Great Lives

Season: 2022

Great Lives Archives for 2022

Season: 2022

Date Lecture Speaker Media
Date Lecture Speaker Media
Mar. 10 C.S. Lewis Devin Brown
Mar. 8 Sylvia Plath Heather Clark
Mar. 3 Dolly Parton Sarah Smarsh
Mar. 1 *CANCELLED* Sandra Day O’Connor Evan Thomas
Feb. 24 America’s Pirates Eric Jay Dolin
Feb. 22 Indira Gandhi Surupa Gupta
Feb. 17 Ida B. Wells Sarah L. Silkey
Feb. 15 Emmett Till Dave Tell
Feb. 10 Homer Barbara Graziosi
Feb. 8 Pioneer Female Aviators Keith O'Brien
Feb. 3 Mother Teresa Ines A. Murzaku
Feb. 1 Jimmy Carter Jonathan Alter
Jan. 27 Vincent van Gogh Marjorie Och
Jan. 25 Charlie Chaplin Stephen Farnsworth
Jan. 20 Frances Perkins Kirstin Downey
Jan. 18 John Glenn Jeff Shesol

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