Charles Edmondson Historical Lecture Series Will Focus on "The Problems of Belief in Early Modern England”
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WACO, Texas (Nov. 10, 2017) – Baylor University’s department of history will present the 40th annual Charles Edmondson Historical Lecture Series, featuring Ethan H. Shagan, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.
The lecture series will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, and Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Kayser Auditorium, in Hankamer Academic Center, Room H101, 1428 S. Fifth St.
The event will consist of separate lectures on “The Problems of Belief in Early Modern England.” On Monday, Shagan will present, "How Belief Became Hard," and on Tuesday, he will speak on “How Belief Became Free.”
Shagan is an award-winning scholar and author of several books. His research focuses on the study of early modern Britain and, more generally, early modern Europe. Prior to teaching at UC Berkeley, Shagan served as a junior fellow with Harvard University Society of Fellows and as The Wayne V. Jones Research Professor in History at Northwestern University.
Shagan’s most recent book, “The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England,” discusses how England came to represent reason, civility and moderation through aggressive and violent policies. The book earned the Leo Gershoy Prize in European History from the American Historical Association, as well as the John Ben Snow Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies.
The Charles Edmondson Lecture Series is made possible by an endowment established by Dr. E. Bud Edmondson in honor of his father, Charles S.B. Edmondson. The lectures are designed to give historical perspectives to national and international affairs by outstanding historians.
The Edmondson Lecture Series is free and open to the public.
To learn more about the event, visit the department of history website.
by Brooke Battersby, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805.
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