Ena H. Thompson Lectureship, March 2012

Ena H. Thompson endowed these annual lectures in 1980 to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of history.  The visiting lecturers are elected both on the basis of their past contributions to the discipline and of the importance of their current research in advancing the field.

Generally offered in the Spring Semester, the lectureship brings a distinguished historian to the Pomona College campus for a week of intensive interaction with students, faculty, and alumni.  The two public lectures become the core for discussion, with the final alumni dinner talk as the capstone.

The Ena H. Thompson Lecturer for 2012 will be Fred McGraw Donner, the distinguished historian of early Islamic history, from the University of Chicago. The public lectures will be held in Rose Hills Theater at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 28 and Thursday, March 1.