Each year, the Honors Program hosts a series of lectures given by distinguished figures in various fields of the arts and sciences. These lectures are free and open to the public, but their specific purpose is to enhance the education of the honors students. They are often relevant to topics that students study in their core curriculum classes, if not their major areas of study. After the speaker is finished, students are free to ask questions.

Previous lectures include:

An Honors student and the Honors Director talk with Janko after his speech

“The Classical Mind”

Professor Bryan-Paul Frost from the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Louisiana: “Does philosophy corrupt the young? Cato v. Cicero on the Promise and Peril of Philosophy in Education” “How to Move a Mob and Other Tricks: The Study of Rhetoric in Aristotle’s Liberal Education”

Professor Richard Janko from the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan: “The Ancient Library of Herculaneum” and “God, Science, and the Death of Socrates”

The lectures for this spring will include:

Professor Richard Janko discussing and showing slides of "The Ancient Library of Herculaneum"

Professor Carnes Lord, Professor of Strategy at Naval War College, will be speaking on “American Leadership and Statecraft in the 21st Century: Some Lessons From the Classical World” and “A Meeting of the Minds: The Tasks of Translating Classical Texts”

Professor James Lennox from the Department of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh will be speaking on “Aristotle and Darwin” and ‘’What Aristotle Can Teach Today’s Scientists”