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Symposium 2000
World Peace through Reverence for Life
September 30 - October 15, 2000
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Frederick Franck: Drawings of Lambaréné
"Albert Schweitzer's Hospital in Action"
September 11 - October 19 ..... The Fine Arts Gallery at Vanderbilt
Saturday, Sept 30
Frederick Franck: Drawings of Lambaréné
Reception: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ..... The Fine Arts Gallery at Vanderbilt - Reception
Concert for World Peace - The Voices of Bahá
7:30 pm ..... Langford Auditorium ..... Vanderbilt University
Sunday, Oct 1
A Musical Meditation for World Peace Concert, featuring live music from Spacecraft
This will be a 45 minute musical event, creating an environment
for meditation and prayer for world peace.
Unitarian Universalist Church ..... 1808 Woodmont Blvd, Nashville,
TN.....3:00 pm (no charge) more details
The School of Medicine: Dr. Els Mathieu, a physician with Doctors Without Borders, an international medical
aid group. The organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1999.
"Doctors Without Borders in Refugee Crises"
7:00 pm ..... #208 Light Hall ..... Vanderbilt University
Monday, Oct 2
Vanderbilt Speaker’s Committee: Robert Thurman, Scholar, Buddhist Studies, Columbia University
"Global Peace through Buddhist Philosophy: An Evening with Robert
Thurman"
7:00 pm ..... Langford Auditorium ..... Vanderbilt University
Nuclear War Films at Sarratt Cinema
Film: On the Beach 1959, Directed by Stanley Kramer
Sarratt Student Center .....Vanderbilt University .....7:00 pm
& 9:35 pm
Tuesday, Oct 3
Peabody College: Dwight W. Allen, Eminent Professor of Educational Reform, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Virginia
"Education for World Peace"
7:00 pm ..... Rotunda, Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education
(formerly Social Religious Building) ..... Vanderbilt University
Nuclear War Films at Sarratt Cinema
Film: Fail-Safe 1964, Directed by Sidney Lumet
Sarratt Student Center .....Vanderbilt University .....7:00 pm
& 9:15 pm
Wednesday, Oct 4
The College of Arts and Science: José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1996, Human Rights Diplomat
"Peacemaking: The Power of Nonviolence"
7:00 pm ..... Langford Auditorium ..... Vanderbilt University
Thursday, Oct 5
The School of Engineering: Dr. William J. Madia, Chief Executive Officer of UT - Battelle and Director for the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
"Effects of Global Warming on World Peace"
6:30 pm ..... Stevenson Center, Room 5326 ..... Vanderbilt University
Friday, Oct 6
Nashville Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm ..... The Factory ..... Franklin, TN
A Walk in the Woods, Play by Lee Blessing. Presented by The Actors Bridge
8:00 pm ..... St. Augustine Chapel, 200 24th Avenue South .....
Vanderbilt University Campus
Performances also October 7, 8, 13, 14, 15
Saturday, Oct 7
Nashville Chamber Orchestra
8:00 pm ..... Downtown Presbyterian Church ..... Nashville, TN
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit, October 7 - 28
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Keathley University Center ..... MTSU.....Opening Reception: October
7, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sunday, Oct 8
Lambarena - Bach to Africa: An Hommage To Albert Schweitzer
Presented by The Village Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Traditional harmonies of Bach linked to the native melodies and
dances of Schweitzer's adopted homeland Gabon, Africa.
2:00 pm and 7:00 pm ..... The Factory ..... Franklin, Tennessee
Monday, Oct 9
Reception for Hiroshima Boys' Choir Hosted by Warner/Reprise Records, Co-sponsored by Japan-U.S. Program
and NEK, Middle Tennessee State University, and Center of U.S.
Japan Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt University.
6:00 pm ..... (Invitation Only)
Tuesday, Oct 10
Blair School of Music: Christoph Wolff, Professor of Music, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences. Bach concert piece: Bobby G. Taylor, oboe, and Polly
Brecht, harpsichord.
"In Search of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Human Face:
The Everyday Life of the Leipzig Thomascantor "
7:00 pm ..... Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall ..... Vanderbilt
University
Wednesday, Oct 11
Hiroshima Boys' Choir, Hiroshima, Japan
"Childhood Dreams Peace Concert"
7:30 pm ..... Ryman Auditorium ..... Nashville, TN
Thursday, Oct 12
The Divinity School: Marcus J. Borg, Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, Oregon State
University. One of the leading historical Jesus scholars of this
generation.
Cole Lectures 2000
"Jesus Today: the Legacy of Albert Schweitzer"
7:00 pm ..... Benton Chapel ..... Vanderbilt University
Hiroshima Boys' Choir, Hiroshima, Japan (Repeat of October 11 Concert)
"Childhood Dreams Peace Concert"
7:00 pm ..... Wright Music Hall ..... Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
International Albert Schweitzer Conference
October 13 - 14 - 15, 2000
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Friday, Oct 13
Cole Lectures 2000, continued
The Divinity School: Marcus J. Borg
"The Battle Over Jesus Today"
10:00 am ..... Benton Chapel ..... Vanderbilt University
Frederick Franck: Drawings of Lambaréné
Reception: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ..... The Fine Arts Gallery at Vanderbilt
The School of Nursing: Jo Adrianna Munz-Boddingius, nurse who served with Schweitzer
"My Joy of Having Been a Midwife in Lambaréné"
4:00 pm ..... Light Hall ..... Vanderbilt University
The School of Nursing: Dr. Walter Munz, Vice-President of L'hôpital Albert Schweitzer à Lambaréné. A physician
now in Switzerland, Dr. Munz was director of the hospital at Dr.
Schweitzer's death.
"The Message of Lambaréné in the Past, Present and Future"
7:00 pm ..... Light Hall ..... Vanderbilt University
Saturday, Oct 14
Schweitzer Conference Continues
Speakers include Rhena Schweitzer Miller (Dr. Schweitzer's daughter); Naomi Tutu (Bishop Tutu's daughter), Fisk University; Dr. Lachlan Forrow, President of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, and Marvin Meyer Co-director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Chapman University,
CA. Hugh O'Brian, actor, Dr. Henry Perry, Director Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti, Nikki Lindberg and Jenifer Grant - joint presentation - Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities.
British author James Brabazon (Schweitzer biographer) will be keynote speaker at luncheon.
Moderator for Panel Discussion will be Antje Bultmann Lemke, Schweitzer Scholar. Music Interlude: Concert Choir of the Blair Children’s Chorus.
9:30 am - 5:30 pm ..... West End United Methodist Church .....
Nashville, TN
Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach, Acclaimed Multimedia Musical Dramatization by Thurston Moore.
Featuring actor Hugh O'Brian and Canadian Organists, Peter Letkemann and Christopher Dawes
7:30 pm ..... West End United Methodist Church - Reception Follows
Sunday, Oct 15
Schweitzer Conference: Albert Schweitzer's Philosophy of "Reverence
for Life"
Albert Schweitzer's sermon: "Reverence for Life," first given
at St. Nicolai Church, Strasbourg, France, 1919 will be delivered.
Concert will feature Christiane Engel, concert pianist and Jiri Tomasek, concert violinist. Panel Discussion, etc. Keynote Speaker: Thomas E. Corts, President, Samford University.
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm ..... West End United Methodist Church
Symphony No. 1 "Paths of Peace", by Michael Alec Rose
Dedicated to the Life and Work of Albert Schweitzer, World Premiere,
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Jordan Tang, Guest Conductor
7:00 pm ..... James K. Polk Theatre - Tennessee Performing Arts
Center ..... Nashville, TN
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