Paideia College Society Spring 2005 Schedule
Friday Symposium Lecture Series
Collins Learning Center Room 316, Fridays at noon
The Friday Symposium is a weekly, interdisciplinary lecture series on campus sponsored by the DBU philosophy department. It meets for one hour just about every Friday at noon in the Learning Center, room 316. You can bring your lunch and feed both body and mind simultaneously.
The purpose of the Friday Symposium is to stimulate meaningful conversation about topics of classic and contemporary importance, and to do so from the vantage point of Christian conviction. The F.S. features DBU faculty and staff, guest speakers, and students.
So, plan on attending as many Symposium sessions this fall as you can! It is a great opportunity for the entire DBU community to participate in and contribute to the "Great Conversation!"
Eighth Annual Pew/Paideia College Society Student Conference
April 1 - 2, 2005
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Os Guinness
Os Guinness is an author and speaker who lives with his wife Jenny in the Washington D.C. area. Great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War II where his parents were medical missionaries. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, he was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where he was educated in England. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford.
Os has written or edited more than twenty books, including The America Hour, Time for Truth, The Call, Invitation to the Classics, and Long Journey Home. His forthcoming book, Unspeakable: Facing up to evil in a world of genocide and terror will be published by Harper San Francisco in January 2005. Previously, Os was a freelance reporter with the BBC. Since coming to the United States in 1984, he has been a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies and a Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 1986 to 1989, Os served as Executive Director of the Williamsburg Charter Foundation, a bicentennial celebration of the First Amendment. In this position he helped to draft the Williamsburg Charter and co-authored the public school curriculum Living With Our Deepest Differences. From 1991 until earlier this year he was a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, and a frequent speaker and seminar leader at political and business conferences in both the United States and Europe. He has also lectured at many universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Stanford, and has spoken at the White House, Capitol Hill and other public policy arenas around Washington.
As a European visitor to this country and a great admirer but detached observer of American culture today, he stands in the long tradition of outside voices who have contributed so much to America's ongoing discussion about the state of the union.
Dr. Guinness' speaking schedule is as follows:
- Friday, April 1, 10:00 am, Chapel Service, Burg Special Events Center, DBU Campus: "Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror"
- Friday, April 1, 12 noon, Great Hall, Mahler Student Center, DBU Campus: "The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life"
- Saturday, April 2, 11:00 am, Great Hall, Mahler Student Center, DBU Campus: "Can Freedom Last Forever? The Framers' Forgotten Issue and How We Are Doing Today"
- Saturday, April 2, 6:00 pm, International Student Center, DBU Campus (for conference presenters only): "Third Mission to the West: Challenges and Opportunities in Winning Back Our Civilization"
Student Paper Presentations: All paper student paper presentations will be on Saturday, April 2 from 8:30 am until mid-afternoon in the new International Student Center on the DBU campus.
Undergraduate Student Component: Current DBU/PCS students are invited to gain valuable academic experience through the preparation and presentation of a scholarly paper on wide-ranging, interdisciplinary topics in a friendly, supportive environment. Paper length and format: approx. 10-12 pages; 30 minute sessions, 20 minute reading time, 10 minute Q & A.
Graduate Student Component: DBU alumnae now in graduate school and their graduate student contacts are invited and encouraged to participate in this conference for the purposes of providing conference experience, to maintain ties with the PCS community, and to enjoy a mini-reunion with friends and colleagues.
Live in Concert: Billy Crockett: Friday Evening, April 1, 2005, 7:00 pm Rogers BSM Room, Spence Hall
Billy Crockett is a musician's guitar player/song writer and founder of Walking Angel Records. His hit songs, "Love Carrier," "Thankful Boys and Girls," "Song and Dance," "Are You," "Best of Friends," and "Love Waiting" are classics in the realm of music of faith. His concerts have been memorable evenings full of friendship and hope, songs and stories of heartbreak and gratitude. Billy has toured and recorded with Rich Mullins, Sandi Patty, among many others, and has received critical acclaim for his own nine albums. He and his wife, Dodee, live in Dallas.
For more information on Billy Crockett, visit his website!