Convocations Calendar 2019-2020

Fall 2019

Spring 2020

August 29 | 3:00 p.m.
Pres. Lyle Roelofs
Berea Stories

January 20 (MONDAY) | 3:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette
In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma

September 5 | 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Jennifer Collins Bloomquist
Linguistic Blackface: Language and Race in Children’s Animated Film

January 30 | 3:00 p.m.
Prof. Edward Ayers
Southern Journey: The Migrations of the American South, 1790-2020

September 12 | 8:00 p.m.
The Sweet Remains
Folk Rock Harmonies

February 6 | 3:00 p.m.
De’Juana Thompson ’05
The Power of Personal Story: Berea and Black Girl Magic

September 19 | 3:00 p.m.
Prof. Mark Godsey
Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform in America

February 13 | 8:00 p.m.
Corey Harris Band
Acoustic Delta Blues

September 26 | 3:00 p.m.
Stephen Burks and Glenn Adamson
Berea Craft: A Renewable Resource

February 20 | 3:00 p.m.
Father Gregory Boyle
Due to health reasons, Father Boyle will be unable to present the 2020 Robbins Peace Lecture. This convocation has therefore been cancelled.

October 3 | 3:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Angela Cowser
Misogyny as Represented in the Gerasene Demoniac: Woman-Hating as Global Legion and Plague

February 27 | 3:00 p.m.
Urvashi Vaid
Pawns in Their Game: Sexuality, Gender, & Race in American Politics

October 10 | 8:00 p.m.
Billy Edd Wheeler and Friends
Memories through Songs

March 12 | 8:00 p.m.
Carrie Newcomer with Gary Walters
The Point of Arrival

October 17 | 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Varun Soni
The Spiritual and the Scholarly

March 19 | 3:00 p.m.
Desmond Meade
Putting in the Work: A Journey of Second Chances

October 24 | 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Janet Zadina
How Your Brain Learns Best: Do What Works!

March 26 | 3:00 p.m.
Dr. James Hansen
Shape Your Future: Energy, Climate Change and Human Rights

October 31 | 3:00 p.m.
Cornbread and Tortillas

April 2 | 8:00 p.m.
Fubuki Daiko
Japanese Drumming

November 7 | 3:00 p.m.
Prof. Shauna Shames
Changing of the Guard? Millennials and U.S. Politics

April 9 | 3:00 p.m.
Women of Appalachia
Women Speak

November 14 | 8:00 p.m.
Nigel North
J.S. Bach Concert for Lute