Lecture Series
A diverse array of informative, entertaining, and interesting discussions on a variety of topics- from the Civil War in the Florida Parishes to Serial Killers and the Geography of Natural Disasters.
Some of the lectures in the series:
- 74 Days a Nation, Sam Hyde
- 1927 Flood to Katrina, Michael Kurtz, Teaching American History Series
- A Being So Gentle, Patricia Brady
- A Conversation with Valerie Martin, Valerie Martin
- A Holocaust Survivor's Testimony, Irving Roth
- A Reading, Olympia Vernon
- Reading: "A Savage Wisdom", Norman German
- A Wilderness So Immense, John Kulka
- African-American Holidays, Ron Traylor
- Alan Nolan Considered: Robert E. Lee, Charles Roland, Civil War Symposium (2003)
- Alexander von Humboldt, Gerard Helferich
- Amazing Place, This New Orleans, Roberts Batson
- An Evening with Rick Bragg, Rick Bragg
- An Insider's Guide to Publishing, Thomas Keith, Valerie Martin
- Arts in Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu
- Astronaut "Hoot" Gibson, Robert "Hoot" Gibson of NASA, Fanfare 2009
- Average is Just Not Good Enough, Ken Carte, "Coach Carter"
- Bashing Maggie: Margaret Thatcher, Bill Robison
- Betty Werlein Carter & The Hammond Daily Courier, Rebekah Ray
- Big Muddy River of Stars, Alison Pelegrin
- Bill Evans, A Retrospective, Ron Nethercutt
- Black and White: Florida Parish Newspapers in the 1920's, Reginald Span, Teaching American History Series
- Blackball, Randy Sanders, Teaching American History Series
- Brains vs. Brawn: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, & Scientific Baseball, Babe Ruth vs. Ty Cobb, Randy Sanders
- The Civil Rights Movement and Southern Democrats of the 1970's, Keith Finley
- Cholera and Spanish Influenza, Keith Finley, Teaching American History Series
- Climate, Geography, Southern History: The Influence of Non-Human Factors, John Boles
- Confederate Naval Operations, Gene Still
- Crazy Like a Fox: Earl Long, Michael Kurtz
- Creative Writing Workshop, Laura Joh Rowland
- Creoles in Louisiana, Thiomas Fick
- Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean
- Delaying the Dream, Keith Finely
- The Devil is in the Lyrics, Dr. Joe Burns
- Different Mountain, Different Moon, Charles Elliott
- Earl K. Long, Michael Kurtz
- Earth Day, Paul Keddy and Don Schwab
- Edith Sommerville, Denelle Cowart
- The Enigma of Charles Finley, Roger Launius
- The English Bill of Rights, Bill Robison
- The Enron Scandal, Sherron Watkins
- Environmental Challenges in Early Louisiana, Charles Elliott
- Female Assassins and Suicide Bombers, Margaret Gonzalez-Perez
- Femicide, Tara Mann
- First Lady, Patricia Brady
- The First Rock-n-Roll Record, Joe Burns
- Food and Community, "Queen of Creole Cuisine", Leah Chase
- Geography of Natural Disasters, Gerald McNeil and Molly McGraw, Teaching American History Series
- Getting the Dirt Out: Female Investigative Reporting in the 20th Century, Carole Madere
- Globalization of Women, Margaret Gonzales-Perez
- Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot , Bill Robison
- Halloween, Bill Robison
- Hellhound on My Trail: The Life, Legend & Legacy of Robert Johnson, Bill Robison
- High Noon Fiction, Jack Bedell, Norman German
- High Noon Fiction, Alison Pelegrin & Bev Marshall
- His Blue Period, Valerie Martin
- Hodding Carter, Hodding Carter
- Holidays: Civic Holidays, Ron Traylor
- Holidays: Christmas and Easter, Bill Robison
- How We Live: Past, Present, Roy J. Quezaire, Jr.
- Hurricanes and Manchac Ghost Towns, Roman Heleniak
- Idols, A reading by author Tim Gautreaux
- Into a Cauldron of Fire: Louisiana Troops at Sharpesburg, Ted Alexander, Civil War Symposium (2003)
- Issues Affecting Jefferson Davis, Stephen Davis, Civil War Symposium (2004)
- Italians in Louisiana, Anthony Margavio
- James Livingston Business Ethics Lecture (2003), U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin
- James Livingston Business Ethics Lecture (2005), John Dimling, Chairman, Nielsen Media
- James Livingston Business Ethics Lecture (2006), La. State Treasurer John N. Kennedy
- James Livingston Business Ethics Lecture (2008), "Ethics in Insurance", C. Allen Bradley
- James Wilcox, A Reading from "Modern Baptists", Fanfare '11
- Jefferson's America, Jefferson's Louisiana, Gene Smith, Teaching American History Series
- King Tutankhaman,Roy Blackwood
- Lincoln and the Constitution, La. Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne
- Lincoln and His Generals, Harry Laver
- Lincoln and Habeas Corpus, Ron Traylor
- Lincoln's Louisiana Connection, Charles Elliott
- Lindbergh Kidnapping, Michael Kurtz
- Leadership of Ulysses Grant, Harry Laver
- Louisiana Women Authors in Fact & Fiction, Patricia Brady and Beverly Marshall
- Louisiana Writers:Reading the South, Bev Marshall, Alison Pelegrin
- Louisiana's British West Florida, Robin Fabel, Teaching American History Series
- Louisiana's Coastal Ecology, Richard Condrey
- Louisianians at Shiloh, James Hollingsworth, Deep Delta Civil War Symposium (2010)
- Madness in History, Jeffrey Bell and Benjamin Price
- Madness in Movies and Music, Jason Landrum, Joe Burns
- Mann's Foray: A Grierson-Type Raid That Failed, James Hollingsworth, Civil War Symposium (2005)
- Maria Montessori, Women's History Month 2008
- Mary Reilly: A Community Read Discussion, Natasha Whitton
- Monsters at the Movies, Bill Robison
- Mr. Jefferson's Women, Diane Winston
- Music & Literature: The Story of Louisiana, La. Sec. of State Jay Dardenne
- Mything in Action, Craig Saucier
- Native American Women, John Kukla
- Newspapers in Florida Parishes during 1920s-1940s: Black & White, Reginald Spann
- Newswriting, Annenberg Series
- Nostradamus, Bill Robison
- One Dead in Attic, Chris Rose
- Our Environmental Destiny, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- Paul is Dead, Joe Burns
- P.G.T. Beauregard, Thomas Schott
- Pierson Family of Bienville, Deep Delta Civil War Symposium
- Pioneers in Art, Amy Morris, Irene Nero
- Pontchartrain and Power, Charles Elliott
- Power of Puritan Women, Amy Acosta
- Prosperity and Peril in the Piney Woods, Reginald Span
- Raising their Voices: Women Composers of the French Revolution, Katherine Kolb
- Reconstruction in the Cane Fields, John Rodrigue
- Regionalism Post-Katrina (Parts One and Two)
- Robert E. Lee's Gambling Habits, Harry Laver
- Segregation's Friends, Keith Finley, Teaching American History Series
- School Desegregation in Louisiana, Charles Elliot
- Serial Killers, Michael Kurtz
- Slandered Heroes, Lee Hewitt, Civil War Symposium (2010)
- Solar Fusion, Dan McCarthy
- Somthing for Anything, A reading by author Tim Gautreaux
- Sportfishing with Cameron, Norman German
- Status of Women in Louisiana, La. Representative Diane Winston
- Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements and Public Policy, Paul Paskoff
- Stem Cell Research, Pete Petrakis and Mary White
- Steps to Live By, Robin Roberts and Tim Burns
- Swamp Survival, Roman Heleniak and Al Dranguet
- Tennessee Wiliams: A Scholarly Panel, Robert Bray, Thomas Keith & Annette Saddik
- The Confederate Defeat, Sam Hyde, Civil War Symposium (2006)
- The Confederate Home Front, Charles Roland, Civil War Symposium (2006)
- The Day the Music Died, Joe Burns
- The First Amendment, Barbara Forrest
- The History of Frankenstein, Bill Robison
- The Legacy of Holocaust Survivors: One Artist’s Journey, Dorit Pittman
- The Perfect Storm, John Barry
- The Real Queen Elizabeth I, Bill Robison
- Those Naughty Women of Storyville, Juliette H. O'Connor
- Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, and Wizards, Bill Robison
- Who Killed JFK?, Michael Kurtz
- The Wisconsin Raiders, Sam Hyde
- Women and War, Margaret Gonzales-Perez
- Women and the Holocaust, Monika Flaschka
- Women in Politics, La. State Senator Julie Quinn
- Women in Science, Mary White
- Woman of Auschwitz, Judith Fai-Podlipnik
- Women: Nationally, Locally, and Politically, Diane Winston
- Women's Style of Communication: Can We Talk?, Karen Fontenot
- Worse Than Slavery, Sam Hyde, Teaching American History Series
- Yellow Fever Epidemics, Sam Hyde, Teaching American History Series
Lectures Spot
Winner
- 2008 COMMUNICATOR AWARD- "Award of Distinction" for "Paul is Dead" (Information program)
- 2008 COMMUNICATOR AWARD- "Award of Distinction" for "The Story of Louisiana Through Books and Music" (Information program)