The Bailey Morris-Eck Lectureship on International Media, Economics, and Trade was established in 2004 through the generosity of Bailey Morris-Eck and her family. The Bailey Morris-Eck Lecture is delivered during programs held by Salzburg Global Seminar.
Bailey Morris-Eck is commissioner of Maryland Public Broadcasting and a trustee of American Funds. She is the former co-chair and founder of the International Women’s Media Foundation and a senior correspondent for the London Financial News. As a senior associate of the Reuters Foundation, Ms. Morris-Eck launched its first international policy debate on globalization. She also served as vice president of the Brookings Institution and was a senior fellow of the Institute for International Economics where she launched its policy journal, International Economic Insights. She served as an adviser in both the Carter and Clinton Administrations. Ms. Morris-Eck has served as U.S. economics correspondent for both the Independent (London) and the Times of London and as a national correspondent for the Washington Star. A member of the Board of Directors of Salzburg Global Seminar, Ms. Morris-Eck also serves on the editorial boards of the German Marshall Fund and the European Institute and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
2004 Mr. Bill Emmot, Inaugural Lecturer
2005 Mr. Pascal Lamy
2006 Dr. Kenneth Lieberthal
2008 Mr. Paul Volcker
2009 Mr. James Kolbe
2011 The Honorable Ewald Nowotny
2011 Ms. Dana Priest
2012 Prof. Renee Hobbs
2013 Mr. David Runnalls
2014 Mr. Najib Sharifi
2015 Prof. David Hawker
2016 Dr. Henry Jenkins
2018 Ms. Naja Nielsen