The 2006 Franke Lectures were organized in conjunction with the Yale College seminar taught by John Lewis Gaddis.
- William Taubman, Amherst College, ““Khrushchev: The Man and His Era”
- Molly Worthen, Yale University, “The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill”
- Jack Miles, J. Paul Getty Trust, “God: A Biography”