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Wilson to deliver fall Mellby Lecture

By Kari VanDerVeen
November 11, 2008

St. Olaf College Professor of Religion and Associate Dean for Humanities Charles A. Wilson '69 will deliver the fall Mellby Lecture Thursday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in Buntrock Commons Viking Theater. It will be streamed live and archived online.

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Wilson's lecture, titled "Inventing Jesus," represents his current writing project in a long-term theological conversation with research on the historical Jesus. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. Wilson is in his 33rd year of teaching at St. Olaf.

The Mellby Lectures
The current academic year marks the 26th Carl A. Mellby Memorial Lecture series of two talks per year that are given in remembrance of the late St. Olaf faculty member Carl A. Mellby. They were established to allow St. Olaf faculty to share their research with others. Mellby, known as "the father of social sciences" at St. Olaf, started the first courses in economics, sociology, political science and art history at the college. He was a professor and administrator from 1901 to 1949, taught Greek, German, French, religion and philosophy, and is credited with creating the college's honor system.

Contact Kari VanDerVeen at 507-786-3970 or vanderve@stolaf.edu.