Lee University Department of History, Political Science, and Humanities

2017 SIMS COLLOQUIUM Congratulations to our top 3 presentation winners. $100 Cash Winner: Ben Absher; Runners up: Elliott Warner and Matt Edholm.
Sims Colloquium is held in April and all HIPSC majors are encourged to participate. Talk to your professor for details. Hope to see you in the Spring!

Summer 2017 Trip to Japan with Dr. Tom Pope.

A simulation of the Battle of Antietam in HIST 313: Civil War and Reconstruction. A great class with Dr. Bledsoe. Check out some of the other fascinating history classes coming this Fall.

TONIGHT @ 7 p.m.: Dr. Joe Kickasola, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Baylor University, is returning to Lee to speak about the relationship between faith and the arts. He will give a lecture titled "Flesh, Faith, and Frame: Embodied Christian Aesthetics and the Cinema.” In his lecture, Kickasola will explore the relationship between film viewing and spiritual formation; in doing this, he argues that film is an active, embodied, simulative, and multisensory event.

Amid your Homecoming festivities, come hear about "The Amoral Constitution [?]" from guest speaker Dr. Clark Neily @ 5:30pm TOMORROW (Fri., 6th)! Neily has argued cases in both the Supreme Court and state courts.

You still have an hour to visit our tables at the Majors' Fair in the SMC Great Room!
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Snell Lecture Series wraps up tonight with Dr. Musumeci, UTC's Director of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity, discuss “The Influence of Classical Ideas and Texts on the Sculpture and Poetry of Michelangelo Buonarotti." Come EXPAND your mind tonight!
- - - Dr. Musumeci received his Ph.D. from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. "He is a socio-cultural historian with an interest in the material and visual cultures of Europe between 1300 and 1600. His research deals primarily with consumable goods (esp. food and wine), medieval and early modern gift exchange, the social imagination in medieval and Renaissance Italy, and the intersection of history, art, literature, and philosophy during the medieval and early modern periods." (http://www.utc.edu/honors-college/brock-scholars/profiles/vbp195.php)

Come out at 7pm to hear Dr. Burgess, Chair of ETSU's Dept. of History, present on “What is the Nature & Purpose of History?”
- - - Dr. Burgess received his Ph.D. from the U. of Wisconsin-Madison and specializes in Greek History, Roman History, Medieval History, Classical Literature, Ancient & Medieval Christianity, Buddhism, Ancient Religions, and Historiography. These are thoughts you do NOT want to miss!

THIS MONTH:

Snell Lecture Series, Oct. 19-21
- Humanities Building
Cemetery Tour, Sunday, Oct. 25
- Fort Hill Cemetery

Stay posted for more information about the annual Snell Lecture Series!