Gaede Institute | Lectures & Discussions Archive: Spring 2023

The Culture and Nature of the Maya Forest
Featuring Master Maya Forest Gardener Narcisco Torres, Garifuna Nation Ambassador Cynthia Ellis Topsey and Ix Xaman Felicita Cantun

Friday, January 13, 6:00 PM
Sponsored by Political Science, History, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, and Modern Languages
Refreshments Provided

Film Friday: MLK/FBI
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, January 13, 6:30 PM
Porter Theatre

"The Gavel Was a Brass [Redacted]": On the Evils of Historic All-Male Psychology Societies with Some Lessons for Modern Psychology 
Dr. Elissa Rodkey | Crandall University 

Wednesday, January 25, 3:30 PM
Winter 106
Mask Required

Mechanizing Ourselves to Death: The Human Soul and Cultural Disillusionment
Brandon Rickabaugh, PhD 

Monday, January 30
7:30 PM, GLC Simmons Center
Dallas Willard Research Center Lecture

What Does it Mean to be Human? 
Carl Trueman, PhD

Thursday, February 9, 4:00 PM
GLC Simmons Center 
Sponsored by Psychology, Religious Studies, and The Office of the President

Global Warming and Galileo 
Dr. Louise Ko Huang | Azusa Pacific University 

Friday, February 10, 3:30 PM
Winter 210

Film Friday: Red Tails
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, February 10, 6:30 PM
Adams 216
Rescheduled: Friday, February 17, 6:30 PM (Adams 216)

The Film Within a Play: Celebrating Santa Barbara's Flying  A Studios on Stage
John Blondell | Westmont College 

Thursday, February 16, 5:30 PM
Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Westmont Downtown Lecture

Relational Spirituality: A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation 
Dr. Todd Hall and Dr. Elizabeth Hall | Truett Seminary at Baylor
DWRC 2022 Book Award Winner

Wednesday, February 22, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sponsored by Provost’s Office

On Love & Lynching: Racial Violence and Its Black Christian Opponents 
Malcolm Foley | Truett Seminary at Baylor

Thursday, March 23, 3:30 PM
Page MPR
Sponsored by Sociology/Anthropology, Provost’s Office, and Campus Pastor’s Office

Film Friday: Imitation of Life
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, March 24, 6:30 PM
Adams 216

Will Your Faith Survive Your Justice?
James E Bruce | John Brown University
Sponsored by Philosophy and Political Science

Monday, March 27, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge

A Conversation with Reverend Albert Tate: How We Love Matters
Rev. Albert Tate | Fellowship Church
Sponsored by Philosophy and Political Science

Friday, March 31, 3:30 PM
Page MPR

Plant-Based Diets Panel & Discussion
Featuring Faculty and Student Speakers 

Wednesday, April 12, 4:00 PM
GLC Simmons Center

Music As Theology: A Lecture-Recital of J.S. Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)
Daniel Gee | Westmont College 
Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture

Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 PM
GLC Simmons Center

Care in Times of Crisis: Suicide and Emotions in Medieval England
Rebecca F. McNamara | Westmont College 

Thursday, April 13, 5:30 PM
Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Westmont Downtown Lecture

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Film Friday: The Help
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, April 28, 6:30 PM
Porter Theatre