Congratulations to our three seniors who gave superb honors presentations this week. We managed to catch a few pictures of the presenters in action. Amanda Mylin begins her talk on “Reading the Leaves: Tea and American Colonial Identity, 1765-1775” Katie Garland introduces the crowd to the face of ambition and providence in her [...]
Archive for the ‘Public Lectures and Symposia’ Category
Honors Presentations
Posted in Congratulations, Events, Honors Presentations, Public Lectures and Symposia, Student Activities, Student Research on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Videos from the Transforming Book Symposium
Posted in David Pettegrew, John Fea, Public Lectures and Symposia, School of Humanities, Videos on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you missed Dr. Anthony Grafton’s outstanding lecture on the transforming book in late February, the School of Humanities at Messiah College has made it available online at this vimeo channel. Additionally, the same channel features videos of professors and students from Communications, English, and Bible and Religious Studies giving talks about transforming books. Two [...]
Eyewitness to the Revolution: Explaining the Success of Egyptian Protests in Cairo’s Liberation Square
Posted in Alumni, PACS, Public Lectures and Symposia on March 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, March 5th, come out to hear Messiah History alum Matt Bucher share his first-hand experience in Egypt. Surrounding this current event are many questions such as: Why did the protests in Liberation Square succeed in forcing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s abdication? How did the faith of religious groups like the Coptic Orthodox Church [...]
Being Brethren in Christ in a Time of Violence
Posted in Africa, Events, Public Lectures and Symposia on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Thursday (1/12) the Departments of History and Biblical and Religious Studies and the Sider Institute at Messiah College are sponsoring a talk entitled "Being Brethren in Christ in a Time of Violence: Zimbabwe in the 1970s and 1980s." This lecture will be presented by Wendy Urban-Mead, a history professor at Bard College. She is [...]
Faith & History Lecture Tomorrow
Posted in Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Please join us for the Faith & History Lecture tomorrow. “Considerations of a (somewhat) Calvinist historian” The 2011 Messiah College Faith & History Lecture Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 4:15 pm, Boyer 336 Professor LaGrand will speak on some of the influences on him as a Christian and a historian, noting both his roots in the [...]
Lee Camp to speak on Christian – Muslim Relations
Posted in Anne Marie Stoner-Eby, Events, PACS, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The PACS program is pleased to announce that Lee Camp will present an Alternate Chapel talk entitled “Must Christians and Muslims be Enemies?” It is drawn from his just-released, one-month old book Who is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face about Islam — and Themselves. Lee Camp is Professor of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics [...]
Professor LaGrand to present Faith & History Lecture
Posted in Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Next Tuesday, November 1, Messiah College Department of History will present our second annual Faith & History Lecture. Professor James LaGrand will speak on the subject of “Considerations of a (somewhat) Calvinist historian,” discussing some of the influences on him as a Christian and a historian including both his roots in the Calvinist tradition and [...]
Christine Kelly on the Religious Right
Posted in American History, Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia, Student Activities, Student Research on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, Christine Kelly presented an excellent senior honors thesis (“From Separatism to Activism: The Political Life of Jerry Falwell and the Making of the Moral Majority”) examining the emergence of the religious right in modern American history. Her focus was the late Reverend Jerry Falwell and how his political activism from the early 1980s coincided [...]
Revolution in the Middle East: Crisis or Opportunity?
Posted in Anne Marie Stoner-Eby, Middle East, PACS, Public Lectures and Symposia on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 2nd, 7:00-8:00 pm in Parmer Cinema Join Joyce Davis and Medhi Noorbaksh for a dialogue on the unfolding events in the Middle East. Joyce and Medhi will share about the causes of the Egyptian revolution (history, background, US/Israel ties) as well as speculation into the future of the region and it’s implications for American [...]
Today at the Messiah College Humanities Symposium
Posted in Events, Public Lectures and Symposia on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I hope you are enjoying this year’s symposium. Monday was a big day for the History Department as we sponsored two events. In the afternoon, we heard presentations by five Messiah College History Majors on the impact of historic power and fame on friendships. Then we returned in the evening for a vibrant panel discussion [...]
