Russell Peace Lectures

The Bertrand Russell Peace Lectures

The Russell Peace Lectures are a prestigious annual lecture series, sponsored by the Centre for Peace Studies at McMaster University. The series, which began in 1985, focuses on issues related to the maintenance of world peace based on respect for human rights, democracy and justice. Past lecturers, and two lectures published in Russell, are:

E.P. Thompson (1985): "From Protest to Survival"
Mary Kaldor (1987)
Shridath Ramphal (1987)
Randall S. Forsberg (March 1989?)
Richard Falk (1991?)
Elena Bonner (1991)
Edward W. Said (1992)
Vandana Shiva (1994)
Ursula Franklin (1995)
Ramsey Clark (1996)
Ken Coates (1997)
Joseph Rotblat (1998): "II. Bertrand Russell and the Pugwash Movement: Personal Reminiscences"
Janice Gross Stein (1999)
Johan Galtung (2000)
Cynthia Enloe (2001)
Noam Chomsky (2002)
Hans von Sponeck (2006)
Francis A. Boyle (2007)
Cynthia Cockburn (2008)
Gwynne Dyer (2009)
M.S. Swaminathan (2011)
Douglas Johnson (2014)
Andrew Bacevich (2018)

This lecture series is endowed in part by the Keith Leppmann Memorial Fund of McMaster University, established by Keith's family and friends. Archives of the series are available for research.