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OBERLIN COLLEGE'S HASKELL LECTURE SERIES BEGINS FEBRUARY 24
FEBRUARY 19, 2001-- The 2001-02 Haskell Lecture Series at Oberlin College will celebrate the Religion Department's 50th anniversary February 24-26. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, will take place in King 106, on the corner of College and Professor Streets.
This year's lecture series, "Digging up the Past: Oberlin and Biblical Archeology," will feature Oberlin alumni as speakers and will focus on Oberlin's involvement with the Tell-el-Hesi archeological excavation in Southern Israel.
Between 1970 and 1983, more than 50 Oberlin students volunteered at Hesi under the direction of the late Tom Frank, a member of Oberlin's Religion faculty. Oberlin is currently the U.S. repository for artifacts recovered during the Hesi excavation.
On Sunday, February 24, at 7:30 P.M., Jeff Blakely (OC'74), a professional archaeologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will deliver the first Haskell lecture. Blakely's lecture, "Creating a Biblical Past: A Century of Biblical Archeology at Oberlin," will focus on the contributions of Oberlin faculty members in field excavations and in the teaching of Biblical literature.
Carol Redmont ('OC 74), an Egyptian archaeologist with the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver Monday's lecture, "The Three Silent P's: Political, Personal, and Professional Agendas in Biblical Archeology" at 4:30 P.M. During her presentation, Redmont will consider the way hidden agendas have shaped the work of archaeologists at sites associated with the ancient Near East.
On Tuesday, February 26, at 7:30 P.M., John Spencer, a faculty member at John Carroll University and a member of the Tell-el-Hesi excavation staff, will deliver the final lecture of the series, "Reflections on Tell-el-Hesi: Then and Now." Spencer is a member of the team responsible for cataloging the materials recovered from Tell-el-Hesi.
"Oberlin has a long history of biblical archeology," says Grover Zinn, chair of the Haskell Lectureship Committee. "This year the series will celebrate a project that has engaged many Oberlin students and has contributed significantly to the teaching of Biblical literature."
The Haskell Lectureship is one of the most distinguished lectureships in the United States. Established in 1899 by a generous bequest from the will of Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell to examine "Middle Eastern literature in its relation to the Bible and Christian teachings," it celebrates its 94h year at Oberlin this year.
Media Contact: Sue Kropp
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