Dean of Seaver College
W. David baird Distinguished Lecture Series
Pepperdine University's Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences is proud to present the 2009-2010 Dean's Lecture Series. All events will be held in the Elkins Auditorium. 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
| 2009-2010 |
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Cornel West
"An Evening with Dr. Cornel West" |
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - W.S. Merwin
"An Evening of Poetry with Pulitzer Prize-winner W.S. Merwin" |
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - Ronald Numbers
"Antievolutionism in America"
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Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m. - John Paul Lederach
"The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace" |
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 7:00 p.m. - Lester Holt
"The Democratization of Journalism" |
| 2008-2009 |
Monday, September 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - Professor Jonathan Weiner
"The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" |
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - Mr. James West
"Spirituality and Religion: "A Cheyenne Family Story" |
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Martha Nussbaum
"Not for Profit: A Defense of Liberal Education" |
Monday, March 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Phillip Jenkins
"The Lost History of Christianity" |
| 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 |
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