Carleton’s Herbert P. Lefler Lecturers 1979-present – History

You are invited to visit our Gallery of Carleton’s Past Herbert P. Lefler Lecturers (PDF) for photographs and details about our distinguished speakers.

September 1979, Louise and Charles Tilly
October 1979, Dr. Aboubacar Barry
October 1979, Susan Gross
October 1979, Elizabeth Brown
February 1980, John Womack
October 1980, Alfred Crosby
February 1981, Carl N. Degler
May 1981, Marcel Ophuls
October 1981, Lynn Hunt
February 1982, George Frederickson
November 1982, Robert G.L. Waite
February 1983, Allen Isaacman
March 1983, Giles Constable
May 1983, R.A. Rafeg
September 1983, Bernard Bailyn
February 1984, Arno J. Mayer
November 1984, Paul Boyer
February 1985, Robert Darnton
October 1985, Samuel P. Hays
February 1986, Thomas P. Metcalf
October 1986, Linda Kerber
February 1987, Charles Maier
April 1987, Carl Petry
February 1988, Evelyn Rawski
March 1988, Scott Borg
April 1988, Karen Halttunen
October 1988, James Axtell
February 1989, Lynn Hunt
March 1990, Paul Fussell
March 1990, Harold Deutsch
May 1990, Donald Worster
November 1991, Gail Minnault
February 1991, Michael Geyer
February 1992, Steven Feierman
May 1992, Patty Limerick
November 1992, Alan Beyerchen
February 1993, Martin Palous
February 1993, Sister Benedicta Ward
October 1993, Jerry Bentley
February 1994, Harvey Kaye
October 1994, Virginia Scharff
February 1995, Clarence Walker
April 4, 1995, Paul Nagel
November 10, 1995, Michel Troper
February 14, 1996, Emily Rosenberg
April 11, 1996, Robert W. Scribner
October 22, 1996, Kevin Gaines
October 25, 1996, Saul Landau
April 3, 1997, Hanna Schissler
April 23, 1997, Peter Collins
April 30, 1997, David Rodiger
October 14, 1997, Monica McCormick
October 20, 1997, Claire Robertson
October 21, 1997, Sonal Shukla
November 4, 1997, Dr. A. Majeed Khan
April 16, 1998, Prof. John Dittmer
November 3, 1998, Alan Isaacman
October 20, 1999, Merry Wiesner
October 22, 1999, Albie Sachs
February 21, 2000, Michael Chamberlain

February 16, 2001, Michael Christofferson
April 26, 2001, Anthony Grafton
October 19, 2001, Robert Brentano
January 31, 2002, Barbara Welke
October 8, 2002, T.J. Stiles
January 17, 2003, Ann Blair
January 21, 2003, Kirsten Fischer
February 7, 2003, Mary Stroll
February 19, 2003, Dena Goodman
May 22, 2003, Richmond Teye Ackam (w/Art History)
October 10-11, 2003, Conference on Revolutionary Aftermaths (Lynn Hunt Keynote speaker)
October 23, 2003, Gail Bederman
February 2004, Christine Kinealy
October 14-15, 2004, Erik Midelfort
October 20-22, 2004, Ben Vinson III
February 9-11, 2005, David Chappell
October 18, 2005, Joe Logan
October 26-28, 2005, Geoffrey Koziol
January 16-17, 2006, Paul Cohen
March 3, 2006, Sheldon Garon
April 20, 2006, Yeung Chan
May 3, 2006, Arie Zamora and Ali Abunimah (Louis Fishman, moderator)
May 22-May 25, 2006, Dr. Un-Chan Chung
September 22-23, 2006, David Ludden
February 13, 2007, Kai Bird
September 27, 2007, Mrinilini Sinha
February 12, 2008, Eric Van Young
May 8, 2008, Peter C. Perdue
October 13, 2008, Steve J. Stern
February 3, 2009, Jean O’Brien
October 8, 2009, Marcy Norton
February 18, 2010, Sheila Fitzpatrick
October 7, 2010, Kathleen Brown
February 24, 2011, Derek Krueger
October 20, 2011, Giancarlo Casale
January 31, 2012, Michael Gomez
January 23, 2013, Anita Guerrini
October 2, 2013, Kate Brown
January 27, 2014, Judy Tzu-chun Wu
October 28, 2014, Hiromi Mizuno
February 23, 2015, Kevin K. Gaines
October 26, 2015, Peter Kornbluh
February 11, 2016, John R. McNeill
November 1, 2016, Robin Fleming
February 2, 2017, Crystal Feimster
November 2, 2017, Francois Furstenberg
January 25, 2018, Scott Levi
October 17, 2018, Martha S. Jones
October 15, 2019, Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
January 30, 2020, Ann Laura Stoler
October 22, 2020, Spencer Crew (first fall Zoom lecture)
October 26, 2020, Susan Neiman (second fall Zoom lecture)

January 19, 2021, Vincent Brown (first winter Zoom lecture)
February 15, 2021, Kim Gallon, Brendan Walker, w/Thabiti Willis, moderator (second winter Zoom lecture/presentation)
May 4, 2021, Sophie White
November 4, 2021, Jill Lepore
February 22, 2022, Sumathi Ramaswamy
October 24, 2022, Shahzad Bashir
February 28, 2023, Artemy Kalinovsky
September 28, 2023, Cassandra Good
February 21, 2024, Yanna Yannakakis
May 7, 2024, Dr. Scott Gac
October 15, 2024, Dr. Jennifer Dominique Jones
February 18, 2025, Dr. John Soluri
May 6, 2025, Dr. Katharine Gerbner
October 21, 2025, Dr. Jody Benjamin
February 18, 2026, Dr. Julie Reed

1979-2000 Speakers

2001-2020 Speakers

2021-2026 Speakers