The 2022 Manatt-Phelps Lecture was held on November 2, 2022 in Stephens Auditorium. It featured Nikole Hannah-Jones, Iowa native and creator of the 1619 Project. Read More
Michael Steele to present Manatt-Phelps lecture on Oct. 28 Former Republican National Committee chair and popular podcast host Michael Steele will visit Iowa State to… Read More
Frank Figliuzzi, NBC News national security analyst.NBC News national security analyst Frank Figliuzzi will discuss personal, national and international security for the 2019 Manatt-Phelps Lecture… Read More
Senator Ben Sasse presents the 2018 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) discussed American… Read More
Ali Velshi presented the lecture "Political and Economic Transition at Home and Abroad" on October 18, 2017 at Iowa State University. MSNBC anchor and business… Read More
Malcom Nance presents at the Fall 2016 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political ScienceMalcolm Nance presented the lecture “Dynamics of ISIS: Its Origins and Implications for the… Read More
E.J. Dionne, Jr., delivers the 2015-2016 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. E.J. Dionne, Jr. presented the lecture… Read More
After her lecture, Nirupama Rao, Ambassador of India to the United States, speaks with Iowa State students. Nirupama Rao lectured on “How Far Have We… Read More
Peter Ammon and François M. DelattreFrançois M. Delattre, ambassador of France to the U.S., and Peter Ammon, ambassador of Germany to the U.S., discussed the… Read More
Lee HamiltonLee H. Hamilton, the vice chairman of the nation’s 9/11 Commission and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, presented his lecture, “American Foreign Policy… Read More
