WPLS

The Wartburg Philosophical and Literary Society meets on Friday afternoons at 4:00 in the back room of Joe's Knight Hawk. At these informal meetings, faculty, students, and community members listen to presentations of a scholarly nature and engage in lively discussion.

The WPLS is coordinated by a Steering Committee that consists of Fred Strickert, Fred Waldstein, and Greg Scholtz. Roy Ventullo is Director of Technology; Ron Alexander is Coordinator Emeritus.

If you have any questions about the Society or if you wish to volunteer to present this term, please contact a member of the Steering Committee.

Here is the schedule for Winter 2008:

Fred Strickert (1/18): "Oh Sure, It's Ashura: The Role of the Shi'a from Lebanon to Pakistan (with Stopovers in Iraq & Iran)"
Maynard Anderson (1/25): "Sufi - Sufism"
Steve Main (2/1): "Assessing the Millennium Assessment"
Barbara Dilly (2/8) "The Farmer's Daughter"
Nelson Bock (2/15): "Eco-Theology and Leadership"
Patrick Malloy (2/22): "The Aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan Elections: Youth, Ethnicity, and Violence"
Scholars Program Students (2/29): TBA
Ellen Engelbrecht, Randy Fowler, and Roy M. Ventullo (3/14): "Antibiotic Resistance, MRSA, and Household Pets, Oh My!"
Warren Zemke (3/28): "Hurricanes and the Climate Connection"
Johanna Foster (4/4): "Why Save Weeds?"
Mari Voelker (4/11): "The Heritage of the Metis People of Canada as Seen in Children's Literature"

You may download a .pdf version by clicking here. If you would like to be added to our e-mail distribution list, send an electronic message to greg.scholtz@wartburg.edu.

Wartburg Trumpet Profiles the WPLS

In the January 23, 2007, issue of the Wartburg Trumpet, editor Alan Simmer published an excellent story about the Wartburg Philosophical and Literary Society, with color photos from the January 19 meeting. Entitled "Wartburg Society Serves as a Marketplace of Ideas," the story can be accessed here.

Guidelines for Student Presentations

As the above schedule demonstrates, the WPLS encourages students as well as faculty to present the results of their scholarly activities at meetings of the Society. To assist students in determining whether their presentations are suitable for this venue, the Steering Committee offers the following guidelines:

The paper/presentation should already have been submitted in fulfillment of an academic requirement.
The paper/presentation has been deemed outstanding and recommended to the WPLS by a faculty member.
The paper/presentation should be scholarly in nature and should pertain to a subject worthy of serious academic study.

Archived Schedules

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