The Redpath Lecture Series was established In 1989 when Nancy Redpath endowed an annual lecture series in memory of her late husband, Robert Redpath (b. 1906 – d. 1987), who was a long-time trustee devoted to the mission of SOMAS.

This lecture or series is often based on a topic that would have been of special interest to Redpath, such as communications and semantics.

Recent Redpath Lectures:

2024:
“What We Do(n't) Know About the 2024 Presidential Race” - Dr. Meena Bose

2023:
“The Story of An American Masterpiece: In Search of the Color Purple” - Salamishah Tillet

2022:
“Interrupting Bias and Microaggressions in Our Daily Lives” - Marta Esquilin

2020:
“Traveling ‘This Land’” - Dave Barry

2018:
“Me Too: One Year Later” - Joanne Lipman and Jim Pensiero

2017:
“America’s Shadow Wars: From 9/11 to the Trump Era” - Mark Mazzetti

2016:
“Choice 2016: The Rise of Trump” - Bob Hennelly

2014:
”The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope.” - Amy Goodman