Date

Name

Topic

2008

September 11

Frank Kirkpatrick
Religion

The Episcopal Church in crisis: How sex, the Bible, and authority are dividing the faithful

October 2

Takunari Miyazaki
Computer Science

Computational complexity and symmetry

November 6

Joseph Palladino
Engineering

Machina carnis: Developing mechanical descriptions of muscle contraction

December 11

John Alcorn
Language and Culture Studies

Justice in hell: Principles, patterns, and metaphors of retribution in Dante’s Inferno

2009

January 29

Eric Galm
Music

The berimbau [musical bow] as a symbol of Brazilian national identity

February 26

Carol Any
Language and Culture Studies

Faith and doubt: Confessions of a Bolshevik true believer

March 26

Mary Sandoval
Mathematics

Shadows of symmetry: A geometry for studying abstract mathematical symmetries

April 23

Mark Setterfield
Economics

All we need are bigger computers! Will processing speed revolutionize macroeconomics?