Lectures @ Messiah College for Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
The Office of the President is pleased to announce the following lectures and talks hosted at Messiah. Please contact the individual Sponsor for further details.
 Part of the public event series reflecting Messiah College’s 2011-12 theme To Change the World; details at messiah.edu/changetheworld
If you would like to have your Messiah College department's or organization's confirmed lecture added to this site, please contact shoffman@messiah.edu.
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Gary Patterson
Thursday, September 8; 7 p.m.
Kline 120; Kline Hall of Science
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
“The Holy Trinity of 19th-Century British Physics: Faraday, Maxwell, and Kelvin”
Contact: Ted Davis; TDavis@messiah.edu
Sponsor: The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science |
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Common Reading Convocation
James McBride
Monday, September 12, 2011; 7 p.m.
Brubaker Auditorium, Eisenhower Campus Center
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Award-winning author, musician and screenwriter
“The Color of Water”
Contact: Shirley Groff; groff@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Messiah College Office of General Education and Common Reading |
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English Department Reading
Kent Gramm
Tuesday, October 4, 2011; 7 p.m.
Alexander Auditorium, Frey 110
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Program Director for the Seminary Ridge Foundation in Gettysburg
Contact: Helen Walker; HWalker@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Department of English
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American Democracy Lecture
Frances Fox Piven
Tuesday, October 11, 2011; 8 p.m.
Parmer Cinema, Boyer Hall
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
“The Corporate War on the American People”
Contact: Joseph Huffman; jhuffman@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Center for Public Humanities and the Department of Politics
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James Davison Hunter
Wednesday, October 26, 2011; 7:30 p.m.
Hostetter Chapel
Admission is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required.
Please contact the Ticket Office at (717) 691-6036.
Author, and the LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia.
"To Change the World"
Contact: Lili Hagenbuch; lhagenbuch@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Messiah College Honors Program and Messiah College
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A Debate between Jim Wallis and Arthur Brooks
Wednesday, November 9, 2011; 7 p.m.
Brubaker Auditorium, Eisenhower Campus Center
Admission is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required.
Please contact the Ticket Office at (717) 691-6036.
Jim Wallis, Founder and President of Sojourners, and Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute
"Is Capitalism Moral?"
Moderator: Peter Greer, President & CEO of HOPE International
Contact: Lili Hagenbuch; lhagenbuch@messiah.edu
Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute, the Messiah College Honors Program, and Messiah College |
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Brethren In Christ Study Conference
Dr. Ronald J. Sider
November 12, 2011
Hostetter Chapel, Messiah College
Director of the Sider Center on Ministry & Public Policy and President of Evangelicals for Social Action
Conference Theme: “The Non-Violent Atonement”
Contact: Richard Hughes; RHughes@messiah.edu
Sponsor: The Sider Institute |
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Bill Newsome
Tuesday, November 15, 2011; 7 p.m.
Frey 110; Frey Hall
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University
“God, Brain, and Mind: Christianity and Neuroscience”
Contact: Ted Davis; TDavis@messiah.edu
Sponsor: The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science |
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Marvin Bolt
Monday, November 28; 7 p.m.
Kline 120; Kline Hall of Science
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Vice President for Collections and Director, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
“Portraying the Star of Bethlehem: How the Wise Men Still Show Us the Way”
Contact: Ted Davis; TDavis@messiah.edu
Sponsor: The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science |
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Spring Humanities Symposium
Anthony Grafton
Thursday, February 23, 2012; 8 p.m.
Brubaker Auditorium; Eisenhower Campus Center
This is a free event.
Henry Putnam University Professor of History and the Chairperson of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University
“The Past and Future of the Book”
Contact: Tina Keul; TKeul@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Center for Public Humanities |
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Amir Hussain
March 26, 2012; 7 p.m.
Hostetter Chapel
This is a free event. Seating is first come, first served.
Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University
"Building Faith Neighbors: Christians and Muslims Together"
Contact: Douglas Jacobsen; DJacobse@messiah.edu
Sponsor: Messiah College Annual Lectures on Religion and Society |
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Keynote lecture
Celebrating 50 Years of Intercollegiate Athletics at Messiah College
Tony Dungy
Tuesday, April 24, 2012; 7:30 p.m.
Brubaker Auditorium, Eisenhower Campus Center
Bestselling author, sports analyst and former NFL head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
“Motivating the Spirit”
Tickets for this event are sold out.
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If you would like to have your Messiah College department's or organization's confirmed lecture added to this site, please contact shoffman@messiah.edu.
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