Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History
The program for the 2017 annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History states, “The lecture has been named in honor of a man who was, perhaps, the most distinguished scholar and teacher to emerge from Iowa.” The lecture series began in 1974 and is sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa Department of History and the UNI chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.
Carl L. Becker (1873-1945) was born on a farm near Reinbeck, Iowa. His family moved to Waterloo, Iowa, and he later attended Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Becker received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1907. Becker taught at various universities, the last being Cornell University in New York from 1917-1941. His service to Cornell University has been honored by the naming of Carl Becker House on Cornell University’s West Campus. Becker was also a past president of the American Historical Association.
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The 46th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History: India Engaged in World History: Environment, Migration, and Politics
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 25, 2019, by Dr. Michael H. Fisher, Robert S. Danforth Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College.
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The 45th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History: Did Women Have a Great War? Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the First World War
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 20, 2018, by Dr. Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University.
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The 44th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History: F%#* Work, A Manifesto: Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea, or What Is to Be Done When Work Disappears
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 13, 2017, by Dr. James Livingston, Rutgers University.
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The 29th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: The "Dual Revolution" in Seventeenth-Century China: Materialization of Social Taste and Commercialization of Leisure and Literature in a Confucian State
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 25, 2002, by Chun-shu Chang, Professor of History, University of Michigan
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The 28th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: "Family Values": Myths and Realities of the American Family
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 12, 2001, by Elaine Tyler May, Professor of American Studies and History, University of Minnesota
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The 26th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: The Soft Side of McCarthyism
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 22, 1999, by Richard M. Fried, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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The 25th Annual Carl L. Becker Lecture: India's Independence Fifty Years After: Was It Worth It?
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 23, 1998, by Robert Eric Frykenberg, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The 24th Annual Carl L. Becker Lecture: A Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and Military Service in Contemporary America
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 10, 1997, by Linda K. Kerber, Professor of History, University of Iowa.
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The 1996 Becker Lecture: Religion and Politics in Contemporary Russia
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 18, 1996, by Theofanis G. Stavrou, Professor of History, University of Minnesota.
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The 1995 Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History: Environmental Racism and the Question of Equity
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 20, 1995, by Martin V. Melosi, Professor of History and Director, Institute for Public History, University of Houston.
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21st Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: Hidden Communes in Absolutist Theory
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 21, 1994, by Helen Nader, Professor of History and Department Head, University of Arizona.
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20th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: The Revolution of Life
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 22, 1993, by Leo A. Loubère, Professor of History Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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The Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History 20th Annual Lecture: The Revolution of Life
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 22, 1993, by Leo A. Loubère, Professor of History Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo.
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19th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: Politics and International Affairs: A Discourse on Carl Becker
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a llier announcing a lecture presented September 16, 1992, by Norman A. Graebner, Randolph P. Compton Professor of History and Public Affairs Emeritus, University of Virginia.
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18th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: Free Speech as an Instrument for Social Change
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Flier announcing a lecture presented September 11, 1991, by Paul L. Murphy, Regents' Professor, University of Minnesota.
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The Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History, Eighth Annual Lecture: Requiem for Populism in Latin America
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 16, 1981, by Paul W. Drake, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois.
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The Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History, Fourth Annual Lecture: Quest of the Historian
University of Northern Iowa. Department of History.
Program of a lecture presented September 28, 1977, by Otto Pflanze, Professor of History, Indiana University, Editor, The American Historical Review.
