The Center for the Study of Europe puts on fantastic lectures and discussions every month. This Wednesday, March 6 Dr. Ralph Hancock from Political Science and Dr. Frederick Mark Gedicks from the Law School will be discussing:
Europe: Beyond Religion... And Politics?
at 4 pm in 238 HRCB (Kennedy Center, just south of the HBLL) While this discussion is not specifically about France, it is very pertinent to your French Studies. Be there to learn, support CSE, and for CSE giveaways.
Ralph C. Hancock is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. Hancock is president of the John Adams Center for the Study of Faith, Philosophy, and Public
Affairs, an independent educational foundation. His most recent book is the Responsibility of Reason: Theory and Practice in a Liberal-Democratic Age (2011) and his Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics was published in a new edition in 2011. Hancock has also translated numerous works from French. He received a BA summa cum laude in political science from Brigham Young University and an MA and a PhD in political science from Harvard University.
Frederick Mark Gedicks is the Guy Anderson Chair and a professor of law at Brigham Young University. Gedicks teaches constitutional law and freedom of religion, and has
published and lectured widely in U.S. and Europe on the nature and role of religion in contemporary public life. His publications include “Incorporation of the Establishment
Clause Against the States: A Logical, Textual, and Historical Account,”(forthcoming
winter 2013), “God of Our Fathers, Gods for Ourselves: Fundamentalism and Postmodern Belief,” William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (2010), and the book Freedom of Religion: Cases and Materials (with Robert Tuttle, forthcoming 2013). Gedicks received a BA cum laude in economics from Brigham Young University and a JD from the University of Southern California.
