The Jodidi Lecture is among the most prominent annual lecture series of the Weatherhead Center and one of the most distinguished at the University. Established in 1955, the lecture series provides for the “delivery of lectures by eminent and well-qualified persons… for the promotion of tolerance, understanding and good will among nations, and the peace of the world.” The Center is planning one to two Jodidi Lectures for the 2007-2008 academic year. The following Jodidi lectureships have been delivered at Harvard since 1958:

• 1958—Geoffrey Barraclough, Stevenson Research Professor, University of London
• 1964—Fritz Erler, Leader, Social Democratic Party, Germany
• 1968—Andreas Papandreou, Minister, First Ministry of State, Greece
• 1968—Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1973—Raymond Aron, Professor of Sociology of Modern Civilization, Collège de France
• 1978—René Levesque, Premier, Québec
• 1980—Prince Norodom Sihanouk, former Chief of State, Cambodia
• 1980—Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter
• 1981—V.S. Naipaul, novelist, 2001 Nober Prize Winner
• 1983—A.W. Clausen, former Head, World Bank
• 1985—Javier Pérez de Cuellar, United Nations Secretary General
• 1986—Abba Eban, former Israeli Foreign Minister
• 1986—Corazón Aquino, President of the Philippines
• 1987—Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
• 1994—Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India
• 2002—Richard J. Goldstone, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
• 2003—Beatriz Merino, President of the Council of Ministers of Peru
• 2004—Amram Mitzna, Member of the Israeli Knesset and Labor Party candidate for Israeli Prime Minister
• 2005—Levy Mwanawasa, President of the Republic of Zambia