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Distinguished Lecture Series

Pepperdine University's Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences is proud to present the 2006-2007 Dean's Lecture Series. All events will be held in the Smothers Theatre.  As a service to our community, we have made the past events available in our streaming video archives.

The Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible through the support of the Seaver College Board of Visitors, the Seaver Parents Association, and other special friends of the college.

Event Schedule

2007-2008
Monday, September 17, 2007, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Stephen G. Post
"Why Good Things Happen to Good People"
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, TBD - Dr. Kenneth Miller
"Darwin and Christian Faith"
Tuesdsay, November 27, 2007, 7:00 p.m. - Professor Tobias Wolff
"The Lies of Memoir, the Truth of Fiction"
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Marianne M. Jennings
"What Makes Really Smart and Good People Do Really Dumb and Unethical Things"
Monday, March 24, 2008, 7 p.m. - Dr. Charlotte Canning
"A Yankee Hamlet in the European Court:  U.S. Theatre and Cold War Foreign Policy"
Friday, April 11, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - Dr. Mark Noll
TBD - Reed Lecture sponsored by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society

 

2006-2007
Monday, September 18, 2006, 2:00 p.m. - U.S. Senator John Kerry
(topic to be determined)
Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Leonard Shlain
"The Alphabet Versus The Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image"
Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Richard A. Muller
"Military Secrets of the Oceans, Atmosphere, and UFOs"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 7:00 p.m. - Ms. Myrlie Evers-Williams & Mr. Jerry Mitchell
"Stories of Justice and Redemption from Mississippi"

 

2005-2006
September 29, 2005 - Mr. Jack Hanna
"Going Wild for Wildlife"
October 10, 2005 - Dr. Stephen Weathers
"The (Other) Good Confession: 'I Was Wrong'"
October 27, 2005 - Dr. Elaine Richardson
"Lil Kim, Hiphop Womanhood, and Speak in the Truth"
January 8 & 9, 2006 - Dr. J.G.D. Dunn
"Jesus Remembered (The Making of Christianity)"
January 24, 2006 - Dr. Neal Lane
"America's Future in Science and Technology - Some Storm Clouds on the Horizon"
March 21, 2006 - Dr. Os Guinness
"Can Freedom Last Forever? - The Framers' Forgotten Question And How We Are Doing Today"

 

2005
January 9, 2005 - Dr. N.T. Wright
"The Challenge of Following Jesus in the Twenty-first Century"
January 10, 2005 - Dr. N.T. Wright
"The Challenge of Following Jesus in the Twenty-first Century"
January 11, 2005- Dr. N.T. Wright
"The Challenge of Following Jesus in the Twenty-first Century"
January 24, 2005- Dr. David G. Myers
"The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness"
February 14, 2005 - Mr. David Leeson
"Finding Your Mission"
March 21, 2005 - Dr. Carrie Haslett
"American Masters and their European Muses: 1870-1950"
April 11, 2005 - Dr. Nancey Murphy
"Neuroscience and the Soul"

 

2004
January 11, 2004 - Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson
"Learning the Human Jesus: History and/or Literature?"
January 12, 2004 - Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson
"Learning the Living Jesus: Discipleship in the Church"
January 29, 2004 - Dr. William Cronon
"Telling Tales on Canvas: Landscapes of Frontier Change"
February 16, 2004 - Dr. Kenneth G. Elzinga
"Microsoft and the Chicago School of Economics: Is Antitrust Obsolete?"
March 8, 2004 - Kathleen Norris
"Shaping the Life that Matters"
March 30, 2004 - Dr. Roland Fryer
"What Price Diversity? The Economics and Ethics of Affirmative Action"
September 07, 2004 - D'Esta L. Love
"Introducing the Pepperdine Voyage Project"
September 14, 2004 - Jerry Rushford
"The History of Pepperdine"
September 27, 2004 - Dr. Rick Marrs and  Dr. Ken Durham
"The History of The Churches of Christ"
October 11, 2004 - Dr. Andrew K. Benton

 

2003
February 10, 2003 - Laura Skandera Trombley
March 6, 2003 - Robert Bellah
March 18, 2003 - Allen Fox, John Naber, Ryne Sandberg and Paul Westphal
March 25, 2003 - Professor Glenn McGee

 

2002
January 17, 2002 - Barbara Boxer
January 28, 2002 - George Azar
February 18, 2002 - Lero D. Baca, L.A. County Sheriff
March 18, 2002 - Luis Lugo
April 8, 2002 - Dr. Milefi Kete Asante

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