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Cornell names President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland as 2026 Messenger Lecturer
The Messenger Lectures are the University's highest recognition of scholarship. The award was secured through the institute's Geopolitics and Technology Hub.
Cornell has named President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland as its 2026 Messenger Lecturer.
The Messenger Lectures are the highest recognition of scholarship awarded by the University. For close to 100 years they have brought to campus an outstanding range of researchers and innovators from across the disciplines.
The award was secured through the institute's Geopolitics and Technology Hub. President Jóhannesson, Icelandic head of state from 2016 to 2024 and now Professor of History at the University of Iceland, will spend two weeks on campus in March 2026 delivering public lectures and engaging with faculty and students.
His nomination and hosting were led by Executive Director James Patton Rogers.