The Cause of All Mankind

Join us for this year’s Richard Dean Winchell Lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University), fresh off her involvement in Ken Burns’s latest series The American Revolution and renowned Jefferson scholar Dr. Peter Onuf (University of Virginia). Presented in partnership with Nebraska Public Media, the lecture will take place Friday, April 10, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at UNO’s Thompson Alumni Center. Their remarks will mark the flagship event of “The Cause of All Mankind”: A Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a multi-day program co-hosted by UNO’s History and Political Science Departments. Dr. Gordon-Reed and Dr. Onuf will discuss their forthcoming publications—one exploring Jefferson’s complex legacy on race, and the other examining Jefferson’s vision of grassroots democracy. Their remarks will be followed by a short Q&A session.