History Professor Leslie Schwalm to be OAH Distinguished Lecturer

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Leslie Schwalm
Leslie Schwalm

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.


The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.