Ena H. Thompson Lectures

2025 Ena H. Thompson Distinguished Lecture

Ned Blackhawk

Professor Ned Blackhawk, the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History at Yale University, is an internationally-known scholar of Native American history. For more than two decades, his work as a writer, teacher, and activist have emphasized the importance of centering Native Nations in the struggles over Native land, children, and sovereignty. Join us as he visits Pomona College.

“A Night with Ned Blackhawk”
7 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2025
Rose Hills Theater, Smith Campus Center

Alumni/Community Dinner and Lecture
Friday, January 31, 2025, 5 - 9 p.m.
Bridges Auditorium Foyer, Pomona College
Alumni/Community Dinner and Lecture RSVP (Invite Only)

About the Lectureship

Endowed in 1980 through the generosity of Ena H. Thompson, these annual lectures encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of history. Generally held 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 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. Typically, they offer two public lectures on campus during the week of their residency and another lecture for alumni at a dinner event in the greater Los Angeles area.