What's going on this year in the Religion Department and Archaeology Program at Lycoming College?

REL EVENTS!
(Past Events, beginning fall 2001)
Also, check out the REAL events (Religious Exploration at Lycoming)!

Big News for Fall 2007:
              Fall Symposium on the Abrahamic Faiths!
              Check out our new ARCHAEOLOGY COLLOQUIUM (Thursdays at 4:00 pm in C-303)!
               Chinese offered at Lycoming College!

Fall 2007

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Friday September 7th, 8:00 pm, UCM Lounge in Honors Hall:
     Archaeology Movie Night - Enjoy "The Big Dig" and introductions all around!
 

bullet Monday September 10, 7:30 pm, in Heim G-11:
    Fall Symposium on the Abrahamic Faiths - Interfaith Panel featuring:
Marvin Hurwitz, member and former President of Temple Beth HaShalom
Mrs. Zooka Rajjoub, member of the Williamsport Islamic Community
Rev. Ken Weiss, Pastor of First Church of Christ Disciples
     all of the Williamsport Interfaith Council
 
bulletWednesday September 12, 6:00 pm, in Heim G-11:
    Study Abroad Forum!
 
bulletThursday September 13, 11:45 am, in the Jonas Room:
    Theological Professions Advisory Committee Lunch
    For students interested in future Ministry of any kind, a lunch-time get-together.
    Bring up a tray from the cafeteria!
 
bulletWednesday September 19, 7:30 pm, in Heim G-11:
    Fall Symposium on the Abrahamic Faiths - Public Lecture by
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow and renowned journalist Deborah Horan
on "Jerusalem: City of Faith, City of Conflict"!
 
bulletThursday September 20, 4:00 pm, in C-303:
    Archaeology Colloquium with Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Deborah Horan
followed by an informal discussion over dinner!
 
bulletThursday September 27, 4:00 pm, in C-303:
    Archaeology Colloquium by Robin VanAuken on Anthropological Theory and Archaeology,
  followed by an invitation to visit the Muncy excavation to dig (6:00 pm)!
 
bulletWednesday October 3, 7:30 pm, in Clarke Chapel:
    Fall Symposium on the Abrahamic Faiths features The Faith Club -
A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew - three mothers from three faiths search for understanding...
 
bulletThursday October 4, 11:45 am, in the Jonas Room:
    Theological Professions Advisory Committee Lunch
   Featuring Rev. John Charnock on hospital chaplaincy!
    For students interested in future Ministry of any kind, a lunch-time get-together.
    Bring up a tray from the cafeteria!
 
bulletFriday October 5, 6:15 pm, in Wertz:
    Fall Archaeology Welcome Gathering - featuring student presentations on summer digs!
    Bring up your tray from the caf and enjoy dinner, meet other Arch majors, and see the slides!
 
bulletWednesday October 24, 7:30 pm, in Heim G-11:
    Fall Symposium on the Abrahamic Faiths - Public Lecture by F.E. Peters of NYU on
    "Tolerance and Monotheism: An Unhappy History"
 
bulletThursday October 25, 11:45 am, in the Jonas Room:
    Theological Professions Advisory Committee Lunch!
    For students interested in future Ministry of any kind, a lunch-time get-together.
    Bring up a tray from the cafeteria!
 
bulletThursday-Saturday, November 1-3:
    Dr. Pamela Gaber, director of the Lycoming dig at Idalion, Cyprus
        Th 11/1, 4:00 pm in C-303: Archaeology Colloquium on determining cultural relationships
        Th 11/1, 8:00 pm in Heim G-11: Public Lecture on "God's Wife" with husband Bill Dever
        Fr 11/2, 7:45 am in B-309: Course Lecture for New Testament Archaeology
        Fr 11/2, 10:15 am in B-309: Course Lecture for Old Testament
        Fr 11/2, 11:30 am in the Fine Arts Lecture Hall: Course Lecture for Art History
         Fr 11/2, 12:45 pm in B-309: Course Lecture for Biblical Archaeology
        Sat 11/3, 10:00 am in B-309: Archaeological Methods Workshop
 
bulletThursday November 8, 11:45 am, in the Jonas Room:
    Theological Professions Advisory Committee Lunch!
    For students interested in future Ministry of any kind, a lunch-time get-together.
    Bring up a tray from the cafeteria!
 
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More to come...!
 

Fall 2006

Big News for September 2006 (scroll down):
              Scholars Seminar on the Romans!
               Dr. Steven Fine to speak on campus Nov 8-9!

Coming in March 2007 (scroll down):
  Field Trip to Phila to see the Tutankhamun and Amarna Exibits
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the U.Penn. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology!

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Friday September 15th, 7:00 pm, UCM Lounge in Honors Hall:
     Archaeology Movie Night!
 

bullet Fall Symposium on Asia
Tuesday September 19, 8:00 pm in Clarke Chapel - opening event:
World renowned Pipa virtuoso Wu Man will perform traditional Chinese Pipa music.
 
bullet Study Abroad Forum
Wednesday September 20, 6:00 pm, Heim G-9
Learning about other cultures and different viewpoints is a crucial component of the traditional liberal arts education. There is no better way to accomplish this than to study abroad. Find out how YOU can make Study Abroad a part of YOUR education! Come to the Study Abroad Forum on Monday and find out about the possibilities!
 
bullet Fall Symposium on Asia
Wednesday September 20, 7:30 pm in Heim G-11:
Animation Artist LiQin Tan.
 
bullet Fall Symposium on Asia
Thursday September 21, 4:00 pm in Snowden Art Gallery:
Gallery opening reception for "Across the Divide II - Twenty Asian Artists."
 
bulletFriday September 22nd, 6:15 pm at Ohev Sholom Synagogue on Cherry St., W'pt:
    Rosh Hashanah service (Jewish New Year)
 
bulletMonday September 25th, 6:00 pm in Pennington Lounge:
    Passport Acquisitions and Renewals made easy!
Bring your documents (birth certificate and picture ids or previous passport, plus 2 passport photos and $$) and get or renew your passport!  For more info, see: http://www.lycoming.edu/studyabroad/passport_checklist.htm
        
bullet Thursday September 28, 11:45 am, in the Jonas Room:
    Theological Professions Advisory Committee Lunch!
    For students interested in future Ministry of any kind, a lunch-time get-together.
    Bring up a tray from the cafeteria!
 
bullet Fall Symposium on Asia
Friday September 29, 5:00 pm in Snowden Art Gallery:
Gallery opening reception for student artwork from the 2006 May Term Trip to
Vietnam and Cambodia!
 
bulletTuesday October 3rd, 5:30 pm at the PCT Gallery, Madigan Library Rm 303:
    David Hostetler Gallery Talk and Exhibit Opening (exhibit open Oct. 3-29)
        "The Iconography of the Goddess"
 
bulletFriday October 13th, 6:00 pm in the Schultz Room in Wertz Student Center:
    The Annual Archaeology Welcome Gathering and Summer Dig / Internship Report
        featuring reports from the field in Israel, Egypt and Muncy, plus internships!
 
bulletThursday October 19th, 11:45 am in the Jonas Room in Wertz Student Center:
    TPAC lunch with Philippine Missionaries Paul and Elvie Barner.
Bring up your tray from the cafeteria (commuter students contact Dr. Steve Johnson for tickets) and find out about working in missions!
 
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Friday October 20th, all day, in NYC:
Art Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC!
 

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Saturday October 21st, 10:30 am at the Zembo Shrine in Harrisburg:
Ordination Service for the new Episcopal Bishop of Central PA - Desmond Tutu to preach!
 

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Sunday October 22, 2:00 pm at the Lycoming County Historical Museum on W. 4th St.:
 Thomas Martinez will speak on "A Brotherhood of Murder"
Part of a special traveling exhibit from the US Holocaust Museum on
"Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings"
Oct. 22 - Dec. 19, 2006.
 

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Monday October 23, 7:00 pm in Honors Hall:
Ecumenical Taize Prayer Service.
 

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Sunday November 5th, 5:00 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church on W. 4th St.:
A Service of Evensong featuring the joint choirs of Trinity Episcopal Church and Christ Church,
directly following a special ceremony for the "seating" of the new Bishop of Central Pennsylvania.
 

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Wednesday November 8th - Dr. Steven Fine to speak in Williamsport!
11/8, 6:15 pm, at Ohev Sholom Synagogue on Cherry St. in Williamsport (more):
             "'When I Went to Rome, I Saw the Menorah...':
               The Jerusalem Temple Implements between 70 C.E. and the Fall of Rome"
11/8, 8:00 pm, at Lycoming College in Heim G-11:
             "Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology"
11/9, 8:30 am, at Lycoming College in the Jonas Room, Wertz Student Center:
             Breakfast workshop on "Idolatry and Judaism"
                (for archaeology students - bring up your tray from the cafeteria)

Steven Fine is Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York City, where he focuses upon the interrelationships between ancient Jewish literature, art and archeology. Dr. Fine wrote his doctorate in Jewish history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds an MA in art history from the University of Southern California and a BA in religious studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Steven Fine's most recent book is  Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology (Cambridge University Press, 2005).  He is also an editor of IMAGES: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Art and Visual Culture (E.J. Brill). 
 
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Saturday November 11th, 3:00 pm in Pennington Lounge:
        The History Club sponsors a "Lord of the Rings" Trivial Pursuit Tournament.
 

bullet Fall Symposium on Asia
Tuesday November 14, 7:30 pm in Heim G-11:
Public Lecture on Education in China by Chinese Secretary of Education Dr. Dexiang Zhang.
 
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November 15 - 21, Washington D.C.:
        ASOR and SBL Annual Meetings, including a field trip to the National Holocaust Museum.
        Contact Robin Knauth, Margaret Cohen or Steven Johnson if you would like to attend.
 

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Saturday December 2nd and 9th (and every Saturday), 6:30 pm at Orthodox Church:
        Vespers, followed by Family Movie.  Contact Sarah Hughes or Robin Knauth for a ride.
 

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Sunday December 10th, 7:00 pm in Clarke Chapel:  Christmas Candlelight Service.
 

Spring 2007
 

Big News for Spring 2007 (scroll down):
March Field Trip to Phila to see the Tutankhamun and Amarna Exibits
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the U.Penn. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology!
AND
Opportunities for East Asian Studies: Chinese to be offered next fall!
(see news for the Spring Symposium on Asian Immigration)
AND
 Lycoming College continues to be an official sponsoring consortium school for
an archaeological excavation at Tel Gezer in Israel - come dig with us!
(application deadline is April 25th)
 

bulletJanuary 2007:
    The new Biblical Archaeology Society "Dig List" is out!  Drop by one of our offices (D-319, D-320) to take a look and get ready to sign on for next summer's dig!
 
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Saturday January 20th, 2:00 pm in Pennington Lounge:
        The History Club sponsors a "Lord of the Rings" Trivial Pursuit Tournament.
 

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Monday January 22nd, 7:00 pm at Trinity Church (4th St.):  Taize Service
 

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Wednesday January 24th, 7:00 pm in Honors Hall:
        King's Dream (in honor of Martin Luther King Day)
 

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Friday January 26th, 7:00 pm in Clarke Chapel:  GospelFest
 

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Thursday March 1st - Friday March 2nd, in Baltimore MD:  Regional SBL/AAR meetings.
 

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Saturday March 10th, all day, in Philadelphia:
        King Tut Exhibit at Franklin Institute
        Amarna Exhibit at U.Penn. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
        Contact Lindsay Vosburg or Robin Knauth if you would like to go!
 

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Tuesday March 13th, 7:30 pm in Honors Hall: Magdalen Hsu-Li
        "Smashing the Ceiling" concert and "Redefinition of Identity" artist talk
 

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Sunday March 18th, 1:30 - 4:00 pm in Honors Hall:
        Foreign Exchange Student Open House
 

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Thursday March 22nd, 7:30 pm in Heim G-11:
        Visiting Artist-in-Residence, film-maker Spencer Nakasako
        Film Screening and Artist Talk for the Spring Symposium on Asian Immigration
 

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Tuesday March 27th, 7:00 pm in Heim G-11:
        Eric Liu (former White House speech-writer, advisor for President Clinton) will speak on
        the new generation of Asian Americans for the Spring Symposium on Asian Immigration
 

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Friday March 30th:
         Art Trip!
 

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Wednesday April 11th, 8:00 pm at the Knauth's house:
        Old Testament Women Seminar Movie Night - Hollywood's Esther
 

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Friday April 13th, 6:00 pm in B-309:
        Gezer Dig Meeting and Presentation
 

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Thursday April 19th - Friday April 20th, in OH:  Regional SBL and ASOR meetings. 
       Contact Margaret Cohen if you would like to attend.
 

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Sunday April 22nd, 2:00 pm in the Gym:
        Honors Convocation. Come see who won this year's Hebrew Prize!
Special congratulations to: 
Marcella Barbosa, winner of the Eduardo Guerra Prize in Biblical Languages for Hebrew;
Lindsay Vosburg, winner of the Faculty Prize in Archaeology, the Ewing Prize in History,
  the Mix Research and Writing Prize in History (for the best paper in Historical Methods,
  on "Travel and Tourism in the Roman Empire During the Pax Romana"), and the
  Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Scholarship, for graduate study at the U. of Memphis;
Kent Hayden, winner of the Faculty Prize in Religion;
Sarah Hughes and Kent Hayden, winners of the McDowell Scholarship for Ministry;
Celeste Purosky, winner of the Durkheim Prize in Sociology/Anthropology;
Meghan Engelman, winner of the Gillette Prize for French;
Kyle Kissell, winner of the Gillette Prize for German, a Phi Kappa Phi travel fellowship,
   and the DAAD fellowship for study abroad in Germany;
Kirsten Darby, winner of a Phi Kappa Phi travel fellowship for study abroad in Germany;
Katherine Kressler, winner of the Trask Chemistry Prize; and
Meghan Strong, for her honors project in Archaeology on "The Indiana Jones Effect."
 

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Tuesday April 24th, 7:00 pm in Honors Hall:
    Induction Ceremony for Theta Alpha Kappa Religion Honor Society
        Featuring speaker Dr. John F. Piper, Jr.
 

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Wednesday April 25th, 5:00 pm at your local Post Office:
    Application Deadline for Digging at Gezer this summer!
 

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Friday May 4th - Sunday May 6th at Ohev Sholom Synagogue (Cherry & Belmont):
        Centennial Celebration Events
 

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May Term Trips to Medieval Barcelona Spain (History) and Europe (choir)!
 

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May Term Dig in Muncy! Contact Robin VanAuken if interested in participating.
 

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June 14 - July 21 at Gezer in Israel:
    Come dig with us!  The application deadline is April 25th.

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