2025 LINEUP
GUARDRAILS ON DEMOCRACY
MONDAY, JULY 7, 7 PM
SNL: 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN SATIRE
MONDAY, JULY 14, 7 PM
POST-PLAY CHILDHOOD
MONDAY, JULY 21, 7 PM
ORDER OR CHAOS: THE ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP
MONDAY, JULY 28, 7 PM
The Hamptons Institute, established in 2010, features leaders in their fields discussing ideas that shape our community and the world. The 2025 installment is guest-curated by Ellen Chesler, author and Hamptons Institute co-founder (with Guild Hall late Chair, Mickey Straus), and Patricia Duff, founder of the nonpartisan non-profit, The Common Good, dedicated to civic participation, civil dialogue, and finding solutions and common ground. Each evening explores a single topic from the perspective of multiple professionals, followed by a Q&A.
Past moderators and panelists have included Jacqueline Adams, Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Kurt Anderson, Ken Auletta, Kahlil Byrd, Robert Caro, Katie Couric, Howard Dean, Lisa Dennison, Paul Farmer, Leymah Gbowee, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kathy Hochul, Van Jones, Steven Kroft, Ken Miller, Cecile Richards, Jerry Saltz, Lynn Sherr, George Soros, Elizabeth Warren, and Jeff Zucker, among others.
Today, Hamptons Institute talks are programmed as single panel discussions throughout the season. The series features academics, creatives, journalists, and political leaders, and each conversation addresses a socially relevant subject from multiple points of view to cultivate purpose-driven civic participation.
Visit the Hamptons Institute archive of programs HERE.
Special thanks to Leila Straus.
