The Associated Students of Lower Columbia College fund educational and informative speakers on a variety of topics.

Lectures are free and open to staff, students and the public

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Past Lectures

Spring Quarter 2013

William Vest Memorial Lecture
Courting Trouble? The Invention and Transformation of 'Traditional' Marriage and Male-Female Relationships
By Stephanie Coontz, Award-winning author 
Award-winning author Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families. A featured speaker on gender equality on NPR, the Today Show, and before Congress, her message is timely as Americans struggle with questions surrounding equity in the workforce and the 'traditional' definition of marriage.
Learn more about Stephanie Coontz
News Story: Vest Lecture: Author argues marriage isn't in dire straits, The Daily News, May 9, 2013

Spring Quarter 2012

William Vest Memorial Lecture
The Antichrist, Evangelical Political Activism, and the 2012 Election
by Matthew Avery Sutton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Washington State University
Matthew Sutton’s research explores the twentieth-century history of Christian apocalyptic thought in the United States. His talk focused on the ways in which international events including the World Wars and the global economic depression of the 1930s fueled American fundamentalists’ fears of Armageddon. These fears in turn shaped fundamentalists' opposition to Franklin Roosevelt and New Deal liberalism, driving them to the political right. Finally, Sutton suggested that the apocalyptic anxieties that fueled fundamentalist hostility to FDR could play a role in the 2012 election and they help to explain contemporary evangelical opposition to Barack Obama.
Learn more about Matthew Sutton
News Stories:
Author: End-times theology shapes politics
The Daily News, April 27, 2012
WSU professer to discuss religion, politics during LCC's annual Vest Lecture
The Daily News, April 23, 2012

Spring Quarter 2011

William Vest Memorial Lecture
Honoring the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War
Dr. Eric Walther, University of Houston History Professor. Dr. Walther teaches U.S. history at the University of Houston, specializing in the Antebellum South and the coming of the Civil War. He is the author of three books, as well as numerous article and book reviews.
News Story: Portland author to be featured at Northwest Voices, The Daily News, May 5, 2011

Spring Quarter 201