Great Lives – UMW Lecture Series to Start its 22nd Season

November 19, 2024 | Community News |

On Tuesday January 21, 2025, the University of Mary Washington will begin the 22nd season of its lecture series, Great Lives: Biographical Approaches to History and Culture. This year’s program schedule will consist of 15 lectures running from January 21st though March 20th. These lectures are free and open to the public.

This year’s schedule starts off strong with Women of the CIA on January 15th, hosted by Liza Mundy, author of The Sisterhood: The Secret Story of Women at the CIA. Some other highlights of the 2025 season include lectures on Rod Serling, Barbara Walters, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, Phillis Wheatley, and Jay Gatsby.

Each lecture will begin at 7:30pm in the Dodd Auditorium of Washington Hall on the UMW Campus, with doors opening at 6:30pm. They will end with an audience Q&A, and will be recorded and uploaded to the Great Lives webpage. The University Bookstore will also sell selected titles based on the topic at each lecture. On certain nights, authors will be available to sign their books following the lectures.

Great Lives at the University of Mary Washington is a wonderfully insightful way to expand your education of history, and a fascinating journey into the stories of these revered individuals.

Date Lecture Speaker
Jan. 21 Women of the CIA Liza Mundy

 

Jan. 23 Pete Rose Keith O’Brien

 

Jan. 28 Rod Serling Anne Serling

 

Jan. 30 Barbara Walters Susan Page

 

Feb. 4 John Glenn and Ted Williams Adam Lazarus

 

Feb. 6 Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull Mark Lee Gardner

 

Feb. 13 John Lewis Raymond Arsenault

 

Feb. 18 Captain James Cook Hampton Sides

 

Feb. 20 James A. Garfield C.W. Goodyear

 

Feb. 25 Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Newton, Beethoven, and Einstein Bulent Atalay

 

Feb. 27 Phillis Wheatley: America’s First Black Poet  David Waldstreicher

 

Mar. 11 James Longstreet Elizabeth Varon

 

Mar. 13 Pat Nixon Health Hardage Lee

 

Mar. 18 Hedy Lamarr Stephen Michael Shearer

 

Mar. 20 Jay Gatsby Bob Batchelor

 

 

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