Looking for more sources on this year's Great Lives lecture subjects? You've come to the right place! Click the tabs at the top for a list of additional resources about each person available at Simpson Library. For more information or research help, the Simpson Library research librarians are here to help you!
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- Email: research@umw.edu
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The full Great Lives 2024 schedule is below! All lectures will be in Dodd Auditorium and are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 and the lecture begins at 7:30. For more information about the William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series, check out https://www.umw.edu/greatlives/.
| DATE | LECTURE | SPEAKER | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATE | LECTURE | SPEAKER | |
| Jan. 16 | Wild Bill Donovan | Douglas Waller | |
| Jan. 18 | Lewis & Clark/Sacagawea | Dale Blanshan | |
| Jan. 23 | Shakespeare | Elizabeth Winkler | |
| Jan. 25 | George VI and Elizabeth | Sally Bedell Smith | |
| Jan. 30 | Sam Shepard | Jon Winters | |
| Feb. 6 | George Washington | Alexis Coe | |
| Feb. 8 | Mary Lumpkin: Enslaved Woman, Liberator | Kristen Green | |
| Feb. 15 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jonathan Darman | |
| Feb. 20 | Picasso | Marjorie Och | |
| Feb. 22 | Stan Lee: Spider-Man and Marvel Comics | Bob Batchelor | |
| Feb. 27 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Jonathan Eig | |
| Feb. 29 | Rosemary Kennedy | Kate Clifford Larson | |
| Mar. 12 | Edith (Mrs. Woodrow) Wilson | Rebecca Roberts | |
| Mar. 14 | Billie Jean King | Johnette Howard | |
| Mar. 19 | Elizabeth Taylor | Kate A. Brower | |
| Mar. 21 | George Remus: A Real-Life Gatsby | Abbott Kahler | |
| Mar. 26 | Ten Caesars | Barry Straus | |
| Mar. 28 | Edgar Allan Poe | Mark Dawidziak |
