Here are links to the texts of some of the speeches I have given on different topics over the past 15 years. My favorites are marked with asterisks (*). If you are going to read or watch only one speech, it should be this one ("On Dirt").
Speeches (Links to Text)
China
China's First US-Style Law School, Woodrow Wilson Center, May 21, 2008
Announcement of School of Transnational Law, Beijing Foreign Studies University, September 6, 2007
"How Americans Think," Peking University School of International Studies, April 10, 2007
Tribute to Xiamen University on its 85th Birthday, April 6, 2006
(*) Honorary Doctorate at Peking University, November 7, 2005
Honorary Professorship at China Agricultural University, June 30, 2004
Globalization, the Rule of Law, and Related Issues
(*) Law and Politics Through the Western Tradition, Hong Kong Development Forum, April 16, 2007
The Rule of Law in the Developing World, Wilson Center, June 13, 2007
(*) New Hard Questions About Globalization, CSES, November 10, 2006
(*) From Welfare State to Welfare Planet, CIPA, November 9, 2006;
earlier version given to Asia Society of Hong Kong, November 3, 2006
Wilson Center Conference on the Rule of Law, July 19, 2006Humane Globalization, Cornell-PKU WTO Conference, May 23, 2006
Global Food Security, World University Presidents Keynote, September 16, 2005
The Transnational University and The Research Network Backbone
(*) Networks and the Globalization of American Higher Ed, Educause Keynote, May 7, 2008
International Development and Research Universities, Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 10, 2006
University Presidents Assembly, Beijing Forum, November 17, 2005
(**) The Transnational University, Wilson Center Director's Forum, December 16, 2004
Social Engagement and the Transnational University, Hohendahl Conference, November 13, 2004
Cornell Speeches to Students
An Optimistic Heart, Spring Commencement, May 29, 2005
(*) An Open and Inquiring Mind, and Stuart Little, Winter Commencement, December 18, 2004
(*) Zoolander and Kafka, New Student Convocation, August 21, 2004
Responding to a Changing Profession, Weill Medical College, June 2, 2004
(***) On Dirt, Spring Commencement, May 30, 2004
Critical Analysis and Patience, Cornell Law School, May 16, 2004
(**) E.B. White, WIlliam Strunk, and Charlotte, Winter Commencement, December 20, 2003
(*) The Big Lebowski and Sophocles, New Student Convocation, August 23, 2003
Michigan Speeches to Students
(*) On Compassion, Spring Commencement, May 3, 2003
Welcome to New Students, August 28, 2002
On Voice, Spring Commencement, May 4, 2002
(*) On Optimism, Spring Commencement, May 5, 2001
(*) On Patience, Spring Commencement, May 13, 2000
On Our Profession's Image, Spring Commencement, May 15, 1999
On Civic Engagement and Friendship, Spring Commencement, May 16, 1998
On Teaching, Spring Commencement, May 10, 1997
On Professional Integrity, Spring Commencement, May 11, 1996
On Commitment to the Public Good, Spring Commencement, May 13, 1995
Cornell Presidential Addresses
(*) A Plane With Two Pilots, State of the University, June 11, 2005
(**) Building Cornell, State of the University, October 29, 2004
State of the University, October 17, 2003
(***) Revolutionary and Beloved, Ithaca Inaugural Address, October 16, 2003
On Collaboration, New York City Inaugural Address, October 15, 2003
A New Campus, Doha Inaugural Address, October 12, 2003
The Shoulders of Giants, Accepting the Presidency, December 12, 2002
