The 2019 "Nebraska Lectures: Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series" continues March 28 with a talk by John Sorensen on "Grace and Edith Abbott: Nebraska's Social Justice Sisters," 3:30 p.m., in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St.
The lecture also will be available via live at
https://research.unl.edu/nebraskalectures/grace-and-edith-abbott-nebraskas-social-justice-sisters/
You can also view it on Facebook live at
https://www.facebook.com/UNLresearch
Sorensen is a Grace Abbott scholar and friend of the university with an extensive background in theater, film and literature. As the founding director of the Abbott Sisters Project, he has brought various mediums together to highlight and honor Grace and Edith. Sorensen has authored or edited three books about the sisters, including his most recent, "A Sister's Memory," which won the 2016 Nebraska Book Award for nonfiction historical biography.
As part of the university's 150th anniversary celebration in 2019, the Nebraska Lectures: Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series, has expanded to a year-long, 12-talk format, with a special focus on history.
The series is sponsored by the Office of Research and Economic Development, Office of the Chancellor and the Research Council, in collaboration with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Special thanks goes to Humanities Nebraska and the National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman's Statehood Grants Initiative for making the expanded series possible.
NEXT LECTURE
April 25, 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Union auditorium. Nebraska's Tim Borstelmann, E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History, will present "The Heart of Foreigners: How Americans Understand Others."