List of Velikovsky Lectures

Velikovsky was invited to give talks, lectures and presentations at over 130 venues, from universities, to IBM, to NASA (twice).

 

Venue Dates
Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (AAAP) lecture (October 15, 1964)

“Venus – a Young Planet”

 15 Oct 1964
Amateur Astronomers Association ofPrinceton (AAAP) lecture (April 22, 1974) 22 Apr 1974
Amateur Astronomers, Inc., at Union Junior College lecture (October 15, 1965)

“The Sky of1965 vs. the Sky of 1950”

 15 Oct 1965
AAAS – “Velikovsky’s Challenge to Science” lecture (February 25, 1974) 25 Feb 1974
AIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics lecture (May 26, 1965) 26 May 1965
AIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Princeton University lecture (September 28, 1966)

“Orthodoxy in Science and Non-conformity in the Light of Space Age Discoveries”

 28 Sep 1966
AIAA – Connecticut section, Hartford, (jointly with ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers) lecture (October 12, 1970) 12 Oct 1970
American University lecture (May 10, 1965) 10 May 1965
Auburn College, NY lecture (April 27, 1964) 27 Apr 1964
Auburn University, Alabama lecture (April 28-29, 1975) 28 Apr 1975
Bell Laboratories lecture (May 17, 1971) 17 May 1971
B’nai Brith Hiller Foundation lecture (November 18, 1966) 18 Nov 1966
Brandeis University lecture (November 19, 1966) 19 Nov 1966
Brown University lecture (March 15, 1965) “Address of Abraham Sachs” (Transcript) 15 Mar 1965
Buffalo State College lecture (March 20, 1972) 20 Mar 1972
Carnegie Institute of Technology & University of Pittsburgh colloquium lecture (March 4, 1965) 4 Mar 1965
Century 21 lecture (October 10-15, 1973) 10 Oct 1973
Clark College, Vancouver, Washington (1967) 1 Jan 1967
Columbia University lecture (May 9,1950)

Graduate English Society (Harkness Theater)[1]Immanuel Velikovsky, “A Fly And A Raisin”, Stargazers and Gravediggers 1983, William Morrow and Company, ISBN 0-688-01545-X

 9 May 1950
Columbia University lecture (May 19, 1965)

“Vestiges of Traumatic Experiences in the Repressed Racial Memories”

 19 May 1965
Converse College lecture (February 7, 1968) 7 Feb 1968
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland lecture (April 1, 2, 1968) 1 Apr 1968
Dartmouth University lecture (February 19, 1967)

“The Works of Immanuel Velikovsky”

 19 Feb 1967
Drew University lecture (May 1, 1966) 1 May 1966
Drexel University lecture (1971) 1 Jan 1971
Duke University, Department of Physics lecture (May 6, 1965) 6 May 1965
Duke University, Political science graduate seminar lecture (May 7, 1965) 7 May 1965
Duquesne University, History Forum lecture (Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 1974) 27 Oct 1974
Earlham College lecture (May 12, 1964) 12 May 1964
Eastern Baptist College “From Book to Book and Land to Land” lecture (May 5, 1966)

(Audio recording, online at the Velikovsky Archive)

 5 May 1966
Furman University lecture (December 7, 1973) 7 Dec 1973
Glassboro St. College lecture (May 17, 1965) 17 May 1965
Guilford College, N.C. lecture (1968) 1 Jan 1968
Habonim lecture (February 12, 1954) 12 Feb 1954
Harvard University, Society of Harvard Engineers and Scientists lecture (February 17, 1972) 17 Feb 1972
The Haverford School lecture (December 1963) 1 Dec 1963
The Hill School lecture (1967) 1 Jan 1967
IBM San José Research Center, Expanding Awareness Program lecture (October 15-17, 1973) 15 Oct 1973
Iowa State University lecture (1973) 1 Jan 1973
ISA – The Instrument Society of America, Philadelphia lecture (January 1971) 1 Jan 1971
The Jewish Center of Princeton lecture (February 19, 1969) 19 Feb 1969
The Jewish Club, Inc., New York lecture (November 3, 1951) 3 Nov 1951
The Jewish Cultural Society, Philadelphia lecture (November 12, 1960) 12 Nov 1960
Johns Hopkins University, Seminar lecture (1969) 1 Jan 1969
Kansas State University, Sigma Xi chapter, lecture (May 18, 1967) 18 May 1967
Kent State University February 16, 1965 lecture (February 16, 1965)

“Changing Views of the Universe and of Man’s Past”

 16 Feb 1965
Keuka College lecture (April 16, 1964) 16 Apr 1964
Lethbridge University lecture “Velikovsky and Cultural Amnesia” (May 9-10, 1974) 9 May 1974
Lewis & Clark College lecture (August 16-18, 1972) 16 Aug 1972
Massada Award, Israel Bonds lecture (November 12, 1974) 12 Nov 1974
McMaster University lecture (March 22, 1972) 22 Mar 1972
McMaster University lecture (June 17-18, 1974)

“Velikovsky and the Recent History of the Solar System” and “Man and the Universe at the Dawn of the Space Age”

 17 Jun 1974
Moravian College lecture (1971) 1 Jan 1971
Nassau Community College lecture (September 26, 1973) 26 Sep 1973
Nassau Inn lecture (November 4, 1978) 4 Nov 1978
Nassau Inn lecture (December 5, 1975) 5 Dec 1975
NASA – Ames Research Center lecture (August 14, 1972)

“Man and the Universe in Light of the Space Age”

 14 Aug 1972
NASA – Langley Research Center lecture (December 10, 1973)

“New View of Man and the Universe In Light of the Space Age”

 10 Dec 1973
National Management Association, Lockheed Bay Area Chapter, De Anza College’s Flint Center lecture (March 4, 1974)

“Man at the Dawn of the Space and Atom Ages”

 4 Mar 1974
New Jersey State Planetarium, Trenton lecture (January 1975) 1 Jan 1975
The New School for Social Research, lecture series lecture (September-December, 1964) 1 Sep 1964
New York Institute of Technology lecture (1965) 1 Jan 1965
New York University lecture (March 1, 1968) 1 Mar 1968
North Texas State University lecture (October 23, 1968) 23 Oct 1968
Notre Dame University lecture. Biennal Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (November 1-3, 1974)

“Science and Politics: The Velikovsky Case”

 1 Nov 1974
Oakland University lecture (1969) 1 Jan 1969
Oberlin College lecture (February 17-18, 1965) 17 Feb 1965
Ocean County College lecture (September 10, 1969) 10 Sep 1969
Oregon State University, Joint Center for Graduate Study lecture (1973) 1 Jan 1973
Parsons School of Design lecture (April 22, 1970) 22 Apr 1970
Community College of Philadelphia lecture (January 29, 1970) 29 Jan 1970
Princeton Theological Seminary lecture (November 23, 1965) 23 Nov 1965
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (October 14, 1953)

“Worlds in Collision in the Light of Recent Finds in Archaeology, Geology, and Astronomy”

Supplement (revised) in ”Earth in Upheaval “1895 And 1950: The Time Was Ripe For A Heresy”

 14 Oct 1953
Princeton University, Psychology Class lecture (February 10, 1955) 10 Feb 1955
Princeton University, Geology Dept. lecture (Nov. 30, 1956) 30 Nov 1956
Princeton University, Geology Dept. lecture (February 19, 1960)

“Worlds in collision: Ten Years After”

 19 Feb 1960
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (April 12, 1961) 12 Apr 1961
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum and Geology Dept. lecture (1962) 1 Jan 1962
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (February 13, 1964)

“Heresy, Prescience and Crucial Tests”

 13 Feb 1964
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson Society Lecture lecture (March 16, 1964) 16 Mar 1964
Princeton University, Cosmos & Chronos, with Harry Hess lecture (January 18, 1965)

“Catastrophes and Earth History”

 18 Jan 1965
Princeton University, Cosmos & Chronos, with Lloyd Motz lecture (March 2, 1965) 2 Mar 1965
Princeton University, Cosmos & Chronos Forum, with Walter Kaufman Prof. of philosophy (November 9, 1965)

“Modern Reactions to Heresy: the Dark Side of Scholarship”

 9 Nov 1965
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (October 27, 1965)

“Non-conformity Knocks at the Curicculum”

 27 Oct 1965
Princeton University, Connor’s class, lecture (1966) 1 Jan 1966
Princeton University, Graduate Student Organization lecture (December 4, 1967) 4 Dec 1967
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (December 6, 1967)

“Mankind in Amnesia”

 6 Dec 1967
Princeton University lecture (March 11, 1969) 11 Mar 1969
Princeton University, Geology Dept., Cosmos & Chronos lecture (October 21, 1969)

“From Sputnik to Apollo 1”

 21 Oct 1969
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum, lecture (November 18, 1970) 18 Nov 1970
Princeton University, Anthropology class lecture (December 6, 1971) 6 Dec 1971
Princeton University, Graduate College Forum lecture (October 10, 1972) 10 Oct 1972
Princeton University lecture, introduction by Prof. Walter Kaufmann (April 23, 1979) 23 Apr 1979
Psychologists’ Group conversation with prof. Gray (April 12, 1978) 12 Apr 1978
Queen’s College lecture (May 3-4, 1965) 3 May 1965
Queens University lecture Kingston, Canada (Oct. 3-6 1977) 3 Oct 1977
Rice University, Seminar lecture (October 27-29, 1968) 27 Oct 1968
Rider College lecture (May 3, 1968) 3 May 1968
Rider College lecture (1974) 1 Jan 1974
RCA, Radio Corporation of America, Colloquium lecture (November 15, 1966) 15 Nov 1966
Rittenhouse Astronomical Society lecture (April 7, 1967)

“My Star Witnesses”

 7 Apr 1967
Riverside Synagogue lecture (December 7, 1951) 7 Dec 1951
Congregation Rodef Shalom lecture (1972) 1 Jan 1972
Royal Astronomical Society, Edmonton lecture (Nov 1973)

“Immanuel Velikovsky: Let’s Take a Look”

 1 Nov 1973
Rutgers University lecture (1973) 1 Jan 1973
Saidye Bronfman Center, Montreal (1975) “From Past to Prophesy” (January 10th-12th, 1975) 10 Jan 1975
Selkirk College lecture (1974) 1 Jan 1974
Seton Hall University lecture (1971) 1 Jan 1971
St. Olaf College lecture (May 4, 1967) 4 May 1967
St. Vincent College lecture (May 13-14, 1964) 13 May 1964
Swarthmore College lecture (April 10, 1966) 10 Apr 1966
Swarthmore College, Swathmore Forum for Free Speech, lecture (1973) 1 Jan 1973
Temple Israel lecture (March 1966) 1 Mar 1966
Temple University, Philadelphia lecture (November 30, 1965) 30 Nov 1965
Trent University lecture (October 1971) 1 Oct 1971
Union Carbide lecture (May 1964) 1 May 1964
Union Junior College lecture (November 14, 1963) 14 Nov 1963
Unitarian Church of Southern New Jersey lecture (October 1, 1964) 1 Oct 1964
Utica College lecture (April 6, 1971) 6 Apr 1971
University of Alabama lecture (January 30, 1974) 30 Jan 1974
University of British Columbia lecture. Subject chosen on the spot (March 12, 1970) 12 Mar 1970
University of Chicago lecture (May 16, 1967) 16 May 1967
University of Georgia lecture (1970) 1 Jan 1970
University of Massachusetts lecture (May 6, 1975) 6 May 1975
University of New World, Valais, Switzerland lecture (Summer, 1971) 1 Jan 1971
University of North Carolina lecture (December 1, 1973) 1 Dec 1973
University of Pennsylvania lecture (January 28, 1968)

“A Changing View of the Universe”

 28 Jan 1968
University of Toronto lecture (October 18-20, 1971) 18 Oct 1971
University of Victoria lecture (March 6-8, 1970) 6 Mar 1970
University of Virginia lecture (1977) 1 Jan 1977
University of Washington, Seattle lecture (1969) 1 Jan 1969
University of Wisconsin lecture (May 9, 1967) 9 May 1967
Veterans Administration Hospital, Brockton, Mass (Nov. 18, 1966)

“The Psychological Approach to Unraveling History”

 18 Nov 1966
Virginia Intermont College lecture (January 31, 1968) 31 Jan 1968
Washington University, St. Louis lecture (June 2-3, 1967)

“Orthodoxy in Science and Non-conformity in the Light of the Space Age Discoveries”

 2 Jun 1967
Westinghouse lecture (26 September 1966) 26 Sep 1966
William Penn Charter School lecture (April 8, 1968) 8 Apr 1968
Yale University lecture, School of Art and Architecture (April 27, 1966)

“The Pyramids, the Purpose for which they were Built and their Orientation”

 27 Apr 1966
Young Israel Institute lecture (May 27, 1951) 27 May 1951
Youngstown University lecture (April 11, 1973)

“Changing Views of the Earth and of Man’s Past”

 11 Apr 1973

 

References

References
↑1 Immanuel Velikovsky, “A Fly And A Raisin”, Stargazers and Gravediggers 1983, William Morrow and Company, ISBN 0-688-01545-X
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