The Florida Lecture Series is produced by the Center for Florida History, an initiative created by Florida Southern College, to engage students and the state community in the study and exploration of Florida history.
Since its inception in 1996 FSC's Florida Lecture Series has hosted dozens of speakers who have approached Florida Life and Culture from a wide-range of disciplines, including history, public affairs, law, sociology, criminology, anthropology, literature, music, and art. Its overall objective is to create an opportunity for members of the community, faculty, and student body, to join together to hear, interact with, and learn from leading scholars/specialists of the Florida Experience.
Among Series speakers have been distinguished leaders and public officials such as:
- Reubin Askew
- J. Hyatt Brown
- Rick Dantzler
- J. Allison DeFoor II
- Tom Gallagher
- Bob Graham
- Claude Kirk
- Buddy MacKay
- Bob Martinez
- Robert McKnight
- Janet Reno
- Robert W. Saunders
- Chesterfield H. Smith
Historians:
- Joe Akerman
- Edward Baptist
- Arch Fredric Blakey
- H. W. Brands
- Douglas Brinkley
- Canter Brown Jr.
- Vernon Burton
- David J. Coles
- Jim Cusick
- William C. Davis
- Steve Engle
- Michael Gannon
- Herman Hattaway
- David and Jeanne Heidler
- David Jackson
- Perry D. Jamieson
- Maxine D. Jones
- Jane Landers
- Walter W. Manley II
- John F. Marszalek
- Vivien Miller
- Gary R. Mormino
- Steven Noll
- Gordon L. Olson
- Paul Ortiz
- Gordon M. Patterson
- Daniel L. Schafer
- Frank Schubert
- Larry E. Rivers
- Robert V. Remini
- Tracy Jean Revels
- Steven B. Rogers
- William W. Rogers
- Randolph Roth
- Victor Triay
- Doris Weatherford
- Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Writers:
- Ace Atkins
- Bill Belleville
- Kevin Boyle
- Al Burt
- Martin Dyckman
- Ben Green
- Michael Grunwald
- Stuart McIver
- Paul Schneider
- Patrick Smith
- Phyllis Vine
Criminologists and Jurists:
- James J. Fyfe
- W. Wesley Johnson
- Ginger Lerner-Wren
- Fred Lewis
- Gary Noesner
- Michael L. Radelet
- Emiliano Jose Salcines
- Risdon Slate
- Dan Warren
Anthropologists:
- Dana Ste. Claire
- Rosalyn Howard
- Patsy West
Literature scholars:
- Keith Huneycutt
- Maurice O'Sullivan
- Anne W. Rowe
- Diane Roberts
- Les Standiford
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