Every year, the Charles H. Townes Lecture Series invites prominent scholars and public intellectuals to discuss aspects of the relationship between science and religion.
Previous Charles H. Townes Lecturers
| Academic Year | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| 2006–2007 | Owen Gingerich Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University; Senior Astronomer Emeritus, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| 2007–2008 | Nancey Murphy Professor of Christian Philosophy Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California |
| 2008–2009 | Freeman Dyson Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey |
| 2009–2010 | Albert L. Blackwell Reuben B. Pitts Professor of Religion Emeritus Furman University |
| 2010–2011 | Holmes Rolston III Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Colorado State University |
| 2011–2012 | Marilynne Robinson Novelist and Essayist Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa |
| 2012–2013 | Philip Clayton Dean and Ingraham Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology Provost, Claremont Lincoln University Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University |
| 2013–2014 | Daniel C. Matt Dean and Ingraham Professor of Theology, Author and Preeminent Scholar of Kabbalah Translator and Commentator, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition |
| 2014-2015 | Diana L. Eck Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Frederic Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Harvard College Professor Master of Lowell House |
| 2015-2016 | Kenneth R. Miller Professor of Biology Brown University |
| 2016-2017 | Christian Smith William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame |
| 2017-2018 | Marvin Konner Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of Anthropology, Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University |