Connect with outstanding speakers on American history. Created in 1981 by OAH president Gerda Lerner, the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program now features more than three hundred U.S. historians.

Each speaker has agreed to give one lecture on OAH’s behalf during the 2008-2009 academic year, designating the lecture fee in full as a donation to OAH. Lecture fees start at $1,000. Host institutions pay the lecture fee to OAH as well as the speakers’ travel and lodging expenses.

To receive more information or to arrange a lecture, please contact the lectureship program coordinator, ph. 812-855-7311, OAH, P.O. Box 5457, Bloomington, IN 47407- 5457. Make arrangements early for the best chance at obtaining the speaker of your choice.

New Lecturers, 2008-2009

Catherine Allgor, University of California, Riverside

Patrick Allitt, Emory University

David Armitage, Harvard University

Erica Armstrong Dunbar, University of Delaware

Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond

Elliott Barkan, California State University, San Bernardino

Rick Beard, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Stuart M. Blumin, Cornell University

Bruce Chadwick, New Jersey City University

Charles L. Cohen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bettye Collier-Thomas, Temple University

Hamilton Cravens, Iowa State University

Brian DeLay, University of Colorado, Boulder

Bruce Dierenfield, Canisius College

Ted Engelmann, Denver, CO

Deborah Fitzgerald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ernest Freeberg, University of Tennessee

Richard Godbeer, University of Miami

Eric L. Goldstein, Emory University

Jacquelyn D. Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sharon Harley, University of Maryland, College Park

Stephen Kantrowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University

Robert Korstad, Duke University

Alan M. Kraut, American University

Michael A. McDonnell, University of Sydney

Tony Michels, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan

Jennifer L. Morgan, New York University

Kevin Mumford, University of Iowa

Scott Reynolds Nelson, College of William and Mary

Susan O'Donovan, Harvard University

David M. Oshinsky, University of Texas at Austin and New York University

Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi

Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College

Joshua Rothman, University of Alabama

Leila J. Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara

Edmund Russell, University of Virginia

Robert W. Rydell, Montana State University

Donald Schwartz, California State University, Long Beach

Jon Sensbach, University of Florida

Carole Shammas, University of Southern California

Suzanne M. Sinke, Florida State University

Ryan K. Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University

Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas at Austin

Cynthia Stout, National Council for History Education

Penny M. Von Eschen, University of Michigan

Barbara Y. Welke, University of Minnesota

Beth S. Wenger, University of Pennsylvania

Jeannie Whayne, University of Arkansas

Shane White, University of Sydney

Frank J. Williams, Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Patrick Wolfe, La Trobe University

Nan E. Woodruff, Pennsylvania State University

David M. Wrobel, University of Nevada Las Vegas