Presented by the Division of the Social Sciences and the University of Minnesota, Morris Alumni Association, the endowed Driggs Lecture was created in 1985 by alumni and friends of the late O. Truman Driggs, professor of history, who taught from 1963 until the time of his death in 1989. He served as the Division of the Social Sciences chair from 1968 until 1977. Annually, the lecture brings distinguished visitors to the Morris campus to speak on topics relating to history, the liberal arts, or public affairs.
The 2011–12 Driggs Lecture was presented by Professor H. Glenn Penny of the University of Iowa. Watch Professor Penny’s lecture, entitled “On Passing: a ‘Redskin’ in Black Skin in Twentieth Century Germany.”
The 2010–11 Driggs Lecture was presented by Professor William Rorabaugh of the University of Washington. Watch Professor Rorabaugh’s lecture, entitled “Hippies in the 1960s.”
Previous Driggs Lecturers
- 2009–10 Jill Doerfler, University of Minnesota, Duluth
- 2008–9 Karl Appuhn, New York University
- 2007–8 Sheldon Garon, Princeton University
- 2006–7 Kathleen Conzen, University of Chicago
- 2005–6 Marshall Eakin, Vanderbilt University
- 2004–5 Susan Stuard, Haverford College
- 2003–4 Martin Klein, Yale University
- 2002–3 Ihman Ghazalla, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- 2001–2 Susan Armitage, Washington State University
- 2000–1 John Phillip Colletta, National Archives
- 1999–2000 Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Harvard University
- 1998–99 John A. Lynn, University of Illinois
- 1997–98 Stanley Katz, Princeton University
- 1996–97 Robert Thompson, Syracuse University
- 1995–96 Marilyn Young, New York University
- 1994–95 Clara Sue Kidwell, University of California, Berkeley
- 1993–94 Christopher Browning, Pacific Lutheran University
- 1992–93 Carla Rahn Phillips, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- 1991–92 Paul L. Murphy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- 1990–91 Richard Flacks, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1989–90 Jack Censer, George Mason University
- 1988–89 Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- 1987–88 Stanley J. Idzerda, College of St. Benedict
- 1986–87 Robert M. Isherwood, Vanderbilt University
