Thanks to the generous support of donors Stuart and Kate Riggsby, the Marco Institute established the annual Riggsby Lecture on Medieval Mediterranean History & Culture in 2004. This lecture series brings a prestigious scholar of the medieval Mediterranean to the University of Tennessee campus every fall to give a public talk on a medieval Mediterranean topic of the speaker’s choosing.

This year's Annual Riggsby Lecture on Medieval Meditteranean History & Culture will be delivered by Professor Anthony Kaldellis (Chicago).