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Dean’s Dialogues
Dean’s Dialogues
Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis hosts faculty and guest experts to model respectful, curious, and candid conversation about difficult topics. The Dean’s Dialogue series provides a space for civil discussion and invites participants to engage across a diversity of viewpoints.
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis, Photo: David Liebowitz
Professor Heather K. Gerken, Josh Kalla '14, and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis at Dean's Dialogues: Fall 2024 Series: The U.S. Presidential Election in Perspective on October 1, 2024. Photo: Hope Chang '26 MA
Fall 2023
- Pericles Lewis in Conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
- College and Citizenship with Pericles Lewis
Spring 2023
- Being a Humanist in a Time of U.S.-China Conflict
- Understanding Virus Evolution to Solve Human Problems
- Doing It All: Engineering, Entrepreneurship and University Engagement
Christina M. Kinane speaking at Dean's Dialogues: Fall 2024 Series: The U.S. Presidential Election in Perspective on November 6, 2025. Photo:Helen Huynh '26
Presented by the Yale College Dean’s Office and Yale Schwarzman Center and co-sponsored by Cultivating Conversation.
Left: Head of Davenport College Anjelica Gonzalez. Right: Dean Pericles Lewis. Image from the 2023 Dean's Dialogues series.