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The 2021 Michelle Smith Lecture Series will include three presentations delivered by a cadre of outstanding authors. Each lecture will be broadcast on this webpage at the scheduled time.

This series is supported by an endowment established by a generous grant from Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Lecture One with Lynne Cheney

The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation

TUESDAY, MARCH 16 at 7 pm ET

Lecture Two with Thomas E. Ricks

First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

TUESDAY, APRIL 6 at 7 pm ET

Lecture Three with R. B. Bernstein

The Education of John Adams

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 at 7 pm ET