Posted on September 12, 2025 by Nicole Poole
The Organization of American Historians announces Omar Valerio-Jiménez as one of 17 newly appointed U.S. historians to the OAH Lectureship Program. Dr. Valerio-Jiménez joins a renowned roster of speakers who share their expertise and scholarly research with a variety of audiences across the country.
Omar Valerio-Jiménez
OAH Lecturers promote understanding and appreciation of all aspects of American history from the 1600s through the present. This year’s group features speakers who specialize in U. S. history topics including: Borderlands, Capitalism, Civil War and Reconstruction, Colonial, Constitutional/Legal, Family, Film, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Immigration, LGBTQ+, Medicine, Music, New York, Politics, Pre-1700, Presidential, Public History and Memory, Public Health and Disease, Race, Revolutionary Era, Sexuality, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Transnational/Comparative, Visual and Performing Arts, Women, and the histories of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/a, and Native Americans.
— Nicole Poole