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General information on the School and its programs. |
Places and technology for learning. |
Programs supported by the Academic Humanities Enrichment Fund. |
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Bringing academic, civic, and cultural communities together. |
Symposium Theme: "Faith in the Public Square" |
Listing of books written by faculty. |
How to reach our school and departments. |
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SOH Spring Events Calendar, 2008‐09
| 7th |
Pennsylvania High School Speech League (PHSSL) Debate Day. |
Contact Mary Holloway (mhollowa@messiah.edu) |
| 12th |
Peace and Conflict Studies Symposium (PACS) |
Contact Sharon Baker (sbaker@messiah.edu) |
| 23rd-27th |
Spring Humanities Symposium, Faith in the Public Square |
Contact Shirley Groff
(groff@messiah.edu) |
| 23rd |
7:00 p.m., Humanities Symposium Faculty Lecture Series, "Intelligent Design on Trial,"
Dr. Edward B. Davis, Boyer 131 |
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| 24th |
7:00 p.m., Humanities Symposium Lecture Series, "Islam and Higher Education in the U.S.," Imam Yaya Hendi, Muslim Chaplain at Georgetown University, Alexander Auditorium (Frey 110) |
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| 25th |
7:00 p.m., Humanities Symposium Faculty Lecture Series, "Christian America and the Kingdom of God," Dr. Richard T Hughes, Boyer 131 |
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| 26th |
8:00 p.m.,Humanities Symposium Keynote speaker Dr. Alan Wolfe, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College, "Who's Afraid of American Religion," Brubaker Auditorium. |
Contact Shirley Groff
(groff@messiah.edu) |
| 3rd |
Career Conversations—Law, 4:30‐5:30 p.m, Boyer Hall 131 |
Contact Dr. Robin Lauermann (rlauerma@messiah.edu) |
| 24th‐26th |
Poetry and Sustainability Symposium (English). |
Contact Matthew Roth (mroth@messiah.edu) |
| 24th |
7:30-9:30 p.m., Poetry Reading with John Poch and Chad Davidson, F110 |
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| 25th |
7:30-9:30 p.m., Filmmaker Katja Esson, Poetry of Resilience, Parmer Cinema |
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| 26th |
12:25-1:55 p.m., Poetry & Sustainability Student Panel
7:30-9:30 p.m., Open Mic Poetry Reading, B336 |
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| 27th |
TBA: Songwriting workshop, John Francis
TBA: Concert - John Francis and Josh Ritter |
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| 26th |
Riegsecker lecture on gender and leadership. |
Contact The Gender Concerns Committee |
| 27‐28th |
Youth Workers Conference (BRS). |
Contact Stephen Gallaher (sgallahe@messiah.edu) |
| 31st |
Command performance of the Spanish language play “Delantal Blanco” in Boyer Hall Atrium. A one‐act Spanish language play that exposes the social roles that we play. |
Contact
Kim Yunez (kyunez@messiah.edu). |
| 1st |
Grant Wacker, Religion and Society Lecturer, co‐sponsored with the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies, 7:30 p.m., Hostetter Chapel, “Billy Graham’s America” Grant Wacker is professor of Christian history at Duke Divinity School and the current president of the American Society of Church History. Wacker is working on a cultural biography to be called Bill Graham’s America. |
Contact David Weaver‐Zercher (dzercher@messiah.edu)
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Jake Jacobsen (djacobse@messiah.edu). |
| 2nd |
Morris Fiorina, Stanford University (Politics), “The Road to (and from) the 2008 Elections,” 7:00 p.m., Parmer Cinema (B137), Boyer Hall. Dr. Fiorina is a senior fellow a the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Fiorina’s current research focuses on elections and public opinion with particular attention to the quality of representation how well the positions of elected officials reflect the preferences of the public.
Weblink: www.hoover.org/bios/fiorina.html Sponsored by the Department of Politics. Admission is free. Book signing to following Howe Atrium. |
Contact: Robin Lauermann (rlauerma@messiah.edu) or 717‐766‐2511, ext. 2410 |
| 4th |
Pennsylvania History Day Competition (History/CPH) |
Contact James LaGrand (jlagrand@messiah.edu) |
| 6th |
Schrag Lectures by June Alliman Yoder (The Sider Institute) |
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| 21st |
American Democracy Lecture to commemorate the Bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth (History/CPH). Endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
4:00 p.m., Roundtable discussion (Brubaker Auditorium) with panelists Darrel Bigham, University of Southern Indiana; Gabor Borrit, Gettysburg College; John Fea, Messiah College; James LaGrand, Messiah College; Matt Pinsker, Dickinson College.
8:00 p.m. Keynote lecture by Darrel Bigham in Brubaker Auditorium. |
Contact James LaGrand (jlagrand@messiah.edu) |
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