October 12-15, 2005
"Christianity, America and the Problem of Empire"
Held in conjunction
with the MSU American Studies Fall Conference
"America and the Problem of Empire"
The Conference
will be held at the Kellogg Center Auditorium,
Michigan State University, South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan.
The 2005 key
note presenter for the ISCC will be Dr. Max Stackhouse.
Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton Seminary's Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor
of Reformed Theology and Public Life, is director of the Seminary's Kuyper
Center for Public Theology.
Also presenting
will be Dr. Richard Gamble.
Dr. Gamble is Associate Professor of History at Palm Beach Atlantic University
and the author of “The War for Righteousness.”
The
2005 Speaker for American Studies will be Dr. Michael Denning.
Michael Denning is William R. Kenan Jr.
Professor of American Studies. He is the author of Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America (1987); Cover
Stories: Narrative and Ideology in the British Spy Thriller (1987); The
Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century (1997);
and Culture in the Age of Three Worlds (2004). He has taught graduate
courses on cultural theory, social movements, and twentieth-century cultural
history, and is currently leading a working group on globalization and culture.
Also Dr. Melani
McAlister.
Associate Professor
of American Studies and International Affairs at George Washington University,
Dr. McAlister is the author of
Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests in the Middle East
since 1945 (rev. ed. 2005); "Black
Islam and African American Cultural Politics” in Faith
in the Market: Religion, Urban Identities, and Consumer Culture, John
Giggie and Diane Winston, eds.;
and
"Prophecy and Politics: Left Behind and Christian Evangelicalism's New World
Order" in Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture, Rebecca
Stein, ed.
She is currently working on a study of the global visions of American evangelicals.
And Prof. Joel
Bakan.
Writer and director Joel Bakan will be speaking and answering moderated
questions on his recent film, "THE CORPORATION."
Our thanks to David Stowe, Director of American Studies at Michigan State University, for his assistance in coordinating the MSU American Studies Conference with the ISCC Conference.
The entire conference schedule is listed below. The sessions are open to the public. The Registration Fee ($35; $25 for students) covers a Wine and Cheese Reception on Friday Evening, lunch on Saturday, and a conference packet with speaker abstracts.
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MSU
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Wednesday, October 12 |
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7:00 p.m. Wells Hall |
Screening of the film THE CORPORATION |
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Thursday, October 13 |
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7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Lincoln Room |
Keynote by Dr. Michael Denning, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American Studies, Yale University "Representing Global Labor in the Age of Imperialism:" an exploration of the ways in which the imagination of a global labor force takes shape in the era of imperialism.
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Friday, October 14 |
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9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Auditorium |
Panel response to Dr. Michael Denning Lisa Fine -
Panelist, Department of History, Michigan State University |
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Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Q & A with
Joel Bakan, writer/director of THE CORPORATION and
Professor, the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law |
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2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Auditorium |
Dr. Melani McAlister, Associate Professor of American Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University "Are Christians Persecuted? The Global Visions of American Evangelicals" |
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"Christianity, America and the Problem of Empire" |
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Friday, October 14 (Cont'd) |
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7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Auditorium |
Dr. Max Stackhouse, Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of Reformed Theology and Public Life, Princeton Seminary "Christianity and the Globalization of a Faith-Based Ethics" will assess the major modes of moral discourse on the topic, outline the major alternative perspectives, and indicate what Professor Stackhouse considers the most faithful and compelling perspective on a global ethic might be. |
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Following Dr. Stackhouse's lecture
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Wine and Cheese Reception hosted by the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture |
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Saturday, October 15 |
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9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Auditorium |
Panel response to Max Stackhouse James K. A. Smith - Moderator/panelist, Associate
Professor of Philosophy, Calvin
College |
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12:30
-2:00 p.m.
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Lunch |
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2:00 -3:30 p.m. Auditorium |
"War for Righteousness" lecture given by Richard Gamble, Associate Professor of History, Palm Beach Atlantic University Panel response moderated by Sam Thomas, Professor of History, Michigan State University Hal Bush -
Panelist, Associate
Professor of English, Saint
Louis University
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