46th annual Costa Lecture to be held October 17

The Department of History welcomes historian Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), who will deliver the 46th Annual Endowed Costa Lecture , "Campaigns and Conspiracies: How Conservative Media Changed Presidential Elections," on October 17 in the Baker University Center Ballroom. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. with refreshments served at 7:00

Nicole Hemmer is a political historian specializing in media, conservatism, and the presidency. Her scholarship and teaching focus on social movements, electoral politics and political culture. Her latest book is Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s .

The Costa Lectureship was established through the generosity of Ohio University alumna Helen Coast Hayes (class of 1926). Previous lecturers include Pulitzer Prize winning authors Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and noted presidential historians Michael Beschloss and H.W. Brands.