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From Selma to Moscow: How U.S. Human Rights Activists Transformed U.S. Foreign Policy
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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.)
Erika Lee and the OAH were a delight to work with. She spoke with everyone and was so generous with her time. The feedback I received from our members has been extremely positive.
— Rabbi Victor Appell, Temple Emanu-El, NJ
About the Speaker
Jerry Lembcke is an associate professor of sociology at the College of the Holy Cross and the author of seven books, including The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam (1998), CNN's Tailwind Tail: Inside Vietnams Last Great Myth (2003), and Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, and Fantasies of B...
Featured Lecture
The War in Vietnam: Studies in Remembrance and Legacy, 2000–2014 (based on his Choice essay)
drawn from the June 2016 Choice magazine essay by the same title...