Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers Series

2025-26 season

Public tickets

  • For the general public, in-person tickets ($50) in the Gubelmann Auditorium or livestream tickets ($50) viewable in Johnson Hall may be available starting the Wednesday before each presentation. Please note that parking in Four Arts lots is not available to the general public on Tuesday afternoons.
O’Keeffe Speakers
Monsignor Timothy Verdon "Sacred and Profane in Renaissance Florence: Faith, Wealth, Power, Service"
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Barry Diller "Who Knew" A Lifetime of Coming of Age
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Justice Anthony Kennedy "Life, Law and Liberty"
Friday, February 6, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Sir Niall Ferguson "The Next Financial Crisis: What Lies Ahead for the Global Financial System?"
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Ambassador Kevin Rudd "US-China Relations"
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Dan Buettner "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest"
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Michael Froman "Navigating Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Shifts in 2026 and Beyond"
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Gary Player "Fore! My Life On and Off the Course"
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Joshua Bell and Larisa Martínez “Voice and the Violin” featuring Joshua Bell, violin and Larisa Martinez, soprano with Kamal Khan, piano
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
O’Keeffe Speakers
Andrew Roberts "The American Revolution: Monarchy or Democracy 250 Years on (From a non-Sourgrapes British Perspective)"
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Christiane Amanpour "Making News: My Life in the Newsroom and in the Trenches"
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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