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Independent Scholars' Evenings

1999 Events

1999 Spring

FEB 18TH.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE YEAR 2000: THE ACADEMY IN RUINS?
HISTORICAL RECOUNTING OF MILLINIUMS PAST
RICK JURASEK, PhD. Dean of the College, Augugtana.

FEB 25TH.

ETHNIC AND RACIAL MIX IN MODERN GERMANY:.
JON STAUFF: PhD. Dept. of History,
St. Ambrose Univesity.

MARCH 4TH.

RIGHT AND WRONG
DAVID HILL PhD. Dept. of Philosophy, Augustana.

MAR 11TH.

“STUMBLING IN THE DARK” – HOW PATIENTS TELL THEIR STORY OF ILLNESS THROUGH METAPHOR.
FRANK CLAUDY, M.D. Vice President Genesis Medical Center, Davenport.
AND
REV.CANON MARLIN WHITMER. Director of Grassroots Spiritual Care Genesis Medical Center.

MAR 18TH

WHAT MAKES GREAT LITERATURE AND WHY IS “MOBY DICK” A GREAT BOOK?
JAN KEESAN PhD. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, AUGUSTANA.
Dr. Keesan will continue her work on the question of what is a good book.

MAR 25TH

CREATIVITY: WHAT PATH TO WELLNESS.
Katherine F. Grimes RN, BSN, LMT

APRIL 1ST PASSOVER

APRIL 8TH

EXPLORING HEALTHCARE IN THE SOUTHWEST: THE NAVAJO PERSPECTIVE.
PHYLLIS DOE, BSN. RN .

APRIL 15TH.

ELEMENTALLY YOURS: AN EXPLORATION OF FIVE ELEMENT THEORY IN FENG SHUI
WENDY ALLEN M.A. – Feng Shui consultant based in Springfield, Illinois.

APRIL 22ND.

ON BEING A MEDICAL INTUTIVE:
WHAT IS A MEDICAL INTUTIVE?
FRAN STARR. P.Hd. R.N. MEDICAL INTUTIVE, QI GONG THERAPIST.

APRIL 29TH.

MUSIC AND THE MIND:
KAI SWANSON, DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS AUGUSTANA
AND LECTURER FOR CONCERT CONVERSATIONS: QUAD CITY SYMPHONY.

MAY 6TH.

GEORGE: A CONTEMPORY PLAY BY LOCAL ARTISTS
BY ANN BOADEN AND JOANNE BEAUMONT.

MAY 13TH.

DREAM WORKSHOP
Sister Audrey Cleary. OSB. Director Prayer and Spirituality Center. St. Ambrose.

MAY 20TH.

CONTEMPLATING ARCHETYPAL THEMES IN LITERATURE
Feminine Archetypes.

MAY 27TH

“MAD COW” DISEASE AND VEGETARIANISM – SPRING MINI COURSE:
SATURDAYS AFTERNOON TEA
THE MAHABHARATA :

Sponsored by The Illinois Humanities Council.
The Institute will be presenting a mini-course on an exploration of the Mahabharata (ca.400 CE) Students will learn about and discuss this great story both in its traditional cultural context and as a world classic of profound mystic and psychological insight.

Recommended Text:
Narasimhan “The Mahabharata” ISBN 0231110553
Barbara Stoler Miller, “The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna’a Counsel in Time
Of War.” ISBN 0-555-21210-9

All sessions begin at 1.00 p.m.

FEB 20TH.

AN OVERVIEW: THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE, THE CONCEPT OF EASTERN TIME: CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES; THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE AND THEMES OF THE EPIC; SAGES AND KINGS; THE BOOK OF THE BEGINNING.

FEB. 27TH.

MIDDLE SECTION: THE BOOK OF ASSEMBLY HALL, THE DICE MATCH AND THE DISHONORING OF DRAUPADI; FOREST EXILE; INITIATORY WANDERINGS AND TRIALS.

MAR. 6TH.

THE GREAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH.
THE CHARACTER OF KRISHNA, THE BHAGAVAD GITA, THE CLOSING BOOKS, THE AGE OF DISCORD AS THE HUMAN CONDITION.
ESSAY CONTEST:An Essay Contest is held every year on the last weekend of March and is always on the same topic as the Quad City World Affairs Council and is open to area high school students.

Intergrative Wholistic Healing

1999 Events

3rd. Annual Retreat. JULY 15th. TO JULY 17TH.

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS:
Thursday July 15th. Evening 7.30 p.m.

“THE FORGOTTEN FACTOR: IS GOD GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.”
Dr. David B .Larson. President of the National Institute for Healthcare research, Washington. DC.

Friday July 16th. Evening. 7.30 p.m.

“ THE HEALING TRADITION OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ACUPRESSURE”
Dr. Christine Deignan, MD
Genesis Medical Center

Friday July 16th.

Morning special session for hospital administrations and physicians:
“THE FORGOTTON FACTOR – RECENT NIHR STUDY ON THE POWER OF FAITH.
Dr. David Larson, MC. MSPH. - NIHC. WASHINGTON. D.C.

THE YOGA WAY:
YOGA – BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE.
Jennie Mackenzie.
The Davenport School of Yoga.
Davenport. Iowa.

AYURVEDIC TEACHER:
Dr. Hemant Gupta. B.A. M.S. MD –Kayachikitsa
Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Medicine.
Maharishi Vedic University, Fairfield. Iowa.

NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITUAL PERSON FROM THE MESKWAKI TRIBE, TAMA. IOWA.
Preston Duncan. Member of Meskwaki Fox tribe of Tama.

CHI QUONG.
Master Bai Yong Min.

HEALING TOUCH
Phyllis Doe. BSN. RN.