University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Previous Nebraska Lecturers

  • Patricia Cox Crews, Willa Cather Professor, Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design, "Quilts: Reflections of Trade, Technology and Tradition" -- April, 2008

  • Sheri Fritz, Willa Cather Professor, Geosciences and Biological Sciences, "Through Layers of Mud and Time: A Long-Term Perspective on Environmental Change" -- November, 2007

  • Brian Larkins, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and John F. Davidson, Ph.D and Marian J. Fuller, Ph.D., chair of Life Sciences, " Feeding 9 Billion People and Other Challenges to Agriculture" - April 2007

  • John Hibbing, Professor of Political Science, "Genes, Behavior and Politics" - October 2006

  • Gail Kendall, Professor of Art, "What Is It About Pots?" - April 2006
  • Ruma Banerjee, George Holmes University Professor of Biochemistry - "Genes, Greens, and Disease" - October 2005

  • Ted Kooser, 13th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, Professor of English, UNL - February 2005

  • David Wishart, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Geography - "Inventing The Great Plains Region" - November 2004

  • Gary Moulton, Sorensen Professor of American History - "Sampling Lewis and Clark: Selected Readings from the Journals and Discussion of Events in Context." - March 2004

  • James Van Etten, William Allington Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology - "The Unusual Lifestyle of Giant Algal Viruses." - October 2003