The January Series
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The January Series is an annual program of lectures and concerts at Calvin College, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the college's annual January Interim Term, students are encouraged to select a course of academic enrichments not offered during the regular semesters.
During the Interim, the college sponsors the daily hour-long cultural enrichment series called The January Series. Presented at 12:30 pm in the 1000-seat Fine Arts Center Auditorium on campus, the series is open without charge to students, faculty, and the community. Despite typical Michigan winter weather, the auditorium often fills up and the audience spills over into closed circuit television rooms. The Series has become an important part of the cultural and educational offerings in Western Michigan and has received nationwide attention. The International Platform Society, founded by Daniel Webster in 1834, has awarded TJS the Silver Bowl Award for "Best Campus Lecture Series in the U.S.A." three times (1994, 1995 & 1999) and has since retired the award.
In the twenty-year history of the series, speakers have included such notables as C. Everett Koop, Morris Dees, Garrison Keillor, Stanley Hauerwas, Paul Farmer, and many more.
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The speakers for the 2008 January Series are shown below.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Michael Mandelbaum | "Democracy's Good Name" |
| January 4 | Bill McKibben | "Deep Economy" |
| January 7 | Sonja Nazario | "Enrique's Journey" |
| January 8 | Chris Seiple | "Stewarding American Power: Recommendations for the Next President" |
| January 9 | Eleanor Clift | "Countdown to Election 2008" |
| January 10 | Debra Rienstra | "Words Wear Out: How Writers Help Us Renew Religious Language" |
| January 11 | Ishmael Beah | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier |
| January 14 | James Abbington | "100 Years of Black Gospel Music in an Hour" |
| January 15 | Margaret Lowman | "It's a Jungle Up There: Exploration of the Treetops" |
| January 16 | Timothy George | "Theology for an Age of Terror" |
| January 17 | Michael D. Griffin | "American Competitiveness: NASA's Role & Everyone's Responsibility" |
| January 18 | Douglas Diekema | "Love, Justice, and Humility: A Bioethicist meets the Pillow Angel" |
| January 21 | Stages Theatre Company | "A Lion in Winter" |
| January 22 | William Garvelink | "U.S. Humanitarian Interests Around the World" |
| January 23 | Sigval Berg | "Energy: Our Responsibility" |
