Spring 2012 Events
Friday, February 17: James Bratt & Ronald Wells
3:30 in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Book Presentation: The Best of The Reformed Journal
For four decades, from 1951 to 1990, The Reformed Journal set the standard for top-notch, venturesome theological reflection on a broad range of issues. With a lively mix of editorial comment, articles, and reviews, it addressed topics as diverse as the civil rights movement, feminism, the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, the plight of Palestinian Christians, and the rise of the Christian Right, all from a Reformed perspective. In this anthology James Bratt and Ronald Wells have assembled select pieces that exemplify the Journal's position at the cutting edge of thoughtful Christian engagement with culture. Just published by Eerdman's. Co-sponsored by CCCS.
Wednesday, March 7: Mellema Program in Western American Studies Lecture
Dr. Carol L. Higham
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
“Seeing Cannibals: Spanish and British Accounts of Cannibalism in Nootka Sound, 1770-1795”
3:30 p.m., Science Building Lecture Hall 010
Co-sponsored by History. Read more.
March 14: Jim LaGrand
Professor of History, Messiah College
“Is there a Place for the Nation in Modern American History?”
April 4: Tim Gloege
An Introduction to the Digital Humanities
May 9: Honors Thesis Presentations
Michael Valk and Luke McRae
Recent Events
September 21: McGregor Fellow Stephen Clemenger with Bert de Vries
"Three Dimensional Virtual Reconstruction of Ancient Buildings of Umm el-Jimal, Jordan: An Application of Engineering and Computing in Archaeology"
Read more. Listen to the presentation on MP3.
October 12: Daniel Bays
Book Release: A New History of Christianity in China
October 19: Kees van der Kooi, professor of theology, Free University of Amsterdam
"Barth, Bell, and Hell"
See the video.
February 16: James Bratt
"Abraham Kuyper and Race: A New Look"
Listen to the lecture on MP3.
March 16: Robert Schoone-Jongen
"Religion in Riverside: How Faith Defined Two Dutch Identities in One Neighborhood (1880-1920)"
Read a transcript and see the maps from the talk (both pdf).
March 30: Annual Mellema Lecture by Ralph Stearley
"Where Have All the Fishes Gone? LONG Time Passing…"
April 15 (Friday): Gordon Campbell
“1611” To see a video of this presentation, go to the CCCS website.
April 20: Karin Maag
"The Advantages of Being Under Threat: Geneva and the Myth of the Escalade, December 1602"
Listen to lecture on MP3
May 4: Honors Student Presentations
Kristen Fletcher: "Steroid-Infused Soviets and 'Bouffant Belles': How Western Perceptions of Soviet Female Athletes Changed American Athletics"
Jared Warren:" Poets, Prophets, Priests, and Pianists: Poles and Parisians, 1830-1848"
Listen to both presentations on MP3
