IBM ENDOWED LECTURE SERIES
Sept. 19, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Bayley Auditorium,
Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center
DR. MARCIA MCNUTT
“Climate Change: Impact on the Living Ocean”
Marcia McNutt’s research ranges from studies of ocean island volcanism in French Polynesia to continental break-up in the Western United States. She has participated in 15 major oceanographic expeditions and has published 90 peer-reviewed scientific articles. McNutt’s honors and awards include membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been honored as the Scientist of the Year from the ARCS Foundation.
FRED R. LEVENTHAL FAMILY ENDOWED LECTURE SERIES
Oct. 10, 2007, 7:30 p.m. - HPERC
MS. BRIGITTE GABRIEL
“Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic
Terrorism Warns America”
With a passion and vigor hailing directly from profound experience - the opening salvos of Islamic jihad toward the Western world in the Middle East - Brigitte Gabriel offers a poignant account of a remarkable upbringing. A native of South Lebanon, she survived the first attack of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. Fiercely articulate and passionately committed, Gabriel outlines mistakes the West has made in underestimating the single-mindedness with which radical Islamists have pursued their goals for the past 30 years. A political hawk on international policy, she discusses the threat of radical Islam to world peace and national security. Note: No book bags, back packs or large purses will be permitted in the HPERC Arena during the lecture.
KENNETH H. SAUER LUTHER SYMPOSIUM
Oct. 29, 2007, 7:30 p.m. - Weaver Chapel
DR. MARK SWANSON
“A Lutheran Perspective on Islam”
The Rev. Dr. Mark Swanson is Professor of Christian-Muslim Studies and Interfaith Relations at The Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Most recently he served as associate professor of Christian History and Islamic studies and director of the Islamic Studies Program at Luther Seminary. Swanson taught for 14 years at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt, and holds a doctorate from the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome. Swanson’s writings include numerous articles on the Arabic Christian theological and churchly heritage, especially as it relates to Islam.