Great Lives

Archives: Lectures

Great Lives Archives for Lectures

Archives: Lectures

Season Date Lecture Speaker Media
Season Date Lecture Speaker Media
2023 Mar. 2 Magellan Laurence Bergreen
2023 Feb. 23 Rembrandt Marjorie Och
2023 Feb. 16 J. Edgar Hoover Beverly Gage
2023 Feb. 14 Ted Kennedy John A. Farrell
2023 Feb. 7 Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist Kate Clifford Larson
2023 Feb. 2 Gladys West, Technology Pioneer Karen Sherry
2023 Jan. 26 Thomas Paine Craig Nelson
2023 Jan. 24 Shirley Jackson Ruth Franklin
2023 Jan. 19 Alan Turing David Leavitt
2022 Mar. 10 C.S. Lewis Devin Brown
2022 Mar. 8 Sylvia Plath Heather Clark
2022 Mar. 3 Dolly Parton Sarah Smarsh
2022 Mar. 1 *CANCELLED* Sandra Day O’Connor Evan Thomas
2022 Feb. 24 America’s Pirates Eric Jay Dolin
2022 Feb. 22 Indira Gandhi Surupa Gupta
2022 Feb. 17 Ida B. Wells Sarah L. Silkey
2022 Feb. 15 Emmett Till Dave Tell
2022 Feb. 10 Homer Barbara Graziosi
2022 Feb. 8 Pioneer Female Aviators Keith O'Brien
2022 Feb. 3 Mother Teresa Ines A. Murzaku

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