Sulgrave Manor
Manor Road
Sulgrave
Nr. Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 2SD
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1295 760205
Charity No. 1003839 |
The
2006 Watson Chair Lecture
The 2006 lecture, entitled "Rights and Culture
in the Market of Ideas: Thoughts on Freedom of Expression"
was given by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President of
George Washington University (Vice Chancellor in British
parlance) and was a thought-provoking discussion of
the legal, moral and political implications of the fundamental
concept of 'freedom of expression' in the modern world.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. |
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is the President of
George Washington University and a member of Sulgrave
Manor's Advisory Committee since 2004. He has been President
of GWU for 18 years and held the same position at the
University of Hartford for 11 years before that. He
served as a special assistant for 2 years to the US
Education Commissioner based in Washington DC. He has
also been an attorney with the US Atomic Energy Commission
and a legislative aide to former Indiana Congressman
John Brademas.
Over the years Trachtenberg has received a number of highly
prestigious awards and honours, including, amongst many
others, the Humanitarian Award from the Albert B. Sabin
Institute in 2003, the US Treasury Department's Medal
of Merit in 2002, and 'Washingtonian of the Year 2000'
by Washintonian Magazine in January 2001. He was also
decorated as a Grand Officier du Wissam Al Alaoui By King
Mohammed VI of Morocco in 2000.
He is a leading expert in higher education, both in Europe
and the USA, and it is a subject on which he has published
and lectured widely.
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The Watson Chair
Symbolising Anglo-American friendship
The Watson Chair and Sulgrave Manor
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