Name of Endowed Lectureship |
Purpose of Lectureship |
Oscar E. and Dorothy S. Anderson Memorial Lectureship in History |
Established in 1976 by family and friends to bring distinguished historians to give lectures at Oberlin College. |
Frederick B. Artz Lectureship |
Established for procuring individual lectures and series of lectures in the Department of History. |
Baldwin Art Lectures |
Established in 1928 for special lectures in art. |
Bettmann Family Lectureship |
Established in 2003 in honor of Drs. Ernst H. and Hilda Kallberg Bettmann to provide funds for an annual visiting performer, teacher, lecturer or scholar in Theater & Dance, Environmental Studies or Jewish Studies to give a public lecture and be resident and involved with interested undergraduates, as funds allow. |
Ray Alte Blumeno Lectureship |
Endowed in memory of Ray Alte Blumeno to bring to the Oberlin campus distinguished individuals in the field of chemistry for formal and informal presentations. |
Edith W. Clowes ’73 Lectureship |
Created in 1973 for the advancement of understanding of the Russian language and Soviet affairs at Oberlin College. |
L.E. and H. Cole Lectures |
Established to bring outstanding psychologists and scholars in related fields to the campus. |
Robert S. Danforth ’47 Lectureship |
Established by friends and family of Robert S. Danforth ’47 to bring distinguished lecturers from the business and finance world to speak at Oberlin. |
A. Verne and Alberta Minor Flint Memorial Fund in English |
Established in 1995 in memory of A. Verne and Alberta Minor Flint ’24 to support the invitation of guest lecturers to campus in various areas of English and American literary studies. |
Caroline E. Haskell Lectureship |
Established in 1905 to create a lectureship on Oriental literature in its relation to the Bible and Christian teachings. |
Nellie R. Heldt Lectureship |
Established in 1937 by family and friends in memory of Nellie R. Heldt ’29-’32 to be used at the discretion of the College to provide an annual or biennial lecture or lectures on a humanitarian or scientific subject. |
Ralph F. Hirschmann Lectureship |
Created in 1984 to support an annual lecture or series of lectures by distinguished professors or researchers in the fields of organic, bioorganic, physical organic, or biochemistry. |
Irvin & Marjorie Houck Lectureship |
Established in 1975 to be used at the discretion of the President/Provost in support of visiting lectures. |
David Hyman Lectureship |
Established in 1987 to support an annual lecture on Judaism concerned with the Jewish contribution to Western civilization in the broadest sense. Its scope includes Jewish religion, history, philosophy, literature, music, and the other arts from the earliest period until the present, and aim is to promote understanding of Judaism and the history of the Jewish people. |
Harold S. Jantz ’29 Memorial Lectureship |
Established in 1988 by friends and classmates of Harold S. Jantz ’29 to pay the costs of an annual public lecture program in a field related to Professor Jantz's professional interests: American art history, the German language, or bibliographic history. |
Oscar Jaszi Lectureship |
Established in 1942 by gifts from students and friends of Professor Oscar Jaszi in recognition of his service to the College. The fund is to be used to provide annual or biennial lectures on public affairs by distinguished scholars. |
John D. Lewis Memorial Lectureship |
Established to support an annual lecture or biannual colloquium by a distinguished political scientist selected by the Department of Government. |
The Jesse Floyd Mack Lecture in the Humanities |
Established in 1996 in memory of Jesse Floyd Mack, Professor of English at the College from 1918 to 1943. To be used to pay costs associated with the presentation of an annual lecture in the general area of the Humanities. |
The Mathematics Distinguished Visitor Fund |
Created in 2002 with gifts from alumni and friends of the Department of Mathematics to provide financial support for the Distinguished Visitor Program in Mathematics, which brings a distinguished scholar to Oberlin each year to conduct one of the Department’s courses during their visit and give a public lecture. |
Herbert G. May Lectureship |
Established in 1977 upon the death of Dr. May by his students, colleagues and other friends. The income generated by this fund will be used each year to bring a distinguished Biblical Studies Scholar to Oberlin College. |
Mead-Swing Foundation Lectureship |
Originally established in 1926 to provide for a lectureship in the fields of theology and science, or the relationship between the two. |
Montie-Block Lectureship |
Established in 1970 to bring to the campus nationally prominent speakers in the field of life science, with particular emphasis on biology, biochemistry and botany. |
James Mullenbach Lectureship |
Established in 1953 in honor of James Mullenbach, pioneer labor arbitrator in the garment trades to provide a lecture or lectures of humanitarian interest, in the field of social, racial or international relations. |
Saul Nelson Lectureship in Economics |
Established in 1976 in memory of Saul Nelson for the Department of Economics to underwrite the expenses of lecturers brought to the campus annually to supplement the curriculum of the Department. |
Oberlin Lectureship in English and American Literature |
Established to underwrite a twin lectureship series administered by the Department of English. |
Arthur Poister Lectureship |
Established in 1967 with gifts from former students and friends of Arthur Poister for use by the Organ Department to bring speakers or recitalists to the campus, prepare material for publication, purchase instruments or support other educational activities. |
Clarence Ward Visiting Lectureship in Architectural History |
Established in 2000 to bring a distinguished lecturer to Oberlin College each year. Architectural History may be broadly interpreted to include architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. |
J. Milton Yinger Lectureship |
Established in 1987 in honor of Professor and Mrs. J. Milton Yinger, to bring to campus annually or biennially eminent scholars and public figures to lecture on sociological topics of major significance or topics in social anthropology, as well as on important issues involving social policies and programs. |
Chloe H. Young ’48 Lectureship |
Established in memory of Chloe H. Young ’48 by her family and friends to support an annual lecture on British Art. |
