Portier Lecture

Portier Lecture:

The Portier Lecture is the annual history lecture. The lecture is named in honor of Michael Portier, the first bishop of Mobile, who founded Spring Hill College in 1830.

Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb delivered the first Portier Lecture in 1980. The Portier Lecture usually alternates between an American historian and a European historian. Although the lecture is intended primarily for students and faculty, it is open to the public.

Historians who have delivered Portier Lectures:

  • 1980 Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb
  • 1981 George Cuttino
  • 1982 Laurence Lafore
  • 1983 Winthrop Jordan
  • 1984 Paul Boller
  • 1986 Paul Murphy
  • 1987 Howard Smith
  • 1988 Stephen E. Ambrose
  • 1989 Richard King
  • 1990 Luis Martin
  • 1991 Patrick J. Geary
  • 1992 Milton Klein
  • 1993 Wayne Flynt
  • 1994 Richard Stites
  • 1995 Mary Beth Norton
  • 1996 Gerhard L. Weinberg
  • 1997 Jack P. Greene
  • 1998 Claudia Koonz
  • 1999 Lloyd C. Gardner
  • 2000 William H. Chafe
  • 2001 Michael Phayer
  • 2002 Bertam Wyatt-Brown
  • 2003 Athan Theoharis
  • 2005 Alan J. Ward
  • 2006 Brian Ward
  • 2007 Thomas Schwartz

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