2020 Linda K. Kerber May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts and Professor of History Emerita, Lecturer in Law at The University of Iowa See video
2019 Lynn Hunt Distinguished Research Professor University of California, Los Angeles See video
2018 Sally Falk Moore Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology Emerita Harvard University> See video
2017 Harry G. Frankfurt Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Princeton University See video
2016 Cynthia Enloe Research Professor, Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University See video
2014 Bruno Nettl Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign See video
2013 Robert Alter Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley See video