Villanova to host Jill Lepore for lecture series

For Villanova University's third annual Lore Kephart Lecture Series, the university will host Harvard University historian Jill Lepore.

Lepore currently teaches at Harvard and writes for The New Yorker, according to the university's bio. Her most recent book is "The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History."

Lepore's lecture, "Poor Jane's Almanac: The Life and Opinions of Benjamin Franklin's Sister," will be held on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Villanova room of Connelly Center. It is free and open to the public.