2000-2001 Classes

Ancient Synagogues of Palestine & the Diaspora
October 18-22, 2000 at the University of Oklahoma
Visiting Scholar: Jodi Magness, Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Departments of Classics and Art History, Tufts University

Beyond the Postcolonial World, or the Process of Becoming a Writer
October 25-29, 2000 at the University of Oklahoma
Visiting Scholar: Joy Harjo, writer, poet, musician

Probing the Creation & Evolution of the Universe
November 1-5, 2000 at the University of Oklahoma
Visiting Scholar: George Smoot, cosmologist,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley

Jazz - America's History through Music
November 15-19, 2000 at East Central University, Ada
Visiting Scholar: Dave Baker, Distinguished Professor of Music, Indiana University; conductor and music & artistic director, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Eyewitness Testimony: Memory and the Law
January 24-28, 2001, at the University of Oklahoma
Visiting Scholar: Elizabeth Loftus, Professor of psychology and law
University of Washington

Reconstructing Murder: How Social Institutions Manipulate Crime Events
March 7-11, 2001, at Cameron University
Visiting Scholar: Steven Chermak, Professor of criminal justice, Indiana University; author, Victims in the News: Crime and the American News Media

The Origins of Christianity
March 21-25, 2001 at the University of Oklahoma
Visiting Scholar: Paula Fredriksen, historian of ancient Christianity and Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture, in the School of Theology at Boston University