Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Esau McCaulley
Sep 23 7:00pm CDT
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Learning Cohort: Faith & Co. ‘Business on Purpose’
Sep 24 7:45am CDT
Learning Cohort: The Color of Compromise
Sep 24 12:00pm CDT
Science Fiction and Christian Hope
Sep 26 9:00am CDT
Learning Cohort: Redeeming Work
Sep 30 12:00pm CDT
Politics and the Common Life: A Conversation about Faithful Political Engagement
Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Cherie Harder
Oct 07 6:00pm CDT
A Theology of Community Development
Kelley Nikondeha
Oct 22 12:00pm CDT
Adopted: The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World
Kelley Nikondeha
Oct 22 7:00pm CDT
Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom
Kelley Nikondeha
Oct 23 10:00am CDT
Not Unprecedented: Learning from the Literature of Plagues and Epidemics
Marilyn McEntyre
Oct 26 12:00pm CDT
Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict
Marilyn McEntyre
Oct 26 7:00pm CDT
Make a List: Turning a Commonplace Habit into a Spiritual Practice
Marilyn McEntyre
Oct 27 9:00am CDT
Learning Cohort: Lament—Learning the Minor Key
Sep 23 6:30pm CDT
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Science Fiction and Christian Hope
September 17, 2020
For most of us, science fiction, fantasy, or horror novels are something we read, if at all, recreationally—they give us worlds to escape to…
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Acknowledging Our Sense of Loss During This Pandemic Season
September 10, 2020
The seasons are changing. Usually in the fall, we look out our second story Upper House windows onto a campus teeming with students. Usually…
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Upper House Launches New Learning Cohorts
August 5, 2020
If you like to engage with other people around big ideas and their implications for your work, life, and spirit, you will be excited…
Open Study Hours and On-Site Meetings
Updated September 10, 2020
Students — Open study hours and larger student gatherings at Upper House are currently suspended as we voluntarily align with UW-Madison pandemic management efforts.
Faculty and Staff — Meeting room reservations are temporarily suspended.
Attendees of Upper House-hosted events or learning cohorts — Registration is required. All events include a virtual component. Our full event descriptions and email confirmations include meeting details.
