Killeen Chair Lecture Archive - St. Norbert College

The Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy is a resource that underscores the importance of theology and philosophy in a Catholic liberal arts education and highlights the commitment of St. Norbert College to provide an education that is personally, intellectually and spiritually challenging.

Lecture Archive

2011-2012 Lecture Series
September 22, 2011	“Born This Way”: The Political and Personal Challenges of American Religious Pluralism Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Flake
October 11, 2011	Musica del Cielo: Sacred Music of Spain and the New World Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department
November 10, 2011	Religious Diversity–A Challenge to Political Philosophy and Democratic Politics Speaker: Dr. Robert Audi
February 23, 2012	Fundraising, Youth Groups, and “Sushi” Muslims: The Formatting of Islam in America Speaker: Dr. Martyn Smith
March 22, 2012	Truth as Practice: Alternative Conceptions of Religious Truth and the Problem of Religious Disagreement Speakers: Dr. Mara Brecht and Dr. Tanya Randle
2010-2011 Lecture Series	Music - Expression and Revelation
October 12, 2010	An Evening of Norbertine Sacred Music Performed by the St. Norbert College Music Department
November 4, 2010	Modes of Revelation: Music as Symbol and Experience Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Higgins
March 24, 2011	"Down in Adoration Falling" - Music, the Sacred and Worship Speaker: Fr. Jan Michael Joncas
2009-2010 Lecture Series	Women in a Special Place: Women and the Norbertine Liberal Arts Experience
October 13, 2009	"Most Pleasing in Christ:" Premonstratensian Sisters in the Middle Ages Speaker: Shelley Wolbrink
November 5, 2009	Jane Addams' Struggles with the Life of Art and the Art of Life Speaker: Charlene Haddock Seigfried
April 8, 2010	We Were the Change: The Stories of Women From the First Coeducational Classes of St. Norbert College Speaker: Panel discussion of St. Norbert College women alumni
2008-2009 Lecture Series	Sacred Spaces: Marking the Extra/Ordinary
April 14, 2009	The Athenian Acropolis: In What Sense a Holy Rock? Speaker: Mary Beard
March 26, 2009	Reflections on the (Im)Possibility of Virtuality as a Sacred Space Speaker: Lucas Introna
Feb. 19, 2009	Shadowed Ground, Sacred Place: Reflections on Violence, Tragedy, Memorials and Public Commemorative Rituals Speaker: Kenneth Foote
Nov. 13, 2008	Sacred Groves and the Diversity of Life Speaker: Sahotra Sarkar
Oct. 7, 2008	Abbot Bernard H. Pennings (1861-1955): Revealing the Man Behind the Image Speaker: Jean van Stratum
Sept. 25, 2008	The Sacred and the Secular at Machu Picchu, Peru Speaker: Richard L. Burger

2007-2008 Lecture Series	Living Responsibly in a Culture of Fear
April 10, 2008	Unmasking, Analyzing and Confronting a Culture of Fear: Terror of Mind and Spirit Speaker: Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Ph.D.
March 12, 2008	Exorcising Political Spectres with the Aid of Marx, Sartre and Derrida Speaker: William L. McBride
Feb. 28, 2008	An Ethic of Risk in a Culture of Fear Speaker: Scott Bader-Saye
Nov. 15, 2007	From Fright to Fight: How Fear Drives Us to Wage Wars on Everything Speaker: Pat McCormick
Oct. 25, 2007	The Moral Vocabulary of Fear Speaker: Corey Robin
Oct. 9, 2007	Ordo caritatis: The Ordering of Love in the 12th Century Speaker: Bernard McGinn
Sept. 20, 2007	Fear Rules: What is Distinctive About 21st Century Fear? Speaker: Frank Furedi

2006-2007 Lecture Series	Reconciliation, Truth, Solidarity and Dialogue in a Divided World
Sept. 7, 2006	Memory, Truth and Reconciliation Speaker: Miroslav Volf
Oct. 10, 2006	Augustine, the Canonical Tradition and the Liberal Arts Speaker: Carol Neel
Oct. 19, 2006	Human Solidarity in Justice, Truth and Dialogue: Reconciliation in a Divided World Speaker: Anselm K. Min
Feb. 15, 2007	Reconciliation as a Means to Overcoming Polarization Speaker: Robert Schreiter
Mar. 13, 2007	Justice and the Voices of Women: Steps Toward Reconciliation Speaker: Susan Ross
Apr. 12, 2007	The Land of Unlikeness: Explorations into Reconciliation Speaker: David Stevens
2005-2006 Lecture Series	Remembering for the Future: Narratives of Truthfulness and Hope
Apr. 20, 2006	Truth in Memoirs Speaker: Kyoko Mori
Mar. 23, 2006	Mi Dios: Latinas Stories of God Speaker: Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
Feb. 16, 2006	How Does a Nation Confess its Sins? Memory, War and the Blood-soaked Soil Speaker: Charles Pinches
Nov. 10, 2005	The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By Speaker: Dan McAdams
Oct. 26, 2005	Narrating Pain: Mourning, Catharsis and Rebirth Speaker: Richard Kearney
Oct. 3, 2005	Emotions, Memory, Narrativity, and "Bad Faith" Speaker: Robert Solomon
2004-2005 Lecture Series	God and Popular Culture: Exploring the Images of the Divine
Apr. 18, 2005	Waking Life Speaker: Darin Davis
Mar. 15, 2005	Wisdom, Indeterminacy and Conversation Speaker: D.Z. Philips
Feb. 3, 2005	The Wisdom of American Political Life: Can it be Sustained? Speaker: David Solomon
Nov. 15, 2004	Jazz and Human Transformation Speaker: Tom Reynolds, Bruce Tychinski, Karlyn Crowley
Oct. 29, 2004	Sensorium - Art Exhibit and Reception Speaker: Fr. James Neilson, Donald Taylor, Wiliam Bohné, Brian Pirman
Oct. 19, 2004	Reading Homer, or: Everything I Need to Know About American Religion I Learned from The Simpsons Speaker: Eric Mazur
Oct. 4, 2004	Movies from the Dark Side: Cinematic Journeys to Depth Speaker: John Neary
Sept. 20, 2004	Finding God at the Airport Mall: New Intersections of Religion and Popular Culture Speaker: Kate McCarthy