Gaede Institute | Lectures & Discussions Archive: Spring 2022

Spring 2022 Public Events

	Epidemics and Healing in the World of the Bible Rick Hess \| Denver Seminary Thursday, January 27, 5pm Winter 210 Erasmus Lecture
	Book Launch: The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo Caryn Reeder \| Westmont College Thursday, February 10, 7pm GLC Simmons Center Gender Studies Lecture
	Photography and Poetry: Against My Will Randy VanderMey \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Thursday, February 17, 5:30-7pm Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop (CAW) 631 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Westmont Downtown Lecture
	Hive, Tribe, and Shadow: Finding Meaning in a Market World Blakey Vermeule \| Stanford University Watch the recording here Wednesday, February 23, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Teaching Empathy: The Liberal Arts in a Post-Truth, For-Profit Age Molly Worthen \| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Watch the recording here Thursday, February 24, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Argument and Philosophy Trenton Merricks \| University of Virginia Wednesday, March 9, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture
	Generative Dialogue: Responding to and Framing Moments, Situations, and Communities Holly Shelton \| University of Washington Tuesday, March 22, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture Metaphors are part of everyday life, and metaphoric language establishes frameworks for understanding what is happening in any given situation, who is communicating, and what appropriate responses might be. Using materials from the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, we’ll discuss principles that can help communities process events in healthy ways and coordinate actions within and across communities for greater hope.
	"What Are Churches For?" A Public Deliberation sponsored by the Westmont Center for Thriving Communities Churches can be many things: houses of worship, sites of learning, places for connection, hubs of service, and more. What's most important? What might God be calling your church to be, right here and now? Join us for guided round-table conversation based on leading models of healthy group dialogue. Come as an individual, or bring a group from your church. Register for free. Thursday, March 24, 7-9pm GLC Simmons Center
	"What Are You Going to Do With That?": Panel Westmont College Tuesday, March 29, April 5; 12:15-1pm Lower DC Lawn
	A House Dividing: Why White Christian Nationalism is Everyone's Problem Sam Perry \| University of Oklahoma Watch the recording here Monday, April 4, 7-8:30pm GLC Simmons Center Sociology & Anthropology, Political Science, and Communication Studies Lecture
	The Inspirational Pursuit of Environmental and Climate Justice David Pellow \| University of California, Santa Barbara Wednesday, April 6, 12:45-1:45pm Winter 216 Sociology & Anthropology and Biological Studies Lecture
	Lifestyle Medicine as a Liberal Arts Approach to Health Sara Johnson \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Friday, April 8, 3:30pm Winter 210 Biology Department Lecture
	Panel: The Difference the Liberal Arts Makes Westmont College Tuesday, April 12, 12:15-1pm Lower DC Lawn Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Devotional Songs of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Christians of the Mexican Sierra Madre Grey Brothers \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Tuesday, April 12, 7pm GLC Simmons Center Phi Kappa Phi Lecture
	Beyond Black and White: Racial Reconciliation after 1992 Los Angeles Jane Hong \| Occidental College Watch the recording here Tuesday, April 19, 3:30-5pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture
	Making Music in the Age of Covid: Challenges, Opportunities, Risks and Meaning Michael Shasberger \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Wednesday, April 20, 5:30-7pm Grayson Building, Westmont Downtown 29 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Westmont Downtown Lecture

	Epidemics and Healing in the World of the Bible Rick Hess \| Denver Seminary Thursday, January 27, 5pm Winter 210 Erasmus Lecture
	Book Launch: The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo Caryn Reeder \| Westmont College Thursday, February 10, 7pm GLC Simmons Center Gender Studies Lecture
	Photography and Poetry: Against My Will Randy VanderMey \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Thursday, February 17, 5:30-7pm Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop (CAW) 631 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Westmont Downtown Lecture
	Hive, Tribe, and Shadow: Finding Meaning in a Market World Blakey Vermeule \| Stanford University Watch the recording here Wednesday, February 23, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Teaching Empathy: The Liberal Arts in a Post-Truth, For-Profit Age Molly Worthen \| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Watch the recording here Thursday, February 24, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Argument and Philosophy Trenton Merricks \| University of Virginia Wednesday, March 9, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture
	Generative Dialogue: Responding to and Framing Moments, Situations, and Communities Holly Shelton \| University of Washington Tuesday, March 22, 3:30pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture Metaphors are part of everyday life, and metaphoric language establishes frameworks for understanding what is happening in any given situation, who is communicating, and what appropriate responses might be. Using materials from the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, we’ll discuss principles that can help communities process events in healthy ways and coordinate actions within and across communities for greater hope.
	"What Are Churches For?" A Public Deliberation sponsored by the Westmont Center for Thriving Communities Churches can be many things: houses of worship, sites of learning, places for connection, hubs of service, and more. What's most important? What might God be calling your church to be, right here and now? Join us for guided round-table conversation based on leading models of healthy group dialogue. Come as an individual, or bring a group from your church. Register for free. Thursday, March 24, 7-9pm GLC Simmons Center
	"What Are You Going to Do With That?": Panel Westmont College Tuesday, March 29, April 5; 12:15-1pm Lower DC Lawn
	A House Dividing: Why White Christian Nationalism is Everyone's Problem Sam Perry \| University of Oklahoma Watch the recording here Monday, April 4, 7-8:30pm GLC Simmons Center Sociology & Anthropology, Political Science, and Communication Studies Lecture
	The Inspirational Pursuit of Environmental and Climate Justice David Pellow \| University of California, Santa Barbara Wednesday, April 6, 12:45-1:45pm Winter 216 Sociology & Anthropology and Biological Studies Lecture
	Lifestyle Medicine as a Liberal Arts Approach to Health Sara Johnson \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Friday, April 8, 3:30pm Winter 210 Biology Department Lecture
	Panel: The Difference the Liberal Arts Makes Westmont College Tuesday, April 12, 12:15-1pm Lower DC Lawn Conversations on the Liberal Arts at Westmont
	Devotional Songs of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Christians of the Mexican Sierra Madre Grey Brothers \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Tuesday, April 12, 7pm GLC Simmons Center Phi Kappa Phi Lecture
	Beyond Black and White: Racial Reconciliation after 1992 Los Angeles Jane Hong \| Occidental College Watch the recording here Tuesday, April 19, 3:30-5pm GLC Simmons Center Erasmus Lecture
	Making Music in the Age of Covid: Challenges, Opportunities, Risks and Meaning Michael Shasberger \| Westmont College Watch the recording here Wednesday, April 20, 5:30-7pm Grayson Building, Westmont Downtown 29 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Westmont Downtown Lecture