The Distinguished Speakers Series Committee invites distinguished figures in politics, the arts, journalism, and Brandeis’ own faculty to speak at BOLLI. Additional lunchtime presentations are organized by the BOLLI Member Liaisons and BOLLI Special Interest Groups.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| Friday, March 4th, 2022 | Neil Swidey, Director of the Journalism Program, Brandeis University | “What We Don’t Know about Prescription Drug Prices” |
| Friday, March 11th, 2022 | Aaron David Miller, Author and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | "Gulliver’s Troubles: Biden's Foreign Policy" |
| Friday, March 18th, 2022 | Professor Amy Wax, University of Pennsylvania Law School | “Debating Immigration Policy: the Case for Low and Slow” |
| Friday, March 25th, 2022 | Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University’s Heller School | "Responding to the Prescription Opioid Crisis: An Epidemic of Addiction" |
| Friday, April 1st, 2022 | James Roosevelt, Co-Chair DNC Rules Committee | "What’s at Stake in the 2022 Midterm Elections?" |
| Friday, April 8th, 2022 | Stephen J. Whitfield, Max Richter Professor of American Civilization Emeritus, Brandeis University | "Jewish Lawyers Versus Jim Crow" |
| Friday, April 15th, 2022 | Alex Green, Project on Disability at Harvard Law School and Sean Garballey, MA State Representative | “The Human Rights Legacy of Disability Institutions in Massachusetts” |
| Friday, April 22nd, 2022 | Spring Break Week April 18-22 | No Classes or Lunchtime Speaker |
| Friday, April 29th, 2022 | Professor Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School | “Humane: How the U.S. Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” |
| Friday, May 6th, 2022 | Kate Clifford Larson, Award-winning Historian and Author | “From Slavery to the $20 Bill: the Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman” |
| Friday, May 13th, 2022 | Stephen Kinzer, Author and Former New York Times Correspondent | “Afghanistan to Ukraine: What is America’s Role in the World?” |
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We are a year-round community of intellectually curious adults, age 50 and above, who explore a liberal arts curriculum through study groups, seminars, lecture series and special presentations and events. Study groups are led by BOLLI members who bring a broad range of life experience and knowledge into their classrooms to enrich the exchange of ideas. Brandeis University instructors, experts in their field and master-teachers, lead seminars and lecture series. Members regularly organize special presentations and events including book discussions, theater and museum outings, poetry circles, photo exhibits, and literary salons.