+ Past Kohlberg Memorial Lectures

2023 Judith G. Smetana (University of Rocherster), "The Long and Winding Road: Surviving (And Thriving) in Adolescent-Parent Relationships". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

2022 Kirsi Tirri (University of Helsinki), "The Moral Teacher in a Global Transition". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Manchester, UK. Video available via MoralCapital.info

2021 Melanie Killen (University of Maryland), “Why social justice matters for education: A developmental approach”. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Online.

2020 Peter H. Kahn, Jr., "In Moral Relationship with Nature: Development and Interaction". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Online.

2019 Lawrence J. Walker, "The Character of Character" Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Seattle, WA, USA.

2018 Helen Haste (Harvard University/University of Bath), "Are We Asking the Right Questions?" Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Barcelona, SPAIN.

2017 Frans de Waal (Emory University, Yerkes Primate Center), "A Bottom-Up View of Morality: Our Primate Background". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, St. Louis, MO

2016 Danielle Allen (Harvard University), "Education for Equitable Civic Agency in a Digital Age". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Cambridge, MA

2015 Darcia Narvaez (University of Notre Dame), “Indigenous wisdom and organic morality”. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL.

2014 Nancy Snow (Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), “Generativity and Flourishing”. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Pasadena, CA

2013 Tariq Moodood (University of Bristol, UK), “Multiculturalism, Interculturalisms and the Majority”. Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Montreal, Canada

2012 Jonathan Haidt (New York University), “Moral Psychology in the 21st Century”. Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 42, No.3, 2013, pp. 281-297

2011 Tu Weiming (Harvard University and Peking University, Beijing), "Learning to be Human: the Confucian Way of Moral Reasoning". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Nanjing, Chin

2010 James Comer (Yale University), "Morality and Social Justice: The Strategic Location and Function of School". Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, St. Louis, MO

2009 M.H. van IJzendoorn (Leiden University), "There Is More to Morality than Mere Genes. Genetic, Dispositional, and Contextual Determinants of Children's Pro-Social Behavior." Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

2008 James Youniss (Catholic University of America), "When morality meets politics in development." Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 38, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 129-144.

2007 Kwame Anthony Appiah (Princeton University), "Global Citizenship." Lecture presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, New York, NY.

2006 Gertrude Nunner-Winkler (formerly Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich, Germany), "Development of moral motivation from childhood to early adulthood." Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 36, No. 4, December 2007, pp. 399-414.

2005 Martha Minow (Harvard University), “What the Rule of Law Should Mean in Civics Education: From ‘Following Orders’ Defense to the Classroom.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.35, No.2, June 2006, pp.137-162.

2004 Judy Baca (University of California), “The Human Story at the Intersection of Ethics.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 34, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 153-169.

2003 Dwight Boyd (OIOSE, University of Toronto), “The Legacies of Liberalism and Oppressive Relations: Facing Dilemma for the Subject of Moral Education.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.33, No.1 March 2004, pp. 3-22

2002 Elliott Turiel (University of California, Berkley), “Resistance and Subversion in Everyday Life.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.32, No.2, May 2003, pp. 115-130.

2001 Albert Bandura (Stanford University), “Selective Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency,” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.31, No.2, May 2002, pp. 101-119.

2000 Richard Pring (Oxford University), “Education as a Moral Practice,” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.30, No.2, May 2001, pp. 101-112.

1999 Kenneth A. Strike (University of Maryland, College Park), “Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Space Between: In Praise of Kindness.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 29, No. 2, May 2000, pp. 133-147.

1998 Lawrence Blum (University of Massachusetts, Boston), “Race, Community, and Moral Education: Kohlberg and Speilburg as Civic Educators.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 28, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 125-143.

1997 Carol Gilligan (Harvard University and New York University), “Remembering Larry.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 27, No. 2, May 1998, pp. 125-140.

1996 William Damon and Anne Gregory (Brown University), “A Youth Charter: Towards the Formation of Adolescent Moral Identity.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.26, No. 2, May 1997, pp.117-130.

1995 Fritz Oser (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), “Kohlberg’s Dormant Ghosts: the case of Education.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 1996, pp. 253-275.

1994 Richard Schweder (University of Chicago), forthcoming.

1993 Nel Noddings (Stamford University), “Conversation as Moral Education.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 23, No. 2, May 1994, pp. 107-118.

1992 Laurence Thomas (Syracuse University), “Moral Flourishing in an Unjust World.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 22, No. 2, May 1993, pp. 83-96.

1991 John Goodlad (University of Washington), “The Moral Dimensions of Schooling and Teacher Education.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol.21, No. 2, May 1992, pp. 87-97.

1990 Howard Gardner (Harvard University), “The Tensions between Education and Development.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 20, No. 2, May 1991, pp. 113-125.

1989 Maxine Green (Columbia University), “The Passion of the Possible Choice; Multiplicity and Commitment.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 19, No. 2, May 1990, pp. 67-76.

1988 James R. Rest (University of Minnesota), “The Benefit of Hindsight.” Published in the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 18, No. 2, May 1989, pp. 85-96. (1988 was the first year of the Kohlberg Memorial Lectue program.)