The Great Lives Series: Biographical Approaches to History and Culture announces its third decade with a schedule that includes 18 programs, running from January 16 through March 28. The dates, topics, and speakers for the series are listed below.
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Series announces Scott Harris as Co-Director. See link to “The Great Lives Team” for more information about Scott.
Date | Lecture | Speaker | Media |
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Date | Lecture | Speaker | Media |
Jan. 18 | Lewis & Clark/Sacagawea | Dale Blanshan | Video |
Jan. 23 | Shakespeare | Elizabeth Winkler | Video |
Jan. 25 | George VI and Elizabeth | Sally Bedell Smith | Video |
Jan. 30 | Sam Shepard | John Winters | Video |
Feb. 1 | Wild Bill Donovan | Douglas Waller | Video |
Feb. 6 | George Washington | Alexis Coe | Video |
Feb. 8 | Mary Lumpkin: Enslaved Woman, Liberator | Kristen Green | Video |
Feb. 15 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jonathan Darman | Video |
Feb. 20 | Picasso | Marjorie Och | Video |
Feb. 22 | Stan Lee: Spider-Man and Marvel Comics | Bob Batchelor | Video |
Feb. 27 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Jonathan Eig | Video |
Feb. 29 | Rosemary Kennedy | Kate Clifford Larson | Video |
Mar. 12 | Edith (Mrs. Woodrow) Wilson | Rebecca Roberts | Video |
Mar. 14 | Billie Jean King | Johnette Howard | Video |
Mar. 19 | Elizabeth Taylor | Kate A. Brower | Video |
Mar. 21 | George Remus: A Real-Life Gatsby | Abbott Kahler | |
Mar. 26 | Ten Caesars | Barry Straus | |
Mar. 28 | Edgar Allan Poe | Mark Dawidziak |