PBK Fall Lecture Series
- New views on historical topics.
- Serious reflection on current issues.
- Stimulation for the brain and food for the soul.
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Our PBK Alumni Association has hosted a long-running Fall Lecture Series on Eastern Illinois University's campus since the 1980s.
Having brought dozens of world-class lecturers to Charleston, Illinois, we are pleased to put into action the words that we live by, "Love of learning is the guide of life."
Speakers bring stimulating, creative, and challenging ideas to the public on current topics ranging from monster films and environmental disaster to the historical representation of public health scares and the ebola crisis. Our most vibrant voices in the liberal arts and sciences bring us these and more.
Fall Lectures
- 2022 Dr. Wharram (Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland): "Uá´‹âlagasuanik: Linguistic Diversity and Why It Matters"
- 2019 Dr. Pichichero (George Mason Univ.): "Black | Power: Race and Privilege in Early Modern France"
- 2018 Dr. Samuelson (Kirkwood Community College): "Kicking the Bucket List: Death and the Art of Shining"
- 2017 Dr. Faubert (Univ. Manitoba): The Zong Slave-Ship Massacre [SEE BROCHURE]
- 2016 Dr. King (Morehouse College): Liberal Arts and Africana Muslims
- 2015 Dr. Smith (Univ. Utah): Digital Amputation and Films
- 2014 Dr. Belling (Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine): Medical Humanities and Ebola
- 2013 Dr. Berenbaum (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign): Save Our Bees
- 2012 Dr. Fritz (Eastern Illinois Univ.): Film on Chile's Woodstock
- 2011 Dr. Goode (Syracuse Univ.): Reenacting American History
- 2009 Dr. Breen (Northwestern Univ.): Pre-revolutionary Boycotts
- 2008 Dr. Hsu (Univ. California Davis): Dangers of Biosecurity
