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Honoring Native American Heritage
The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program features 42 speakers specializing in Native American history.
OAH Lecturers can be booked as guest speakers for in-person or virtual keynote addresses and lectures, book talks, to headline special events, conferences, and historical commemorations, and to lead workshops and professional development events.
Virtual OAH Lectures Offered
The Distinguished Lectureship Program has coordinated hundreds of virtual events for colleges, libraries, schools, historical societies, faith-based organizations, professional development workshops, museums, and community organizations. Virtual format options include live online presentations with Q&A, custom-recorded talks, as well as hybrid events (for an in-person audience and virtual attendees.)
We couldn’t have had a better Presidents’ Day lecture. Thanks again for all your help.
— Allison Graves, Phi Alpha Theta, Oakland University
Michigan
About the Speaker
Katherine Benton-Cohen is professor of history at Georgetown University. She has also taught at Louisiana State University and in Cornell University’s Washington DC program. She is a graduate of Tempe High, Princeton University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An Arizona native, her i...
Featured Lecture
What's the Matter with Arizona, and What Isn't
With a blend of personal and professional perspectives, this lecture considers current Arizona policy in historical context, with special attention to the relationship between federal and local policy and vigilantism....