FALL 2025 CAMPBELL LECTURES
Jelani Cobb
Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Henry R. Luce Professor, Columbia University
November 19 & 20 | 6 p.m. | Pitman Cinema Theatre | Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall
A Peabody Award-winning journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, Jelani Cobb will explore the ways in which demography is a factor in the current crisis of American democracy. In his talks, he will examine the dynamics of race and immigration, and use history as a means of contextualizing contemporary conflicts around these issues.
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Past Campbell Lectures
The Campbell Lecture Series is organized by the School of Humanities and Arts Dean’s Office, with generous support from the Campbell Foundation. The mission of the lecture series is to bring distinguished scholars in the arts, literature and humanities to Rice to discuss their work and career, while supporting engagement between scholar and student.