This series is open to the public free of charge and no admission tickets are required. Programs begin at 7:30 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium in George Washington Hall. Each lecture concludes with an audience Q&A session with the speaker and a book-signing.
In partnership with the University Bookstore, selected titles related to the topic are available for purchase in the Dodd foyer the night of the lecture. Additional suggested readings related to the Great Lives topics are available at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library
For further information, contact the Office of University Events and Conferencing information line at 540-654-1065.
| Date | Lecture | Speaker | Media |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Lecture | Speaker | Media |
| Jan. 21 | Ronald Reagan | Craig Shirley | Video |
| Jan. 23 | Tiger Woods | Jeff Benedict | Video |
| Jan. 28 | D-Day Girls | Sarah Rose | Video |
| Jan. 30 | JFK/James Bond | Steven Watts | Video |
| Feb. 4 | Francis Gary Powers | Francis Gary Powers, Jr. | Video |
| Feb. 6 | The Beach Boys | Peter Ames Carlin | Video |
| Feb. 11 | Dr. Seuss | Brian Jay Jones | Video |
| Feb. 18 | Stephen Hawking | Kitty Ferguson | |
| Feb. 20 | American Duelists | Joanne Freeman | |
| Feb. 25 | John and John Quincy Adams | Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein | |
| Feb. 27 | Frederick Douglass | David W. Blight | |
| Mar. 10 | Female Internet Inventors | Claire Evans | |
| Mar. 12 | C.S. Lewis | Devin Brown | |
| Mar. 19 | America’s Notorious Pirates | Eric Jay Dolin | |
| Mar. 24 | Karl Marx | Jonathan Sperber | |
| Mar. 31 | Hedy Lamarr | Stephen Michael Shearer | |
| Apr. 2 | Sandra Day O’Connor | Evan Thomas | |
| Apr. 7 | Nikita Khrushchev | William Taubman | |
| Apr. 14 | Pioneer Female Aviators | Keith O'Brien |