Learning on Vacation

Kate Shaw is a Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. A constitutional law scholar, her academic work and writing focus on executive power, the law of democracy, administrative law and legislation, the Supreme Court, and reproductive rights and justice. Shaw brings her extensive expertise on the American Constitution to close out Week One of the Chautauqua Lecture Series. Her scholarly writing has appeared, among…

Chris Hayes is the Emmy Award–winning anchor of “All In with Chris Hayes” on MS NOW and host of the podcast “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast” and miniseries “The AI End Game: Power, Profit, and Progress.” He is also the editor-at-large of The Nation and the author of The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. In “The AI End Game,”…

Lisa D. Cook took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on May 23, 2022, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2024. She was reappointed to the Board on September 8, 2023, and sworn in on September 13, 2023, for a term ending January 31, 2038. Prior to her appointment to the Board, Cook was a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University. From 2018 to 2021, she was…

David French is an opinion columnist for The New York Times, where he writes about law, culture, religion, and armed conflict. He was previously a senior editor at The Dispatch, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a columnist at Time and a senior writer at National Review. He and Melody Barnes were the inaugural Chautauqua Perry Fellows in Democracy, serving in the 2024–25 cycle. French is a former litigator, working for both commercial…

Opening Week Four, with a morning lecture on how the arts can unite us during moments of change, is Wynton Marsalis, the world-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer and a leading advocate of American culture. He will close the week with a rousing performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and appear mid-week to premier his newest orchestral composition, Liberty Symphony, performed by the JLCO in collaboration with Chautauqua’s…

Brian Skerry is a film producer, director and veteran photojournalist specializing in marine wildlife and underwater realms. Since 1998, Skerry has been a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine, where he has created and photographed more than 30 feature stories, including seven cover stories. His recent documentary film credits include “Secrets of the Whales” and “Return of the White Shark,” both…

Opening Week Six is multi award-winning journalist, co-host and co-managing editor of “PBS News Hour,” Amna Nawaz. Curating a week on “American Storytellers,” she will highlight some of the most memorable people she has met throughout her career — weaving together their inspiring individual stories into a collective narrative of America at her best. Nawaz has earned Emmy, Peabody and Cronkite awards for her work in…

For more than a century, The Pulitzer Prizes have recognized the journalists, authors, poets, dramatists, composers and photographers whose work deepens our understanding of the world and each other, and elevates the public conversation. Pulitzer-prize winning author, Jonathan Eig, opens Week Seven, “Celebrating Excellence: A Week in Partnership with the Pulitzer Prizes,” celebrating the power of exceptional storytelling. Eig is an…

As a celebrated neurosurgeon, journalist and global health communicator, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has spent his career translating cutting-edge medical science into practical wisdom for living well. Closing a week illuminating leading voices in medicine, neuroscience, psychology and wellness, Gupta explores what it means to pursue a happier, more resilient life and how we can all participate in building a healthier future for ourselves and our…