Cyndi Gusler, associate professor of Visual and Communication Arts, presents at the January Colloquium lecture.  She shares from  her sabbatical work focusing on using discarded and eco-friendly materials to create art.  The lecture and Q&A time are followed by the opening of her show “Disintegration” in the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery .

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The monthly Colloquium lectures are planned and sponsored by the office of the provost.  Contact provost@emu.edu for more info.

 Jan. 25, 2012 Cyndi Gusler Colloquium [45:52] Play Now | Play in Popup

D.r Peter Stromberg, professor of anthropology at the University of Tulsa, presents ‘Entertainment and Shadow Values in Contemporary Society. The lecture is followed by a time for Q & A.  The monthly Colloquium lectures are planned and sponsored by the office of the provost.  Contact provost@emu.edu for more info.

 October 26, 2011 Peter Stromberg Colloquium [1:01:08] Play Now | Play in Popup

Dr. Courtney Bender, associate professor of Religion, Columbia University presents the last of this year’s monthly Colloquium lectures with her lecture entitled “Spirituality in the American Grain: From Shoveling Fog to Power Spots.”  The lecture is followed by a time for Q & A.  The monthly Colloquium lectures are planned and sponsored by the office of the provost.  Contact provost@emu.edu for more info.

 March 16, 2011 University Colloquium Play Now | Play in Popup

Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation, professor of Theology presents the monthly Colloquium lecture, focusing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

The thesis of this lecture is two-fold. First, contrary to the prevailing assumptions, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was not arrested, imprisoned or executed because of involvement in plots to kill Hitler. Second, it is more accurate to say that he was arrested, imprisoned and executed because of the grace-filled, costly discipleship about which he wrote and which he consistently lived from 1932 to his death on April 9, 1945.

This lecture is a summary of a book in which Mark and two of his former students, Anthony Siegrist and Dan Umbel, are writing, to be published next year by Baker Academic Press. Of the many books published on Bonhoeffer, this is the first one to make the argument stated above. If its argument is convincing, this book will call for a re-examination of the received wisdom regarding the ongoing legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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 February 23, 2011 Mark Thiessen Nation Colloquium Play Now | Play in Popup

Dr. Luann Good Gingrich presents in the University Colloquium series.  Her presentation is on “Work and hope: Transnational livelihoods, Mennonites from Mexico, and social exclusion”

Dr. Good, a 1982 EMU alumna, is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at York University, Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Good is currently the principal investigator of a three-year study of social inclusion and exclusion, and the experience of “choice” for migrant women from Mexico and Guatemala working in agriculture in Canada.

 January 27, 2011 University Colloquium Play Now | Play in Popup

Dr. Laura Powers from the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance at USAID, presents the University Colloquium lecture in Martin Chapel.

 December 1, 2010 Dr. Laura Powers University Colloquium Address Play Now | Play in Popup

Second in this year’s University Colloquium Series, Dr. Jerry Holsopple, Professor of Visual & Communication Arts, presents on his  2009-2010 sabbatical in Lithuania.  He shares some of his theological reflections that have grown out of his experience writing icons in the Orthodox church.

Dr. Jerry Holsopple received his B.S. degree from Eastern Mennonite University, M.Div. from Mennonite Biblical Seminary and his Ph.D. from European Graduate School.

Take a look at Jerry’s blog to see some of the images and read further reflections from his sabbatical:

http://emu.edu/blog/intothewindow/

 October 27, 2010 Jerry Holsopple University Colloquium [1:23:20] Play Now | Play in Popup

Nathan Wright completes the 2009-10 University Colloquium Series with his Reflections on Religious Change and Persistence from the Mormon Story.  Dr. Fred Kniss, provost, introduces Wright,  Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bryn Mawr College.  Outside the Mormon church, Wright is one of the Nation’s leading experts on belief and practice within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint.

The University Colloquium, an ongoing series of cross-disciplinary conversations geared to enhance intellectual community at EMU, is intended to be a conversation engaging the entire university. All faculty, staff, and students are invited.

The lectures are followed by opportunity for Q&A and informal conversation over a light reception.

 March 24, 2010--Colloquium presentation by Nathan Wright [1:21:40] Play Now | Play in Popup

Dr. J. Mark Ramseyer continues the University Colloquium Series with a talk on “Why Don’t Japanese Sue?  Traffic Accidents, Universal Health Insurance and Malpractice.” Dr. Fred Kniss, provost, introduces Dr. Ramseyer,  Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.

The University Colloquium, an ongoing series of cross-disciplinary conversations geared to enhance intellectual community at EMU, is intended to be a conversation engaging the entire university. All faculty, staff, and students are invited.

The lectures are followed by opportunity for Q&A and informal conversation over a light reception.

 February 24, 2010 University Colloqium-Dr. J. Mark Ramseyer [1:19:41] Play Now | Play in Popup