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Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, October 31, 2022

“The Outlook for the 2022 Midterm Election”

Alan Abramowitz

Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science

In this lecture, we will hear from a widely cited expert on national politics whose “Time for Change” model has predicted election outcomes with a remarkable degree of accuracy since the 1980s, Emory’s own Alan Abramowitz. But this year, even Alan isn’t sure he and his model can predict what’s likely to occur. As Alan says, and indeed as everyone knows, “midterm elections normally result in big losses for the party of the president, especially when the president is unpopular.” And Joe Biden is unpopular. However, as Alan also says, “2022 is not a normal midterm election year.” In his upcoming presentation, he will examine some of the ways in which the unusual circumstances of the 2022 election may result in an unusual outcome.

About Alan Abramowitz:

Alan Abramowitz earned a BA with high honors in political science from the University of Rochester in 1969. He attended graduate school at Stanford University, completing an MA in 1972 and a PhD in 1976. He taught at the College of William and Mary from 1976 to 1982 and at Stony Brook University from 1982 to 1987, when he joined the faculty at Emory as a professor of political science. He was awarded the Alben W. Barkley Distinguished Chair in Political Science at Emory in 1993.

He is a widely cited expert on national politics, polling, and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the US, congressional elections, and the effects of political campaigns on the electorate. His “Time for Change” model has predicted election outcomes with a remarkable degree of accuracy since the 1980s. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, and his most recent books are The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation and the Rise of Donald Trump (Yale University Press, 2018), The Polarized Public: Why American Government is So Dysfunctional (Pearson Longman, 2013), and The Disappearing Center: Engaged Citizens, Polarization and American Democracy (Yale University Press, 2010).

 

EUEC 20th Anniversary Celebration

Registration is open until October 31!

Sapere Aude, celebrating 20 years

of the Emeritus College

Friday, November 4, 4:30-6:00 pm

A program of memories.

Refreshments and reconnection in the beautiful

Lawrence P. and Ann Estes Klamon Room

8^th floor - Claudia Nance Rollins Building,

Emory School of Public Health

Parking is easily accessible and free after 4:00 pm in the Michael Street Deck

(detailed directions will be provided to all registrants before the event)

The title theme of our celebration is the Latin phrase, SAPERE AUDE (sah-PAIR-ay OW-day), which means “Dare to know” or "Dare to be wise" taken from Horace and later declared by Kant to be the motto of the Enlightenment.

To register please click here 

Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, November 14, 2022

“The Transpacific Turn in American Religions: Religious ‘Nones,’ Evangelicalism, and the ‘Prosperity Gospel’”

Helen Jin Kim

Assistant Professor of American Religious History, Candler School of Theology, Affiliate Faculty, Graduate Division of Religion

and East Asian Studies Program

The field of American religious history has sought to narrate the past in global context. Yet scholars in the field have tended to underutilize a Pacific lens, casting the history of religion in America primarily through an Atlantic lens. Thus, we have often missed the opportunity to highlight a key region in our global story, and by extension, a key group of people in our racial narratives, those of Asian descent. By the same token, transpacific and Asian American historians have tended to underutilize religion as a central category of analysis in their narratives. How does employing a transpacific and Asian American lens change the understanding of American religions? In addressing this question, Helen Jin Kim, already much acknowledged for expertise in this area, will examine such phenomena as the rise of the religious “nones,” the history of evangelicalism, and the development of the so-called “prosperity gospel.”

About Helen Jin Kim:

Dr. Helen Jin Kim is a historian who studies American history and religion in global context. She is the author of Race for Revival: How Cold War South Korea Shaped the American Evangelical Empire (Oxford University Press, 2022). She uses English and Korean language sources from U.S. and South Korean archives, tracing linkages between the rise of world Christianity, race and the global Cold War, and modern American evangelicalism. She is also co-author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans (Oxford University Press, 2019), a study on contemporary American religious “nones." Kim is a member of the American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History, and the Association for Asian American Studies. She is the first Asian American woman and faculty of Korean descent at Candler.



Kim completed her MDiv and PhD at Harvard as a William R. Hutchison Presidential Fellow. Her research began at Stanford in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and with the Asian Pacific American Religion and Research Initiative (APARRI). Prior to graduate studies, Kim worked at Google, Inc.



Volunteer Opportunity

AMIS's Amigo Friendship Program matches international students and scholars in the Atlanta area with volunteers in the local community for friendship and sharing of cultures. We partner with ISSS offices at Emory, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University and others to welcome international students and scholars to Atlanta and offer our events and programs.  As an Amigo volunteer, we ask you to meet at least once for a meal, event, or outing and continue your friendship over the school year as you both have time and opportunity. We currently have the following visiting scholars and PhD students from Emory that we are looking to find volunteer friends for:

Brazil female, Fulbright Language Teaching scholar

Taiwan female, Fulbright Language Teaching scholar

Germany female, MA Education scholar

Brazil female Language Teaching scholar

Spain female, Rheumatology Fellow

Japan male, Fulbright Language Teaching scholar

India female, PhD student, Immunology

You can learn more about our Amigo program at www.amisatlanta.org/amigovolunteer or email us at office@amisatlanta.org to sign up.

AMIS (Atlanta Ministry with International Students) is the French word for “friends” and describes our mission to promote cultural and global understanding through friendship and hospitality with international students and scholars in the greater Atlanta area. Learn more at www.amisatlanta.org



Seeking Nominations - EUEC Faculty and Service Awards

Each year, the Emory University Emeritus College (EUEC) offers two categories of awards: the EUEC Faculty Awards of Distinction and the Distinguished Service Award. Please know we are now beginning to accept nominations for 2023. 

For the 2023 awards, completed nominations must be submitted by no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Please submit nominations by email to Dianne Becht, EUEC Program Coordinator, whose email address is Dianne.becht@emory.edu. 

Please consider nominating one or more of your colleagues. And please know that self-nominations are also permitted and encouraged. Too often, retired faculty are not fully aware of the achievements of their colleagues, and we must rely on self-disclosure. 

The eligibility requirements are as follows: 

 EUEC Faculty Award of Distinction (formerly Distinguished Emeritus/Emerita Award):  

• All retired Emory faculty who have been members of EUEC for at least two years. 
• Significant professional contributions since retirement to Emory University or its affiliated institutions, as well as contributions to local, state, regional, national, or international communities or professional organizations that reflect the “spirit of Emory.”   
• A maximum of four awards are given annually. 
• This award may be conferred only once. 

Distinguished Service Award:  

• All members of the EUEC, including those who have received the Distinguished Faculty Award of Distinction. 
• Membership in the EUEC for at least two years.
• Significant service to Emory University or its affiliated institutions, as well as to local, state, regional, national, or international communities or other organizations that reflect the “spirit of Emory.”  These contributions must have been made since retirement and are beyond those used to support a previous Distinguished Faculty Award. 
•  No requirement that an award will be given. 

When you make your nomination, please include the following: 

• Name of nominee 
• Department or unit with which the nominee is associated. 
• Contact information (email, phone number, and mailing address of nominee). 
• Name of nominator 
• Department or unit with which the nominator is associated. 
• Contact information (email, phone number and mailing address of nominator). 
• Description of why the nominee should receive this honor, in no more than two pages. Please do not exceed this limit, but be certain to include enough information for the selection committee to make an informed decision. Please include a curriculum vitae if possible. 

Please let us know if you have questions about this process. Thank you in advance for your participation. 

Sincerely,  

Glenn Kellum 

Chair, EUEC Honors and Awards Committee  

Senior Associate Vice President, Retired, Foundation and Corporate Relations 





New Members

New members are the lifeblood of any organization.

Please make a special effort to welcome them to the EUEC!

Paul DeSandre, DO, FACEP, FAAHPM

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Director of Palliative and Supportive Care, Grady Memorial Hospital and Program Director for the Emory Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

John Snarey, PhD, MDiv

Franklin N. Parker Professor of Human Development and Ethics, Candler School of Theology. He is also professor in the Graduate Division of Religion in the Laney Graduate School, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, and is affiliated with Emory's Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture.



Member Activities

Perry Sprawls

Professor Emeritus of Radiology

Perry recently published an article in the Medical Physics International Journal titled HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS CLASSROOM LEARNING AND TEACHING: A Personal Perspective and Journey.

You can view the article by clicking here.



The grave markers viewed on our last walk can be found in the Hardman Cemetery which is located on our very own campus! As discovered in 2018 from a previous walk, you will find the cemetery in the back area of the Clairmont Campus. And as it appears in the photo below, it is actually located just behind some of the dorms! It's in a small field along the road authorized only for shuttle use to and from the Starvine Parking Deck and the main campus. It can be reached on foot fairly easily from the Starvine deck.  I've provided additional photos below as well as a couple of links to give you more information: http://emorywheel.com/emorys-own-cemetery-largely-unknown-to-students/  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGh3Os7hnHg 

The days are getting shorter which means outdoor lights will be shining a bit earlier on campus.  This particular light is quite beautiful and proudly greets you at one of the older buildings at Emory.

Where will you find this on the Emory campus?