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The Week of May 30th is a Week of Leadership
Harry Truman: Conflict and Crisis
Richard Pious – Columbia UniversityMay 30, 2022, 4:00 pmAlzheimer's Disease: What We Know and What We Don't
Brian Carpenter – Washington University in St. LouisMay 31, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Fabulous Fifties… or Were They?
Leonard Steinhorn – American UniversityJune 1, 2022, 4:00 pmElizabeth II, The Platinum Queen: 70 Years of British History
Julie Taddeo – University of Maryland, College ParkJune 2, 2022, 4:00 pmGeorge Gershwin: A Musical Life
Orin Grossman – Fairfield UniversityJune 3, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of June 6th is a Week of Development
James Webb Space Telescope: A New Window to the Cosmos
David Helfand – Columbia UniversityJune 6, 2022, 4:00 pmPresident James K. Polk and the Expansion of America
Michael Cohen – American UniversityJune 7, 2022, 4:00 pmEdible America: How and What We Eat
Allen Pietrobon – Trinity Washington UniversityJune 8, 2022, 4:00 pmInventing Broadcasting: The Early History of Radio
Susan J. Douglas – University of MichiganJune 9, 2022, 4:00 pmWas Alexander Hamilton Jewish? A Scholar Investigates
Andrew Porwancher – University of OklahomaJune 10, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of June 13th is a Week of Soul
Aretha 101: Celebrating the Queen of Soul
William McKeen – Boston UniversityJune 13, 2022, 4:00 pmJames Monroe: Our Least Celebrated Successful President
Robert Allison – Suffolk UniversityJune 14, 2022, 4:00 pmNeuroscience and the Paradox of Free Will
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong – Duke UniversityJune 15, 2022, 4:00 pmSusan B. Anthony: Her Life, Work and Unrealized Dream
Diana Carlin – Saint Louis UniversityJune 16, 2022, 4:00 pmWatergate at 50: The Burglary That Changed the Nation
Daniel Breen – Brandeis UniversityJune 17, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of June 20th is a Week of Change
Juneteenth Explained: Remembrance and Revival
Karlos K. Hill – University of OklahomaJune 20, 2022, 4:00 pmPeggy Guggenheim: Her Life and Legacy
Jacky Klein – Courtauld Institute of Art, LondonJune 21, 2022, 4:00 pmBuddhist Wisdom for Everyone: How to Walk Easily Over Rough Ground
Douglas Gentile – Iowa State UniversityJune 22, 2022, 4:00 pm50 Years of Title IX: The Past, Present, and Future of Girls’ and Women’s Sports
Victoria Jackson – Arizona State UniversityJune 23, 2022, 4:00 pmMartha Washington: What We Know (and What We Don't Know)
Allison Lange – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyJune 24, 2022, 4:00 pm
World History Week – The Week of June 27th is a Week of Past Reflection
Julius Caesar: What's Fact and What's Fiction?
Melissa Dowling – Southern Methodist UniversityJune 27, 2022, 4:00 pmIndia: Past, Present, and Future
Vinay Lal – UCLAJune 28, 2022, 4:00 pmAncient Egypt: Drama, Spectacle and Remarkable Characters
Kara Cooney – UCLAJune 29, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Power, Politics and Pride
Jennifer Tobin – University of IllinoisJune 30, 2022, 4:00 pmRome's Jewish Ghetto: History, Community, and Resistance
Andrew Kranis – American Academy in RomeJuly 1, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of July 4th is a Week of Independence
The Founding Fathers: What Were They Really Like?
Joanne Freeman – Yale UniversityJuly 4, 2022, 4:00 pmSlavery, Emancipation, and the American Revolution
Richard Bell – University of MarylandJuly 5, 2022, 4:00 pmThe New Longevity: Reimaging the Second Half of Your Life
Michael Clinton – Hearst CommunicationsJuly 6, 2022, 4:00 pmAaron Copland and America's Musical Identity
Gil Harel – Brandeis UniversityJuly 7, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Politics and Philosophy of Kurt Vonnegut
Mark Lannigan – Tufts University (Student Instructor)July 8, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of July 7th is a Week of Movement
Why Homer Matters: Reading the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey' Today
Joseph Luzzi – Bard CollegeJuly 11, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Psychology of Money
Jeffrey Hancock – Stanford UniversityJuly 12, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Patrick Allitt – Emory UniversityJuly 13, 2022, 4:00 pmImage and the Gerald Ford Presidency
Scott Kaufman – Francis Marion UniversityJuly 14, 2022, 4:00 pmRachel Carson and the Birth of the Environmental Movement
Susan Lindee – University of PennsylvaniaJuly 15, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of July 18th is a Week of Experience
Tammany Hall and the Battle for New York
Edward O’Donnell – College of Holy CrossJuly 18, 2022, 4:00 pmLeonard Bernstein: An American Musical Icon
Orin Grossman – Fairfield UniversityJuly 19, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Psychedelic Revolution: Can Hallucinogenic Drugs Transform Medicine?
Jacob Appel – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJuly 20, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Undersea War: Germany, Britain, America, and the WW1 U-Boat Campaigns
Spencer Jones – University of Wolverhampton, UKJuly 21, 2022, 4:00 pmClay v. The United States: The Legal Battles of Muhammad Ali
David Goldenberg – University of HartfordJuly 22, 2022, 4:00 pm
BRAIN WEEK – The Week of July 25th is a Week of Mindfulness
What We Know About the Brain (and What We Don't)
Jessica Payne – University of Notre DameJuly 25, 2022, 4:00 pmUnderstanding Intelligence
Catherine Sanderson – Amherst CollegeJuly 26, 2022, 4:00 pmManaging Stress: The Power of Mindset
Nicole Weekes – Pomona CollegeJuly 27, 2022, 4:00 pmHow Music Shapes the Brain
Indre Viskontas – University of San FranciscoJuly 28, 2022, 4:00 pmUnderstanding Memory: How it Works and How to Improve It
Thad Polk – University of MichiganJuly 29, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of August 1st is a Week of National to Global
World's Fair 1964-65: Imagining the Future
Stephanie Yuhl – College of the Holy CrossAugust 1, 2022, 4:00 pmFranz Kafka and the Absurdity of Everyday Life
Vernon Cisney – Gettysburg CollegeAugust 2, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story
Kermit Roosevelt III – University of PennsylvaniaAugust 3, 2022, 4:00 pmPromise and Polarization: The Presidency of Barack Obama
Jeremi Suri – University of TexasAugust 4, 2022, 4:00 pmMarilyn Monroe: The Sixty Year Itch
Amanda Hallay – LIM CollegeAugust 5, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of August 8th is a Week of Legacy
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Re-Evaluating the Atomic Bomb and the Last Days of WWII
Jeffrey Engel – Southern Methodist UniversityAugust 8, 2022, 4:00 pmThoreau, Emerson, Walden and More: Answering Big Questions
Caroline Winterer – Stanford UniversityAugust 9, 2022, 4:00 pmDogs and Humans: Why Has This Bond Been So Long-Lasting?
Catherine Sanderson – Amherst CollegeAugust 10, 2022, 4:00 pmGeorge Orwell’s Enduring Legacy: '1984' and 'Animal Farm'
Joseph Luzzi – Bard CollegeAugust 11, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Berlin Wall: From Construction to Demolition
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius – University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAugust 12, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of August 15th is a Week of Royalty
Ancient Egypt's King Tut: Understanding Our Obsession
Kara Cooney – UCLAAugust 17, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Week of August 22nd is a Week of Italian History
The Mona Lisa: The World's Most Famous Painting
Tina Rivers Ryan – Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo), Formerly Columbia UniversityAugust 22, 2022, 4:00 pmThe Pompeii Excavation: Whispers from the Ashes
Michael Anderson – San Francisco State UniversityAugust 24, 2022, 4:00 pm
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