Honorary American Civil War Sesquicentennial committee named
Some of the biggest names in media, government, history, business and academia will serve on Gettysburg College’s honorary committee for the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.
The committee will support the College’s efforts to serve as the intellectual center... Learn More
Series on life in the Middle East continues with focus on Palestine
The second part of Gettysburg College's Conflict and Resistance in the Middle East series begins on Jan. 30 with the emphasis shifting to Palestine. The reading, film, and lecture series looks at life during conflict in the Middle East. This part of the series includes book discussions, films, and...
32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration to be held Jan. 23
Educator, author, and civil rights advocate Dr. Bettye F. Baker will speak at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration January 23. The event will be held in Gettysburg College’s Christ Chapel at 7 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
Baker has been a ...
Campus has “Eyes on Haiti” during fall semester
In 1999, four faculty members from what was then the Women Studies Program traveled to Haiti to give workshops on feminist theory and learn about the work of women's organizations there. Their ongoing connection to the country led to them providing assistance following the devastating 2010 earthquake...
50th Annual Fortenbaugh Lecture to be held Nov. 19; live-stream available
The 50th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture will take place at the Majestic Theater Nov. 19, coinciding with the 148th anniversary of Lincoln's delivery of the "Gettysburg Address."
Joan Waugh, professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present the 7:30...
Masculinity and “guy code” to be topic of talk Nov. 16
Michael Kimmel, pioneer of masculinity studies and professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook, will speak at Gettysburg College on Nov. 16.
Kimmel's lecture will focus on the lives of young American men, ages 16-26, as they enter "Guyland," a place that is both a stage of life and a new social...
28th Annual Fall Convocation to feature award-winning journalist
Award-winning radio journalist, producer, and educator Deepa Fernandes will be the keynote speaker at Gettysburg College's 28th Annual Fall Convocation on Nov. 10.
The lecture, which is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. in the College Union Building Ballroom, will combine first-person narratives...
Political commentator Chris Matthews to speak Nov. 14
Chris Matthews, political commentator and television host, will speak about presidential leadership Nov. 14 at Gettysburg College.
As part of the Eisenhower Institute Campus Speaker Series, the 14th annual Blavatt Lecture, "Presidential Leadership: John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama," will feature...
Schmucker Art Gallery to host events as part of 150th anniversary of the Civil War
Gettysburg College's Schmucker Art Gallery will present an exhibition of paintings, photographs, and mixed-media installations by contemporary artist Lisa Blas as part of Gettysburg College's kick-off event for the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. Blas' "Meet Me at the Mason Dixon" will be open...
Civil War Institute director featured on C-SPAN 3
Prof. Peter Carmichael's Southern history class was recently featured on C-SPAN 3's Lectures in History, a program featuring top college and university history professors giving lectures on U.S. history.
Carmichael, a Civil War and Southern history expert, examines the complexity of the Confederate...
Civil War deaths shaped America, Harvard president says at Gettysburg College
Death was the “texture” of the Civil War experience, Harvard University President Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust said July 15 at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater.
“We are all Civil War survivors,” said Faust, author of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the...
Critic to analyze Catholic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock Feb. 18
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A film critic will analyze Catholic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock Feb. 18 at Gettysburg College.
The 7:30 p.m. lecture will take place in McCreary Hall's Bowen Auditorium. Richard Alleva will give an analysis of Hitchcock as a Catholic filmmaker. Hitchcock was a devout...
HIV/AIDS Awareness Week planned at Gettysburg College
"FACEing the Domestic Epidemic" is the theme of HIV/AIDS Awareness Week at Gettysburg College.
The week's goal "is to put a physical face to the epidemic faced in the U.S.," said one of the student organizers, David W. Neagley, Class of 2009, who is an Eisenhower ...
Lecture on hip-hop culture, lynching to take place Feb. 21
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A lecturer will analyze lynching through the lens of hip-hop culture Feb. 21 at Gettysburg College.
The 6 p.m. lecture, "Gold Chain Nooses: A Semiology of Lynching for the Hip-Hop Generation," will take place in Breidenbaugh Hall, Room 201. James Peterson's...
Monty Python skits to be topic talk Feb. 22
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A philosophical discussion about the funniest "Monty Python's Flying Circus" skits will take place Feb. 22 at Gettysburg College.
The 7 p.m. lecture, "Monty Python and Philosophy," will take place in Weidensall Hall, Room 301, located along North...
'From Iowa to Super Tuesday' to be talk topic Feb. 7
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A discussion of the latest in the race for the White House will take place Feb. 7 at Gettysburg College.
The 7 p.m. panel discussion, "From Iowa to Super Tuesday and Beyond: Reflections and Predictions," will take place in Masters Hall's Mara Auditorium, ...
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