Sam Mihara named 2024 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities

(December 2, 2024)

Rafu Shimpo

Sam Mihara, public speaker, historian, and educator, will deliver the 2024 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.

NEH’s Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.

Mihara will deliver his lecture, “Memories of Injustice,” at 6 p.m. PST on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles, hosted at the Japanese American National Museum and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo. The lecture is free and open to the public and will stream online at neh.gov.