Presidential historian and noted author Douglas Brinkley will be the featured speaker at the University of Kentucky's 2024 Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 8 at the Singletary Center for the Arts.

The lecture is hosted by UK's Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, and co-sponsored by UK Libraries and the College of Communication and Information. It is free and open to the public.

Brinkley, a well-known expert on U.S. presidents and American history, is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. His appearance at UK will come exactly four weeks before the November 5 election.

Complimentary parking at the Linden Walk, Boone Center, and Memorial Coliseum lots will be reserved for all guests (no UK pass required) from 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm.