Author: Julye Bidmead, Ph.D. Wilkinson Review 2013 The full moon is setting over the Jezreel Valley as I begin my 5:00 a.m. daily climb up the steep and rocky terrain to Tel Megiddo. After two months my legs still ache and I fight off the fatigue from a night with too little sleep, but the
Chapman President Jim Doti sits down for an in depth discussion with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel about his book, “Open Heart,” about his recent surgery. This series features compelling talk from today’s leaders in business, science, the arts and more.
Please join us on May 10, 2013, at a celebration to formally dedicate the Athenaeum in honor of our dear friend and colleague Marvin W. Meyer who passed away on August 16 2012. As many of you know Marv was a tireless and longtime advocate for a faculty space and he was thrilled when
Chapman University and the Department of Religious Studies presents, Theta Alpha Kappa Induction, Friday, April 19, 2013 in the The Fish Interfaith Center and Wallace All Faiths Chapel at 4:30 p.m. Theta Alpha Kappa was established in 1976 by Professor Albert Clark at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, for the purpose of honoring
Dean of Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences Patrick Fuery announced a first call for research support through a newly formed grant, CRASsH Funding Support for Projects with Humanitarian and/or Ethical Themes. Funding support is available in two categories: Individual projects (support up to $1000) Group projects (support up to $2,500) Funding can be
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science’s Dean Patrick Fuery would like to invite all Wilkinson College faculty and staff to the Town Hall on Friday, March 1, 2013 in Beckman Hall 104 at 2 p.m. Dean Fuery and the Associate Deans will discuss the future of the college and take questions and
The Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University presents, The Experimental Metaphysics of Free Will, on Thursday, February 28, 2013 starting at 9 a.m. Throughout the day, top scholars will address challenges that the newest findings of Quantum Physics present for our understanding of free will. All sessions are free, open to everyone and will
Dr. Phyllis Herman and Rev. Nancy Brink lead a group of students to India for the January 2013 Interterm course entitled REL 335a – Hinduism and Religions of India. The 17-day trip took place on January 7-24, 2013 with three days of on-campus lectures before they went off to India. The course focused on the
“Silent Witness: Jewish Community Buildings after the Holocaust” will be the topic of the next talk in the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education 2012-2013 lecture series, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Beckman Hall, Room 404. In this illustrated lecture, Jeffrey Koerber, research associate with the Department of History and the
The Gospels of the Marginalized , the final book of the late Professor Marv Meyer, has been released by Cascade Books. Reviewers praise the book, which explores some of the major topics of Meyer’s renowned study and research of ancient Christian texts, for its fresh analysis of the Gospels of Thomas, Mary and Judas.