Delve deeper into the pivotal Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Revolution with a distinguished lineup of four renowned historians and scholars. This engaging lecture series offers a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the historical events that shaped Texas. Lectures will take place before, between, and after the two reenactments. Each lecture will be approximately 30 minutes long with an opportunity for a question-and-answer session following its conclusion. Admission to the lecture series is free, making it accessible to all who wish to enrich their knowledge of Texas history.
Dr. Andrew J. Torget presents "The Coming and Fighting of the Battle of San Jacinto" in the final session of the San Jacinto Day Celebration Lecture Series.
Andrew J. Torget is a historian of nineteenth-century North America at the University of North Texas, where he holds the University Distinguished Teaching Professorship. An award-winning speaker, he has been featured at Harvard, Stanford, Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and the Library of Congress. The author or editor of five books, his most recent, Seeds of Empire, won twelve book prizes and awards and was hailed by Texas Monthly as “the most nuanced and authoritative rewriting of Texas's origin myth to date.” In 2018, he set a Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest History Lesson, which was seen online by more than 30 million people. The Texas State Historical Association awarded him the Bryan Leadership in Education Award in 2020, and The Dallas Morning News named him a finalist for their “Texan of the Year” award in 2021 for the “uncommon, inspirational impact” of his work. In 2023, he served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Germany and visiting professor of history at the University of Bremen.
Lectures will be presented in the Jesse H. Jones Theatre for Texas Studies inside the San Jacinto Monument.
