2026/27 St. Louis Speakers Series

Join us at Powell Hall for seven fascinating and influential speakers at the 27th season of the St. Louis Speakers Series, presented by Maryville University.

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Speakers

Pete Buttigieg

Tue Sept 29 2026

US Transportation Secretary (2021-2025), 2020 presidential candidate, two-term mayor of South Bend, and Navy intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan.

Boris Johnson

Tues Oct 13 2026

Former UK Prime Minister who offers a rare firsthand look at geopolitics and Ukraine from a European perspective.

Anne Applebaum

Tues Nov 17 2026

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, author, and The Atlantic staff writer, she is an expert on authoritarianism, the global rise of autocracy, and misinformation.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Tues Jan 12 2027

Financial expert on Wall Street, award-winning New York Times journalist, anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, and bestselling author of 1929 and Too Big to Fail.

Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Tues Feb 16 2027

Head of NASA for seven years (2009-2017) and two-time Space Shuttle Commander who flew four missions, he is only the second astronaut ever to lead the space agency.

Nicholas Burns

Tues Mar 23 2027

US Ambassador to China (2021-2025), Burns is the leading expert on US-China relations. US Ambassador to NATO during 9/11, he served six presidents from both parties.

Lynsey Addario

Tues Apr 20 2027

Award-winning war photographer, her powerful images from the front lines appear on The New York Times front page. She has covered global conflicts for 25 years.

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