The J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Lecture

The J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund supports regular lectures on contemporary issues of global significance. Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa (‘46 BA L&S) established this fund to support an annual public lecture on a contemporary issue of global significance by a distinguished woman in international public life. The speakers have included well-known leaders in the struggle for human rights and understanding. This free event is open to the public, and walk-ins are welcome!

• Keynote speaker: Marina Ottaway is a Middle East Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Ottoway also served as the former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Respondent: Flávia Piovesan is a professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights at the Catholic University of São Paulo. She was Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States (2018-2021).
• Chaired by: Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. TBC

Register by 10/9