I am finally getting back on the road next month! On June 10, 2021 I will be in Nashville for the Christian Scholars Conference at David Lipscomb University. I will join Randall Balmer and Molly Worthen on a plenary panel...
lectures
Christian nationalism lectures at Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey
Learn more here. Also some interesting church history:...
Lasch-Quinn will lecture “On the Importance of a Philosophy of Life.”
It is not too late to catch Current contributor and Syracuse University historian Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn this afternoon via Zoom. Here is more about her 4:30pm (CT) lecture at Roosevelt University: The Montesquieu Forum for the Study of Civic Life welcomes...
The Greenwich Tea Burning in History and Memory
I gave this lecture at the Cumberland County Historical Society in Greenwich on February 3, 2019:...
Attend a Lecture at the David Library of the American Revolution This Fall
What a great lineup! Press release: UPPER MAKEFIELD — The David Library of the American Revolution announced a schedule of educational programs that will be offered free in the library’s lecture hall, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing. The David Library...
The *Believe Me* Book Tour Comes to Whitworth University in Spokane
If you are in the Spokane area come out for a lecture next week on Evangelicals and Donald Trump at Whitworth University. I will be there on Monday, March 18. The lecture is open to the public. Learn more here....
The *Believe Me* Book Tour Comes to the University of Southern California
On Tuesday I will be giving the inaugural Jack Crossley Lecture on Ethics and Religion at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Learn more here. I hope to see you there!...
A Night in Colorado Springs
I’m on the road (or in the air) today trying to find my way back to Pennsylvania through the snow, but I wanted to say a very quick word about last night’s lecture in Colorado Springs. Jeff Scholes of the...
Calling All Readers from the Greenville, South Carolina Area!
I will be at North Greenville University in Tigerville on February 5, 2019 to give the Boggs-Hickson Endowed Lecture. Read more about it here....
The *Believe Me* Book Tour is Coming to the University of Southern California
I am honored to deliver the inaugural Jack Crossley Lecture at the University of Southern California School of Religion. Learn more here....
Watch the Plenary Lectures from the 2018 Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History
The biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History took place on October 3-6, 2018. I am honored to have served as the program chair for the meeting. Lectures by Margaret Bendroth, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Beth Allison Barr, and Jemar...
Bancroft Prize-Winning Historian Nancy Tomes is Coming to Messiah College Next Week!
If you are in the area on Thursday evening, September 27, join us for the 2018 Messiah College American Democracy Lecture. This year’s lecturer is Nancy Tomes of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 2017, Tomes...
North Greenville University Lecture Postponed
Hurricane Florence has postponed my Boggs Hickson Lecture in History at North Greenville University in Greenville, South Carolina. My lecture, “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?,” has been postponed to February 5, 2019....
The Risk of Taking Risks in the Classroom
Over at Inside Higher Ed, Doug Lederman asks “will trying new teaching techniques tank my evaluations?” I have asked this question many times during my 20+ years in higher education. In the following excerpt, Lederman reflects on a study suggesting that...
Bancroft Prize-Winning Historian of Health Care Nancy Tomes is Coming to Messiah College
Nancy Tomes is Distinguished Professor of History at Stony Brook University. Her 2016 book, Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American history. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRvfHY10YA&w=560&h=315] “This is like...
Christian Political Engagement in the Age of Trump
As some of you know, I spent the last couple of days in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Society of Church History (CSCH) invited me to deliver the keynote address at its annual conference. (Thanks for everything Stuart Barnard!). The collegial...
“I Could Listen to Her/Him All Day”
We’ve all gone to a history lecture and said WOW, “I could listen to that speaker all day.” Who are your favorite history lecturers? I am not referring as much to classroom teachers as I am people who can hold...
Saskatchewan Bound!
I have never been to Saskatchewan. But if all goes as planned, I will be visiting Regina, Saskatchewan on Wednesday (May 30) to deliver the plenary address at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Church History. The title...
Molly Worthen Lectures on Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism
Here is a taste of her lecture. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8tk-yig64w&w=560&h=315] Watch the entire thing here. Worthen is a defender of the lecture. I can see why. She is excellent!...
“Court Evangelicals” Lecture at Calvin College
If you are in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area stop by on Wednesday and say hello: “The Court Evangelicals: Who Are Donald Trump’s Evangelical Advisers and Where Did They Come From?” Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:30 PM–5:00 PM Meeter Center...