The 2009 Quincentennial Tanner Lectures

The 2009 lectures were rather singular, for 2009 was a special year: the 30th year since the formal inception of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values in Oxford; and also the 500th year since the founding of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose.

To celebrate this propitious confluence, we were, with the generous support of the Tanner Foundation, delighted to host an especially distinguished, and a singularly numerous and diverse, programme of Lecturers, many with a strong Brasenose connection. They addressed and informed us on a varied range of topics; but all brought together under one theme; a pressing one: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century.

Session 1: The Challenge of Emerging Infection

Session 2: Terrorism and International Security: What have we learned from Afghanistan and Iraq?

Session 3: Human Rights in the 21st Century

Session 4: Environmental Challenges in a Warming World

The text of the lectures may be found here:  Tanner_Lectures_09_Complete.

Brasenose is 500 years old, but over the two days of these lectures we looked forward to its continuing role as an academic institution which seeks to help shape and inform the future through the efforts of its men and women. There are, after all, many challenges to be met.