Research News Archive 2006 - 2007
Faculty Research
Invited Presentations, Lectures, etc.
Borish, Linda. “Jewish Women in American Sport: Settlement Houses to the Olympics.” Selected for the Detroit Jewish Film Festival, Spring 2007; Presented on April, 30, 2007. Also presented in Cherry Hill, NJ at the Jewish Community Center on October 3rd, 2006, in Suffolk, NY at the National Jewish Sports Hall of fame and Museum on October 5th 2006, in Fort Worth, Texas at the Jewish Women in Americna Sport: Settlement Houses to the Olympics on March 6, 2007, and in Coral Gables, Florida at the University of Miami on March, 21, 2007.
Dobney, Fredrick J. “‘Put the Faculty in the Classroom Thirty Hours a Week’ and Other Solutions to the Problems of Higher Education,” August 23, 2006, Kent State University, Stark, Ohio.
Dooley, Howard J. “Flags of Their Fathers: Rethinking the Map of the Middle East.” Distinguished Speaker, Awards Banquet, April 4, 2007, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences, Western Michigan University.
Julien, Catherine. “History and Archaeology.” Dumbarton-Oaks Roundtable on Inca
Chronology, May 19, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Julien, Catherine. “The compilation of the Comentarios of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de
Vaca (1555).” Panel on the Language of Conquest and Territorial Exploration, 42nd
International Medieval Congress, May 10-13, 2007, Kalamazoo, MI.
Julien, Catherine. “El Virrey Toledo y los Incas.” Magisterial lecture, Convocation of the Humanities, Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica, April 10, 2007, Lima, Peru.
Julien, Catherine. “John Rowe y el tiempo. [John Rowe and Time] Homage to John Rowe.” Graduate School, Pontificia Universidad Católica, April 18, 2007, Lima, Peru.
Julien, Catherine. “La etnohistoria comparada entre Andes y Amazonas: las sociedades
jerárquicas del Lago Titicaca y del Pantanal en el siglo xvi.” [Comparative Ethnohistory
of the Andes and Amazon: The hierarchical societies of Lake Titicaca and the Pantanal in
the 16th Century]. Andes, Amazonas y sus Transformaciones; Comparaciones,
conexiones, fronteras entre las tierras altas y bajas de Sud América, September 20-23,
2006, University of St.Andrews, Scotland.
Julien, Catherine. “On the Beginning of the Late Horizon.” 52nd International Congreso
of Americanists, Seville, Spain, July 17-21, 2006.
Kachun, Mitch. “Celebrating Emancipation and Contesting Freedom in Washington, DC.” Annual Conference of the US Capitol Historical Society, Washington, DC, April 27, 2007.
Kachun, Mitch. Keynote address, “Crispus Attucks in American Memory,” Research
and Creative Activities Day, Western Michigan University, April 20, 2007.
Maier, Paul L. “History, Archaeology, and Christianity,” a three-lecture presentation at the Jerusalem Conference, Sherwood (Little Rock), AR, August 10-12, 2006.
Maier, Paul L. “Christ or Caricature?” chapel address at Cornell University, Ithaca NY, September 24.
Maier, Paul L. “History, Archaeology, and Christianity,” two lectures at Concordia University, Seward NE, March 21, 2007.
Maier, Paul L. Baccalaureate address, Concordia University, Irvine CA, May 10.
Maier, Paul L. “New Horizons in the New Testament,” a four-part seminar at Sturgeon Bay.
Maier, Paul L. “History, Archaeology, and Christianity,” a four-part seminar at Corinth MS, November 11, 2006; Portland OR, February 24, 2007; Fremont CA, April 1; and Scottsdale AZ, April 14.
Maier, Paul L. “Christ or Caricature?” a four-part seminar at Petoskey MI, July 29, 2006; a five-part seminar at Lutheran Retreat Center, Arcadia MI: July 31-August 4; a four-part seminar at Dallas TX, October 14; New Albany IN, October 21; Cookeville TN, October 29; Sacramento CA, March 3, 2007; and Baltimore MD, April 21.
Maier, Paul L. “Christianity – The First Three Centuries,” a four-part seminar at Trinity Lutheran Church, Frankfurt, Germany, April 28-29, 2007.
Maier, Paul L. “St. Paul and the Spread of Christianity,” a four-part seminar at Clarksville TN, November 4, 2006; Sierra Vista AZ, January 20, 2007; and Plano TX, February 3.
Maier, Paul L. “Christianity and the Competition,” a four-part seminar at San Jose CA, August 5, 2006; Myrtle Beach SC, September 2; San Antonio TX, September 9; Freistadt WI, September 23; Austin TX, December 2; Honolulu HI, January14, 2007; Bella Vista AR, May 5; Tacoma WA, May 12; Overland Park KS, May 30; and Los Gatos CA, June 2.
Maier, Paul L. “Christianity and Judaism: A Two-Thousand-Year Saga,” Lutherans in Jewish Evangelism Conference, St. Louis MO, November 9, 2006.
Maier, Paul L. “Luther and the Reformation,” a four-part seminar at Sun City West AZ, January 27, 2007; Delray Beach FL, February 17; Colorado Springs CO, March 17; and Laurel MT, March 31.
Steuer, Kenneth. "International Digitization Projects: Developing Working Relations with International Organizations." Western Michigan University Libraries in conjunction with A Century of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: From Pre-World War I Peace Movements to the United Nations, October 18, 2007, Kalamazoo, MI.
Warren, Wilson. History Education and Meatpacking Industry presentations for St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, 15-16 March 2007.