard Locke, the Alvin J. Siteman (1948) Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Political Science, teaches in both the Sloan School of Manag... more

Professor Peter Gourevitch

Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UCSD’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Peter A. Gourevitch is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UCSD's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, of which he is a... more

Professor Michael Hiscox

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

Michael J. Hiscox is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. He received his B. Econ. (First Class Honours) from... more

Professor Thomas Mann

W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution

Five minutes with Thomas Mann on the first 100 days of the Obama presidency Thomas Mann's lecture: The first 100 days of the Obama administration ... more

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of Law at New York Law School and Professor of History at Rutgers, USA

Four minutes with Annette Gordon-Reed on an African-American president: watch the video Annette Gordon-Reed is Professor of Law at New York Law Scho... more

Professor Robert Burgelman

Executive Director of the Stanford Executive Program

Robert A. Burgelman, noted expert on innovation and strategy, visited the Centre in March and April May.  He was the keynote speaker at the Asia ... more

Robert Thomson

Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones & Company and Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal

Robert Thomson is the Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones & Company and the Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal. As the senior news executive at D... more

Barry Jackson

Former advisor to President George W. Bush

Former White House advisor to George W. Bush, Barry Jackson was a guest of the Centre in March 2008.  Mr Jackson analysed the achievements of the... more

Professor Edward Leamer

Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast

  Edward Leamer, guest of the US Studies Centre in March 2008, provided expert analysis on the global financial crisis in a US Studies public for... more

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Professor Simon Jackman

Visiting Professor & Professor of Political Science at Stanford University

Simon Jackman is Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) of Statistics at Stanford University. Jackmanʼs teaching and research centres on is... more

Professor Harry Harding

Dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

Professor Harry Harding was a guest of the US Studies Centre in November 2008. He was guest of honour at a US Business Leadership Forum luncheon, co-s... more

Professor David Brady

Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

David Brady is Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the Hoover ... more

Professor Michael Parks

Former Editor of the Los Angeles TImes

Professor Michael Parks visited Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre in October 2008. He was a panellist at a public forum on "The President-... more

Mike Chinoy

Former Chief Asia Correspondent, CNN

Distinguished American journalist and commentator Mike Chinoy was a guest of the US Studies Centre in October 2008. He was a panellist at a public for... more

Dr James Gibbons

Former Dean of the School of Engineering, Stanford University

In October 2008, the US Studies Centre and the Department of State and Regional Development co-sponsored a US Business Leadership luncheon with specia... more

Ambassador Derek Shearer

Former US Ambassador to Finland

In September 2008, Ambassador Derek Shearer, Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs and Director of Global Affairs at Occidental Coll... more

The Honourable John Howard, AC

Former Prime Minister of Australia

Former Prime Minister John Howard is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He was the guest of honour at a US Studies Centre dinner h... more

The Honourable Bob Hawke, AC

Former Prime Minister of Australia

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He was guest of honour at the US Studies Centre book launch ... more

Ambassador Dick McCormack

Former US Under Secretary of State

Dick McCormack has a distinguished career in the US public service. From March 2004 until being named to his current role in July 2006, he served as s... more

Professor Jonathan Pollack

Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group, US Naval War College

The future of relations between the United States and North Asia was the topic of a dialogue between Professors Jonathan Pollack and Geoff Garrett at ... more

Professor Jeffrey Sachs

Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University

One of the world's leading economists, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, was the guest of honour at a dinner hosted by US Studies Centre chief executive Profes... more

Professor Amy Kaplan

Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania

Amy Kaplan is Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, and is best known for her study of the culture of American imperi... more

Peter Scher

Former US Special Trade Ambassador

Peter Scher, former United States Special Trade Ambassador, delivered a lecture to guests of the United States Studies Centre on 24 June 2008. Peter S... more

Matt Bai

National politics reporter for the New York Times

Matt Bai was a guest lecturer at the US Studies Centre in June 2008. He spoke on the topic: US Political Journalism - The Next Generation. Matt Bai wr... more

Professor Marvin Goodfriend

Chairman of the Gailliot Center for Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Professor Marvin Goodfriend, was a guest of the Centre during the week of 9 - 13 June 2008. Professor Goodfriend spoke to CEO luncheons of the US Busi... more

Professor Eric Foner

Former President of the American Historical Association

In June 2008, Professor Eric Foner delivered a public lecture hosted by the United States Studies Centre and Sydney Ideas. He traced how Americans hav... more

Dr Francis Fukuyama

Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Francis Fukuyama was a guest of the US Studies Centre in May 2008. A public event was held at the Seymour Centre where Dr Fukuyama conversed with US S... more

Professor Peter Schuck

Baldwin Professor of Law, Yale University

Professor Peter H. Schuck delivered a talk at the US Studies Centre in early 2008. He spoke about the electoral process in the US and provided analysi... more

Professor Michael Nacht

Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley

Michael Nacht is Aaron Wildavsky Dean Emeritus and Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, ... more

Professor William Chafe

Former Dean of Arts and Sciences, Duke University

William Chafe is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University, USA. He was special guest speaker at the US Studies Centre's National... more

Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter

Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Anne-Marie Slaughter is Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of P... more

Professor Richard Vietor

Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, Harvard Business School

Professor Vietor is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and Senior ... more

Harriet Mayor Fulbright

President, Fulbright Center

Harriet Mayor Fulbright spoke at the University of Sydney in late 2007 about the role of arts and humanities in building international understanding. ... more