Thursday, 04 Apr 2024
Beyond Ecocriticism: Environmental Humanities in the Age of Climate Crisis
The 2024 Donald R. Benson Memorial Lecture, “Beyond Ecocriticism: Environmental Humanities in the Age of Climate Crisis,†will be delivered by Hunter Vaughan, senior research associate and associate professor, from 6â€"7:30 p.m. Thursday, April, 4, in Curtiss Hall. Light refreshments will be served.Vaughan is an environmental media scholar and a cultural historian at the University of Cambridge. He has done innovative...
Donald R. Benson Memorial Lecture: Beyond Ecocriticism: Environmental Humanities in the Age of Climate Crisis
Join the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities as we welcome Dr. Hunter Vaughn, Senior Research Associate and Associate Professor from the University of Cambridge, for the Donald R. Benson Memorial Lecture.
Flipping the Table on Christian Nationalism
John Pavlovitz is a writer, pastor, activist, and storyteller from Wake Forest, North Carolina. Over the past decade, his thought-provoking blog, Stuff That Needs to Be Said, has reached a diverse worldwide audience with over one hundred million views. A twenty-five-year veteran in the trenches of local church ministry, Pavlovitz is committed to equality, diversity, and justiceâ€"both inside and outside faith communities.John's...
Lifting for the Health of It: Beyond Chalk Dust and Weight Belts
Dr. Stuart Phillips is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a member of the School of Medicine at McMaster University in Canada. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. Dr. Phillips' work centers on the interaction of exercise/physical activity, aging, and nutrition in skeletal muscle and body composition. Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)...