The Great Lives Series: Biographical Approaches to History and Culture has begun its 22nd season. The lectures, which focus on biographical works, begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Dodd Auditorium in George Washington Hall. Each session typically includes a question and answer period and book signing by the author. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The UMW Bookstore will be selling the featured book in the auditorium foyer. For more information, see the Great Lives FAQ.
This season includes 15 events, with a few rescheduled due to weather. The schedule is as follows, concluding Apr. 3:
- Jan. 21: Women of the CIA with speaker Liz Mundy
- Jan. 23: Pete Rose with speaker Keith O’Brien
- Jan. 28: Rod Serling with speaker Anne Serling
- Jan. 30: Barbara Walters with speaker Susan Page
- Feb. 4: John Glenn and Ted Williams with speaker Adam Lazarus
- Feb. 6: Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull with speaker Mark Lee Gardner
- Feb. 18: Captain James Hook with speaker Hampton Sides
- Feb. 20: James A. Garfield with speaker C.W. Goodyear
- Feb. 27: Phillis Wheatley: America’s First Black Poet with speaker David Waldstreicher
- Mar. 11: James Longstreet with speaker Elizabeth Varon
- Mar. 13: Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Newton, Beethoven, and Einstein with speaker Bulent Atalay
- Mar. 18: Hedy Lamarr with speaker Stephen Michael Shearer
- Mar. 20: Jay Gatsby with speaker Bob Batchelor
- Apr. 1: John Lewis with speaker Raymond Arsenault
- Apr. 3: Pat Nixon with speaker Heath Hardage Lee