For the 1994/1995 year, invitations were extended to a broad range of scholars whose work explored the subject of memory as a psychological, cultural, and historical practice. A particular focus of study was the modes in which memory is organized, whether oral, corporeal, or institutional.

Julia Annas, University of Arizona, Classical Philosophy

Jan Assmann, Ruprecht Karls Universität, Egyptology

Michael Baxandall, University of California, Berkeley, Art History

Mary Carruthers, New York University, Medieval Literature

Mark Franko, University of California, Santa Cruz, Theater, History of Dance (20th c.)

Carlo Ginzburg, University of California, Los Angeles, Early Modern European History

Christian Jacob, CNRS, Centre Louis Gernet, Paris, France, Ancient History

Anne and Patrick Poirier, Paris, France, Artists

Michael Roth, Scripps College, European Intellectual History

Carlo Severi, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, Anthropology of Art

Randolph Starn, University of California, Berkeley, Modern European History

Jean-Philippe Antoine, Université Jean-Moulin-Léon III, France, History and Philosophy of Art

Aleida Assmann, University of Constance, Germany, English Literature

Monique Eleb, School of Architecture and CNRS, Paris, France, Architectural History

François Hartog, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France, History (19th c.)

Claude Imbert, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, Philosophy

Heiner Müller, Berliner Ensemble, Germany, Playwright

Krzysztof Pomian, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France, European Cultural History

István Rév, Central European University, Hungary, European History and Political Science

Jacques Revel, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France, Cultural History (17th-18th c.)

Charles Rhyne, Reed College, Conservation of Art (jointly hosted by the Research Institute, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Getty Conservation Institute)

Susan Sontag, New York, Writer

Richard Sorabji, King's College, London, England, Ancient Philosophy

Susan Stewart, Temple University, Poet/Literary Critic

Guillermo Vazquez Consuegra, School of Architecture, Seville, Spain, Architect/ Historian

Nathan Wachtel, College de France, Paris, France, History/Anthropology (Central and South America)

Chad Coerver, Yale University, Art History

Stuart Harten, Cornell University, History

Karen Kettering, Northwestern University, Art History

Annette Richards, Stanford University, Musicology