Events
Spring 2013 Events: Workshops, Lectures, and Dissertation Defense
Theology, National Character, and Religiosity: A Conference in Honor of E. Brooks Holifield
Dissertation Defense - Spring 2013
January 7, 9:00 a.m., S221 Callaway
Meghan Henning will defend her dissertation, “Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth: The Pedagogical Function of Hell in Matthew and the Early Church,” on Monday, January 7th at 9:00 am in S221 Callaway.
January 14, 11:00 a.m., Candler Library, Room 119
Brian Alderman will defend his dissertation, "Arguing with Job: Consolation and Quarrel in the Joban Dialogue," on Monday, January 14th at 11:00 am in Candler Library, room 119.
January 30th, 9:30 p.m., 214 ECIT
Lisa Crothers will defend her dissertation “The Eyes of Power and Dharma: Conceptions of the Advisor in Early India”, on Wednesday, January 30th
January 39th, 411 Candler School of Theology
Anne Stewart will defend her dissertation "A Honeyed Cup: Poetry, Pedagogy, and Ethos in the Book of Proverbs,"
February 11, 3:00 p.m., Candler Library, Room 120
Shin Wook Hur will defend his dissertation, “The Rhetoric of the Deuteronomic Code: Its Structures and Devices.” A copy of his dissertation is available upon request.
February 22, 2:00 p.m., S221 Callaway
Haemin Lee will defend his dissertation, "International Development and Public Religion: Changing Dynamics of Mission in South Korea"
February 25, Time - TBA
Gilberto Ruiz will defend his dissertation, "Temple Economics in John 2:13-22." 1:30 pm in PAIS 220. Email for copies of dissertation.
March 6, 10:00 a.m., 119 Candler Library
Michael Altman will defend his dissertation, "Hinduism and the Boundaries of Nineteenth Century American Culture"
March 18, 2:45 p.m. S221 Callaway
Nicole Tilford will defend her dissertation, "Taste and See: Perceptual Metaphors in Israelite and Early Jewish Sapiential Epistemology."
March 22, 1:00 p.m., Room TBA
Alex Kyrychenko will defend his dissertation. "The Role of the Centurion in Luke-Acts."
April 2, 9:00 a.m., S221 Callaway
Elizabeth Gandolfo will defend her dissertation, "Vulnerability, Resilience, and Resistance in Women's Experiences of Maternity and Natality: Towards a Feminist Practical Theology of Divine Love," on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 9 am in S221 Callaway.
If anyone would like a copy of the dissertation, please contact Liz directly
April 2, 10:00 a.m. 107 Rich Bldg.
Ryan Woods will defend his dissertation. More information forthcoming.
April 3, 9:00 a.m. 119 Candler Library
Adam Ployd will defend his dissertation, ""Trinity and Church in Augustine's Anit-Donatist Sermons (406-408)"
April 4, 11:15 a.m. 549 Rita Anne Rollins Building, Candler School of Theology
Zev Farber will defend his dissertation, “Images of Joshua: The Construction of Memory in Cultural Identities.”
April 5, 10:00 a.m., Rita Ann Rollins Room, Candler School of Theology
AnneMarie Mingo will defend her dissertation, "Black Churchwomen's Lived Theology and Liberative Social Ethics during the Civil Rights Movement" on Friday, April 5th at 10:00 in Room 250 of Candler School of Theology (Rita Anne Rollins Building). From 9:00-9:45 am, AnneMarie will show a rough cut of her documentary "Hearing Herstory," coming out of her dissertation research.
April 11, 5:30 p.m.. ECIT 217
Gil Ben-Herut will defend his dissertation, “Narrating Devotion: Early Hagiographies of Shaiva Saints from the Kannada-speaking Regions.” If you would like a copy of the dissertation, please contact Gil directly (gbenher@emory.edu).
April 18, 2:30 p.m. S221 Callaway
Joe Wiinikka-Lydon will defend his dissertation proposal entitled, “Fighting for Virtue: Reframing virtue ethics as a method to help analyze violent social conflict and moral transformation.”
May 1, 9:00 a.m., S221 Callaway
Jake Myers’ dissertation defense will be held on Wednesday, May 1, from 9-11 a.m. in S221 Callaway, more information forthcoming.
May 24, 11 a.m., Woodruff Library ECIT Room 217 (NOTE: New Room Assigned)
Susannah Laramee Kidd will be defending her dissertation, "Genres of Reading/Genres of Agency: An Ethnography of Protestant Women's Reading Groups." Please email Susannah directly for a copy of her dissertation.
June 20th, at 9 a.m., ECIT 217
Michael Chan will be defending his dissertation: “City on a Hill: A Tradition-Historical Study of the Wealth of Nations Tradition." Please contact Michael directly for a copy of the dissertation.
