Speakers Committee

Last Updated: Sep 09, 2009

About the Speakers Committee

The role of the Speaker’s Committee is to bring prominent and interesting speakers to campus to speak on international relations and global issues. As such, the Committee organizes between 10 and 15 events every year, many of which are open to the entire Yale community. These events range from speeches to panel discussions, and Master’s Teas co-organized with a Yale residential college to debates and more intimate dinners. Past speakers have included politicians, officials from governments and NGOs, ambassadors, journalists and academics. The Speaker’s Committee is led by a Committee Chair, and is run by several Committee members, each of whom works continually to find and bring quality speakers to Yale campus.

Past Speakers & Events

The Speaker’s Committee holds between 10 and 15 events every year. Past speakers and events have included:

2008/09 Mr. Hugh Dugan, United States Delegate to the United Nations Panel on the European Union World Poetry Reading Panel on Peackeeping Panel on Summer Opportunities

2007/08 Penny Lo, Delegate to the Singapore Parliament Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Under-Secretary General & Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

For more information on Speaker’s Committee events that will be held in the coming year, please click here.

Find Out More

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Speaker’s Committee Chair, Swati Yanamadala, at swati.yanamadala@yale.edu.