Upcoming Events
Questions? Call (540) 654-1023
Past Events
April 4 - 6, 2008
the 16th biennial conference of the
North American Sartre Society
March, 2008
The Only End of Jazz is Jazz
Irish Poet Michael O'Siadheil
October 25, 2007
The Gospel of Jesus: New Light on Early Christianity
Dr. Marvin Meyer
Chapman University Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies
The American Member of the Gospel of Judas Translation Team
October 2, 2007
Education and Disability in the Ancient World
Jack Trammell
Randolph-Macon College
October, 2007
Women and Development in Africa
Stephanie van Hook, CPR alum and peace corps volunteer
January 19, 2007
Spiritual Dimensions of Traditional Middle Eastern Music
Lecture and performance by Roya Bahrami
4-5 p.m. Trinkle 106A
GOD(s): The Public Lecture Series
All lectures held Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in Trinkle 204 unless otherwise indicated
January 18, 2007
Religion, Freedom, and God
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
7:30 p.m. Dodd Auditorium
January 22, 2007
The God from the Machine: Reversals and Revelations in Greek Tragedy
Angela Gosetti-Murrayjohn
January 29, 2007
Talking with Gods: the Logic of Hymn
Joe Romero
February 5, 2007
New God in Town: How Gods and Goddesses Were Added to the Roman State Religion
Liane Houghtalin
February 12, 2007
Look Who's Talking: Revelation in American Religious History
Mary Beth Mathews
February 19, 2007
God Unmasked: Gnostic Exegesis of Genesis
James Goehring
February 26, 2007
God, Trinity, Power: "God is the One Who Knows How to Die"
David Cain
March 12, 2007
Allah and the Question of the 'Other' in the Qur'an
Mehdi Aminrazavi
March 19, 2007
Transcendence After Auschwitz
Carl Sachs
March 26, 2007
Many Gods - One God - No God - No Difference
David Ambuel
March 2, 2007
The Gospel According to Mark (Twain)
Craig Vasey
April 9, 2007
Blasphemy and Ecstasy: God Made Visible
Nina Mikhalevsky
April 16, 2007
The God Genes
Mehdi Aminrazavi
March 29, 2006
Love, Death, and Magic in Etruscan Urns
Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa
University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania
October 26, 2005
Venetian Presence in Greece: The Case of the Island of Crete
Dr. Chryssa Maltezou
Professor of Byzantine History
University of Athens
Director, Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Postbyzantine Studies in Venice China
October 11, 2005
On Confucius
Kong Linghong
Daoism Study Center
Zhejiang University, China
October 12, 2005
On Daoism
Kong Linghong
Daoism Study Center
Zhejiang University, China
April 1-3, 2005
The Arrogance of Power: Being American After 9/11
March 22, 2005
The Locus Amoenus in Greek and Roman Poetry: What's Love Got to Do With It?
Patricia Rosenmeyer
University of Wisconsin
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Colloquium on Peace Services: Education and Training Based on a Philosophy of Non-Violence
Sponsored by Global Peace Services, USA and Leidecker Center for Asian Studies
February 11, 2004
The Aesthetic and Poetic Image: Beyond Ekphrasis in Rilke and Cézanne
Prof. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
University of Maine
February 10, 2004
After the Palace Burns
Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
Winner of the 2002 Paris Review Prize in Poetry
Prof. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
University of Maine
March 31, 2003
Putting People back into the Ancient City: The Archaeological Evidence for Carthage
Prof. Naomi J. Norman
Associate Professor of Classics
University of Georgia
November 15, 2002
Charitable Foundations in Ancient Greece
Prof. Josh Sosin
Duke University
November 12, 2002
Cleopatra Goes to the Opera
David Winn
March 27, 2002
Toga and Dagger: Espionage in the Ancient World
Guest Lecture by Rose Mary Sheldon
Professor of History, Virginia Military Institute
April 5-7, 2002
Civil Society: East and West
An interdisciplinary Confrerence
sponsored by Leidecker Center for Asian Studies
