Julia Spicher Kasdorf will be the featured speaker during the Justice Lectures on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 3:30 p.m., and at 7 p.m., in Martin Chapel in the Seminary building.
Spicher Kasdorf is an associate professor of English and women’s studies at Penn State University. She will address “Water: Mother of Many Names,” at the 3:30 p.m. session and “Mightier than the Sword: Martyrs Mirror in the New World” at the 7 p.m. session.
Kirsten Beachy, assistant professor English, will be the respondent for the first session and Mary Sprunger, professor of history, will be the respondent for the second session.
The event is free and open to the public. The forum is sponsored by the department of Bible and religion and the department of language and literature at EMU and the Center for Interfaith Engagement.