NEW! You don’t have to wait until January to learn from leading thinkers in a variety of fields! This summer, you can access three online-only lectures that aim to cultivate deep thought and conversations about important issues of the day.
One lecture will be released at 12:00 p.m. EST on three Wednesdays in July: July 12, July 19, and July 26. Simply click the Watch Now button to tune in, and then check back in September for the full line up of speakers for January 2024.
Jennifer Holberg
January Series in July: Jennifer Holberg (Week 1)
Wednesday, July 12
Jennifer L. Holberg is the chair of the English department at Calvin University, where she has been on faculty since 1998. She co-directs the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing, which “endeavors to create spaces wherein people from many faith traditions are welcomed warmly, listened to with respect and generosity, and inspired to deeper engagement with the common good.” Among its many initiatives, the Center’s signature event is the Festival of Faith and Writing, held every other year. Holberg’s first book, published by Eerdmans, was an edited collection of speeches and interviews from the Festival, entitled Shouts and Whispers: Twenty-One Writers Speak About Their Writing and Their Faith. Shouts and Whispers, which received a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly. Her interest in the intersections of faith and literature also shows up in her biweekly contributions as one of the regular writers at the Reformed Journal, a blog about contemporary issues through a Reformed Christian lens.
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Kevin Timpe
January Series in July: Kevin Timpe (Week 2)
Wednesday, July 19
Kevin Timpe has the William H. Jellema Chair in Christian Philosophy at Calvin University since 2016, specializing in free will, philosophy of disability, and virtue ethics. He has written or edited 11 books, as well as over 60 articles in journals or edited collections. He is currently working on a book on embodiment and another on ways that disabilities impact human agency. He has also been a visiting professor at Calvin Theological Seminary, Innsbruck University, and Peking University; and was a research fellow at Oxford University.
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Matt Heun & Kate van Liere
January Series in July: Matt Heun & Kate van Liere (Week3)
Wednesday, July 26
Kate van Liere and Matt Heun are both recipients of the Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching at Calvin University. They are both on a mission to inspire students to dream big. In this talk, the professors discuss together their different teaching styles and what they’ve learned in the classroom.
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