Celebrated keynote speaker

Lewis is a sought-after public speaker whose mainstage TED Talk has garnered over three million views. She has delivered keynote commencement addresses at venues ranging from the UN General Assembly and the Edinburgh International Festival to World Business Forum and Yale University, as well as numerous universities and organizations across the United States and abroad.

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Upcoming appearances

All appearances

2022

Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Bettman Lecture Series, Keynote

2022

Harley-Davidson, Black History Month: Inclusion & Belonging, Keynote

2022

African-American Community Service Agency, Black History Month Kick-off, Keynote

2022

Washington National Cathedral, Light in the Darkness: When Monuments Attack, Panel Discussion

2022

Harley-Davidson, The Role of Culture in Justice, Keynote

2022

Museum of Modern Art, LaToya Ruby Frazier Scholar’s Day, Roundtable Discussion

2022

Forrester, B2B Summit North America, Keynote

2022

Civil War History Journal, A Roundtable with Cheryl Finley, Matthew Fox-Amato, Sarah Lewis, Nell Painter, Anne M. Shumard, and Deborah Willis, moderated by Jim Downs, discussing The Black Civil War Soldier

2022

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape our Stories, Places and Future, Panel Discussion

2022

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Black History Month: A REAL Discussion with Sarah Lewis

2022

RBC Wealth Management, Women’s Association of Financial Advisors Conference, Keynote

2022

Prada, Experimental Design Lab Awardees Announcement, Panel Discussion

2022

Prada Mode x Frieze, Sarah Lewis in conversation with Martine Syms

2022

APA Eastern Division Meeting, APA Committee Session: Danto/ASA Prize Lecture

2022

U.S. Attorneys Conference, Keynote

2022

Seekonk Public Schools, Professional Development Day, Keynote

2022

University of Southern Mississippi, Honors Forum Lecture Series

2022

The Curb Center for Art Enterprise and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University, Keynote

2021

College Art Association 2021 Annual Conference, “Belated Exposure: Crafting an Anthology on Carrie Mae Weems, African American Art and the Archives as Method,” Writing Black Archives: African-American Art History in Real Time. [Co-Chair with Jordana Moore Saggese]

2021

Yale School of Architecture, 2021 George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, Memorial Lecture

2021

Capella University Commencement Address Speaker

2021

Silicon Valley Bank, Quarterly Speaker Series