All lectures are open to the public free of charge and begin at 7:30 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium in George Washington Hall. For further information, contact Abbie McGhee, Special Events Coordinator, at (540) 654-1055.
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| January 22 |
Socrates |
Christopher B. Nelson
President,
St. John's College |
January 27
Rescheduled due to weather for February 10 |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
Bulent Atalay
Professor, UMW Department of Physics
Author, Leonardo's Universe |
| January 29 |
Patrick Henry |
Richard Schumann
Historical Interpreter,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
| February 3 |
James Monroe |
Dan Preston
Editor, Papers of James Monroe, UMW
Author, James Monroe: An Illustrated History
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| February 5 |
John Marshall |
Jean Edward Smith
Professor of Political Science,
Marshall University
Author, John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
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February 10
Rescheduled from January 27 because of weather |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
Bulent Atalay
Professor, UMW Department of Physics
Author, Leonardo's Universe |
| February 12 |
Frederick Douglass |
Jeffrey McClurken
Chair, UMW Department of History and
American Studies
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| February 17 |
Daniel Boone |
Robert Morgan
Professor of English, Cornell University
Author, Boone: A Biography
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| February 24 |
John Brown |
Paul Finkelman
Professor of Law and Public Policy,
Albany Law School
Author, Slavery and the Founders
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| February 26 |
Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain
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Mark Perry
Author, Grant and Twain:
The Story of an American Friendship
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| March 10 |
Mary Magdalene |
James E. Goehring
Professor, UMW Department of Classics,
Philosophy, and Religion |
| March 17 |
Clara Barton |
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Author, Clara Barton: Professional Angel |
| March 19 |
Catherine the Great |
Sean Pollock
Professor of History,
Wright State University |
| March 26 |
John James Audubon |
Andrew Dolby
Associate Professor,
UMW Department of Biological Sciences |
| March 31 |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
Jason Emerson
Author, The Madness of Mary Lincoln
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| April 2 |
Special Inaugural Lecture: James Farmer |
Raymond Arsenault
Professor of Southern History,
University of Southern Florida
Author, Freedom Riders
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| April 7 |
Frankenstein |
Susan Tyler Hitchock
Author, Frankenstein: A Cultural History |
| April 14 |
Harry Potter |
Philip Nel
Professor of English,
Kansas State University
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| April 21 |
Hugh Hefner |
Steven Watts
Professor of American Intellectual and
Cultural History,
University of Missouri
Author, Mr Playboy:
Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
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| April 23 |
Ronald Reagan |
Stephen J. Farnsworth
Professor of Communication,
George Mason University
Author, Spinner in Chief
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