Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR) giving Commencement address at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, on 12 May 2012, including photocopy of letter of invite to MR from Jane McAuliffe, President of Bryn Mawr, 30/06/2011, correspondence between Shaj Mathew, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Mary Baylis, [Personal Assistant to MR], ahead of interview in conjunction with MR's address, 05-17/04/2012, MR's handwritten draft address and notes, itinerary, and print out of article on Bryn Mawr, "the women's college in Pennsylvania", The New York Times, 22/09/2010; programme, order of events protocol draft and final document, and draft address with notations for conferring of an Honorary Degree, jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South on Charles F (Chuck) Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, at Dublin Castle, 06/09/2012, at which MR as Chancellor of The University of Dublin, gave closing address.

Material relating to Mary Robinson giving keynote address at SciencesPo [Paris] Master of Public Affairs (MPA) class of 2009, on 18 June, including letter of invite from Richard Descoings, Director, SciencesPo, 28/01/2009, email correspondence between MR, Mary Baylis [personal assistant to MR], Laurence Tubiana, SciencesPo, and Rachel Becker-Raffenne, Program Assistant, SciencesPo, 16/01-25/06/2009, speaking notes for MR with notation from MR, programme for graduation ceremony, and printed itinerary, and folder of MPA Profiles 2009 at SciencesPo.

Programme for 158th commencement at Austin College, Sherman, Texas, at which Mary Robinson (MR) was a speaker, 16/05/2004; material relating to 169th commencement at Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts, USA, at which MR was speaker, 22/05/2004, including correspondence between MR, Patti Mitrushi, American Program Bureau, and Dale Rogers Marshall, and Michael Graca, Wheaton College, relating to invite and logistics, event itinerary, "Top 10 facts about Wheaton 2003" background document, and fax of Order of Exercises, 04/03-20/05/2004; programme booklet for McGill [University, Montréal Québec, Canada] Spring Convocation, Law, at which MR gave convocation address, 04/06/2004.

Booklet of University of Andrews Graduation Ceremonies 1991-1992 Laureation Addresses, including Mary Robinson (MR)'s address, 02/07/1992; letter from Kristine Strachan, Dean and Professor of Law, University of San Diego (USD), inviting MR participate in their Commencement activities May 1994 or 1995, 20/12/1993, and letter from Dr Yvonne Scannell, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, who had forwarded the invite to MR, and recommending USD to her, 13/01/1994; correspondence between Prof John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard University and MR in relation to MR attending commencement gathering, June 1998, 05-11/05/1998; list of invitations from foreign universities covering both invites to deliver addresses, and honorary degrees, 1991-1994.

This subseries consists of material relating to Commencement and/or convocation events Mary Robinson (MR) attended as speaker, excluding those she attended as Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin (P143/3/1/8), and is arranged chronologically.

[For material relating to honorary degrees she received, see P143/10]

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at Columbia University (CU) 2010, including correspondence, lecture notes, reading material, syllabus and other information relating to "Climate Change, Human Rights and Development" with instructors Prof John C Mutter and Heather Grady, Adjunct Professor International and Public Affairs, and Managing Director, Realizing rights [The Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI)], [25/01?]-[08/03?]/2010; correspondence between MR and Heather Grady regarding the development of MDP course [Masters in Development Practice] in Columbia University, 27-28/04/2010.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at Columbia University (CU) 2009, including correspondence, lecture notes, reading material, syllabus and other information relating to "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" classes at CU with MR and Alice Miller as co-instructors, Spring 2009, and "Climate Change, Development, and Human Rights" (John C Mutter and Heather Grady instructors) Spring; correspondence relating to MR being invited to serve as Founding Member of Advisory Board to the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC), "joint center of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute at Columbia University", from Lisa Sachs, Director of VCC [daughter of Dr Jeffrey Sachs] and Roger Agnelli, with biographies of members.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at Columbia University (CU) 2008, including correspondence relating to MR taking part in panel discussion on "Critical Interpretations of Sustainable Development", 28/12/2007-25/01/2008; correspondence, lecture notes, reading material, syllabus and other information relating to "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" classes at CU with MR and Alice Miller as co-instructors, Spring 2008, and "Conceptual Foundations of International Politics", SIPA [School of International and Public Affairs, CU], 10/06-31/07/2008.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at Columbia University (CU) 2007, including correspondence, lecture notes, reading material, syllabus and other information relating to "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" classes at CU with MR and Alice Miller as co-instructors, 06/02-24/04/2007 and "Conceptual Foundations of International Politics", SIPA [School of International and Public Affairs, CU], 06/07-12/11/2007.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at Columbia University (CU) 2006, including correspondence, lecture notes, reading material, syllabus and other information relating to "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" classes at CU with MR and Peter Danchin as co-instructors, 20/01-26/06/2006 and "Conceptual Foundations of International Politics", SIPA [School of International and Public Affairs, CU], 25/05-20/11/2006; programme and ticket for SIPA 6th annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner, 06/06/2006.