Each spring, the Western Massachusetts Society of the AIA invites an internationally recognized speaker to give the Lehmann Lecture, a program inaugurated with the generosity of Phyllis Williams Lehmann in 1991. The Lehmann Lecture is held at Smith College.
Location and Parking
The Lehmann Lectures are currently held at Smith College in the Neilson Library Browsing Room (102), immediately inside and to the right of the main entrance.
The nearest parking to Neilson Library (marked with a red star) is the Dickinson Lot off Green Street (marked with a yellow star). On the weekend this parking should be free and available, but the Parking Garage off of West Street is also an option. Paid parking should also be available on West and Green Streets, payable through the ParkMobile App or with coins.
Past Lectures
Joanne Murphy
Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro | Director of the Irish Institute for Hellenic Studies at Athens
“Power Plays at Pylos: The Past and Memory in the Tombs and at the Palace”
March 8, 2025 – 31st Annual Lehmann Lecture
C. Brian Rose
James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania | Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America
“Archaeology, Museums, and War”
April 1, 2023 – 30th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Kenneth Lapatin
Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum
“Rediscovering the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum”
April 6, 2019 – 29th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker
Co-Directors of the University of Cincinnati’s Excavations at the Palace of Nestor, Pylos
“Excavation of the Griffin Warrior’s Grave at Pylos”
April 7, 2018 – 28th Annual Lehmann Lecture
John Clarke
Regents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Co-Director of The Oplontis Project
“New Research Strategies and Recent Discoveries at Oplontis”
March 25, 2017 – 27th Annual Lehmann Lecture
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