Speeches and Lectures
- Remarks at Awarding of the Radcliffe Medal to Neil Rudenstine
- “Free and Brave:” Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth
- Remarks at the Inauguration of Jonathan L. Walton
- Slavery and the Past and Future of Southern Intellectual History
- Remembering Not to Forget: Reflections on the Last Half Century of Women at Penn
- Humility, Hope, and the Work of Becoming Educated
Being Underestimated Is Like A Stealth Weapon With Drew Faust – She’s Got Nerve with Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera
Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First
DREW GILPIN FAUST-1st female Harvard president-NECESSARY TROUBLE: Growing Up Southern in Midcentury
Terrence McNally, Let’s Tell Stories of A World that Just Might Work
GPS Fareed Zakaria -CNN Drew Faust
https://video.snapstream.net/Play/1bNBB8CV6VTzTMhjK3aPmk?accessToken=b0cucxus6vnmu
‘Appalling!” Historians torch Supreme Court’s handling of Trump ballot case
The Last Word Lawrence O’Donnell – MSNBC
Drew Faust explores creating ‘Necessary Trouble’ in new memoir
wbur Radio Boston with Tiziana Dearing
https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2023/10/27/drew-faust-harvard-israel-palestine-affirmative-action
Drew Gilpin Faust | Understanding Our New World
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Videos and Podcasts
Change Is the Operative Force of History with Drew Gilpin Faust
Former Harvard president on how ‘Necessary Trouble’ brings change
Former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her new book, “Necessary Trouble,” a memoir of growing up in the segregated South and supporting the civil rights movement.
Counter-Memories: Viet Thanh Nguyen & Drew Faust
Vietnamese-American novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen and historian Drew Faust engage in a conversation about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. – a black granite wall engraved with the names of Americans who died in the Vietnam War, often cited among the most highly controversial armed conflicts in United States history.
E Pluribus Unum Truth Series with Drew Faust
In this first conversation, historians and experts will explore the “truth” in our history. They will discuss some of the periods and events in our history that have laid the foundation for the systems that continue to perpetuate racism and oppress people of color in the U.S, including the Civil War, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era.