2025 Chautauqua Lecture 1 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

On Thursday, September 4, 2025, Michel Paradis, Ph.D., will deliver a lecture about Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1946, Eisenhower and his wife Mamie famously vacationed on Sea Island, where an oak planted to honor their visit remains today. Dr. Paradis is a leading human rights lawyer, historian, and national security law scholar. He is most recently the author of the critically acclaimed The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. He is also a partner at the international law firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost and a Lecturer at Columbia Law School. He was awarded his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Campion Scholar, and received his law degree from Fordham University in New York.

The programs in this year’s Chautauqua series will take place on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. at St. Simons Presbyterian Church. Each will be recorded and will be available for viewing after the program. The cost for the series is $50 for members and $95 for non-members, with individual program tickets available for $30 each. To register, please visit coastalgeorgiahistory.org.