Dicky Sofjan, a professor from the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies at Gadjah Mada University, will present the 2023 Yoder Public Affairs Lecture, “Muslim Cosmopolitanism: A Personal History'' on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
Philip Metres, a poet, translator, scholar and Guggenheim Fellowship winner and author of "Shrapnel Maps," will present a virtual GC Talk, sponsored by the Yoder Public Affairs Lecture Series, titled "The Place Where Peace and Justice Meet in Palestine/Israel" on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
Ryan Claassen Ph.D., a 1994 Goshen College alumnus and professor at Kent State University, will present the 2016 Yoder Public Affairs lecture at Goshen College, titled “Godless Democrats and Pious Republicans? Party Activists, Party Capture and the 'God Gap’” on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
The Reverend David Myers, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will present the 2016 Yoder Public Affairs lecture at Goshen College, titled “Blowing Down Fences, Making Good Neighbors: Interfaith and Intercultural Collaboration in Disasters” on Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Church-Chapel.
Mike Tidwell, author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Hurricane Katrina disaster in his 2003 book “Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast,” will present the 2015 Yoder Public Affairs lecture at Goshen College on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Church-Chapel.
Award-winning novelist and memoirist Reyna Grande will present the 2014 Yoder Public Affairs lecture at Goshen College, titled “Crossing Borders: Immigration and the American Dream,” on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Church-Chapel.
Award-winning journalist and educator Simran Sethi will present a Goshen College Yoder Public Affairs Lecture on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
David Cortright, director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, will present the annual Goshen College Yoder Public Affairs Lecture, titled “The Power of Nonviolence: Lessons from the Unarmed Revolution in Egypt,” on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
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