Robert Kragalott Lecture

Robert Kragalott Lecture on Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and Human Rights

Ohio Wesleyan's annual Kragalott Lecture honors the career, contributions, and memory of Robert Kragalott, Ph.D., a professor in the OWU Department of History from 1964 to 1991. 

Kragalott's scholarly interests included Russian and Yugoslavian history, and he researched and published on the Treaty of Versailles.

The lecture series was endowed with a gift from 1969 OWU graduate Carroll P. "Pete" Kakel III, Ph.D., a research historian and lecturer.  Dr. Kakel's gift honors the career, contributions and memory of Dr. Robert Kragalott with the hope that the Kragalott lectures will encourage audiences to engage in the past.

Save the Dates:  February 19, 2025, 5 p.m. & February 20, 2025, noon

This year, The R. Kragalott Lecture, The B.A. Jones Lecture on Race & Society, and The B.F. Marsh Lecture are collaborating to present a lecture and panel discussion. On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., the departments will host a lecture delivered by Nadia Kim, Ph.D. The following day, Thursday, February 20, 2025, at noon, Dr. Kim will participate in a panel discussion, where she will further discuss the lecture topic alongside other esteemed panelists.

Nadia Kim, Ph.D. holds the George Sumey Jr. Professorship in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on issues of U.S. race and citizenship injustices, particularly within the Korean/Asian American, South Korean, and Latinx immigrant communities. Dr. Kim will deliver a keynote address on February 19, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in Merrick Hall 301. This lecture is free and open to the public. 

On February 20, 2025 at noon in Merrick Hall 301, the departments will host a panel discussion which will include Nadia Kim, Ph.D. and local panelists to discuss the issues raised during the lecture.  This discussion is free and open to the public. 

Past Lectures:

• 2024 - "How and Why Did Genocide become the 'Crime of Crimes'?"  A.Dirk Moses, Ph.D., Professor of International Relations at City College of New York
• 2023 - "When, How, and Why Has the United Sttes Put Human Rights 'at the Center' of its Foreign Policy?" Sarah B. Snyder, Ph.D., American University School of International Service