Nebraska Lectures: Recent Episodes
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Audio podcast. Video of entire presentation with captions may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/4cG2zfn0lbo. John Sorensen speaks on "Grace and Edith Abbott: Nebraska's Social Justice Sisters." Sorensen is a Grace Abbott scholar and friend of the university with an extensive background in theater, film and literature. As the founding director of the Abbott Sisters Project, he has brought various mediums together to highlight and honor Grace and Edith. Sorensen has authored or edited three books about the sisters, including his most recent, "A Sister's Memory," which won the 2016 Nebraska Book Award for nonfiction historical biography.
Audio Podcast. Video of entire presentation with captions may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/fuOHJjspY4E The Nebraska Lecture with Kay Logan-Peters, “Building Nebraska U: The Saga of University Hall and the Origins of the Modern University.” Logan-Peters is professor of libraries and an unofficial historian on campus architecture. She created an online resource that traces the timeline of university buildings (up to 1965) and is the author of “University of Nebraska–Lincoln,” a book that features more than 180 historic images of Nebraska U.
Audio Podcast. Video of entire presentation with captions may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/H-3jpjgmSiM
Charlyne Berens presents the January 2019 lecture entitled "Nebraska's Unicameral: Still Progressive After All These Years." Berens is Professor Emeritus and Former Associate Dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.