Author and foreign correspondent will deliver a virtual lecture May 7
March 2026 – Drew University has announced author and foreign correspondent Adam LeBor as the 2026 George & Alicia Karpati Lecturer.
LeBor will deliver the Karpati Lecture on Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m.
The event will be moderated by Drew President Hilary L. Link, PhD. It will be held virtually and is open to the public. Reserve your spot here.
LeBor is a veteran former foreign correspondent who lived in Budapest for many years, reporting on Hungary and Central Europe for newspapers including The Times, The Independent, and The Economist.
He is the author of seven novels and nine non-fiction books including The Last Days of Budapest, which was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction, and Hitler’s Secret Bankers, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
LeBor is an editorial trainer for several publications and organizations and writes for the Financial Times, The Times, and The Critic.
The Karpati Lectureship was established in 2005 by Michael and Noemi Neidorff in honor of Noemi’s parents. It serves to welcome outstanding authors in Jewish/Holocaust studies and Eastern European history to Drew.
The series most recently welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Kertzer in 2024.
