“Isabel Hilton’s The Search for Panchen Lama,” January 2009: Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Barnett, Columbia University

“Quang Van Nguyen’s Fourth Uncle in the Mountain,” March 2008: Guest Speaker, Dr. Quang Van Nguyen

“Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner,” February 2007: Guest Speaker, Dr. Amardeep Singh, Lehigh University

“Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking,” February 2006

“Han Shaogong’s The Dictionary of the Maqiao,” March 2005

“Religion, Politics, and Culture: Christiane Bird’s Neither East Nor West: One Woman’sJourney through the Islamic Republic of Iran,” February 2004