The Great Lives Series: Biographical Approaches to History and Culture entered its third decade with a schedule that included 18 programs, running from January 16 through March 28, 2024. The dates, topics, speakers, and archived recordings for the series are listed below– thank you for making our 21st season successful. See you in 2025!
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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 | |
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 | Video |
Mar. 26 | Ten Caesars | Barry Straus | Video |
Mar. 28 | Edgar Allan Poe | Mark Dawidziak | Video |