University of Iowa Professor Leslie Schwalm has been asked to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians in the 2016-17 academic year. This is Schwalm’s second time participating in the program as a Distinguished Lecturer.
The Organization of American Historians is the premier professional association for historians of the US. Their Distinguished Lectureship Program was created in 1981 as a speakers’ bureau, serving as a resource for those seeking top-notch historians to speak to a popular audience.
OAH Distinguished Lecturers speak at college and university campuses, student conferences, teacher seminars, and public events sponsored by historical societies, museums, libraries, and humanities councils.
Schwalm holds a joint appointment in the Departments of History and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, both part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.