Each academic year a leading scholar is invited to give a series of lectures to the department and general public. Past Visiting Hooker Professors have included:
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University (2018–2019)
Dr. Paul Harrison, Stanford University (2017–2018)
Dr. Sherman Jackson, University of Southern California (2016–2017)
Dr. Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa (2015–2016)
Dr. Carol Newsom, Emory University (2014–2015)
Dr. Raoul Birnbaum, University of California Santa Cruz (2013–2014)
Dr. Michael Zank, Boston University (2012–2013)
Dr. John Barclay, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University (2011–2012)
Dr. Jacqueline Stone, Princeton University (2010–2011)
Dr. Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University (2009–2010)
Dr. Birger Gerhardsson, Lund University (2008–2009)
Dr. Lee Levine, Hebrew University (2007–2008)
Dr. Gregory Schopen, University of California, Los Angeles (2006–2007)
Dr. Saba Mahmood, University of California at Berkeley (2005–2006)
Dr. Gary Anderson, Notre Dame University (2004–2005)
Dr. Donald F. McCallum, University of California, Los Angeles (2003–2004)
Dr. Tony Walter, University of Reading, U.K. (2002–2003)
Dr. Dale Allison, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (2001–2002)
Dr. Franciscus Verellen, Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient, Hong Kong (2000–2001)
Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University (1999–2000)
Dr. John J. Collins, University of Chicago (1998–1999)
Dr. David Schulman, Hebrew University (1997–1998)
Dr. Oliver O’Donovan, Oxford University (1996–1997)
Dr. John Rosenfield, Harvard University (1995–1996)