It is the final week of Chautauqua Institution’s 2025 Summer Assembly with this week’s theme “Past Informs Present: How to Harness History.”
This week will feature cultural and political conversations led by some of the most influential voices of our time.
Featured speakers at the 10:45 a.m. lecture series at the Amphitheatre will include:
· Monday, August 18 – Doris Kearns Goodwin – Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author opens the week with reflections on leadership and legacy in American history.
· Tuesday, August 19 – Morgan Freeman
o Lecture at 10:45 a.m. on the legacy of Blues music
o Evening performance at 8:15 p.m.: Symphonic Blues with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
· Wednesday, August 20 – Jonathan Zittrain – Harvard professor and digital law expert discusses the preservation of digital history in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
· Thursday, August 21 – Sabrina Lynn Motley, Director, Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Jeffrey Rossen, President National Constitution Center
· Friday, August 22 – Ella Al-Shamahi – National Geographic Explorer and evolutionary biologist closes the lecture series with insights into human evolution and its relevance today.
Visit chq.org for more information.
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