April 2020
POSTPONED – Becoming and Believing as a Writer: A Conversation with Jan Carson
Due to growing concerns about COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, where Jan Carson lives, as well as site cancellations from other stops on Jan’s U.S. tour, all events with Jan Carson at Upper House for the week of April 6th have been cancelled. We will share more about rescheduling Jan’s visit as details develop. Thank you for your understanding. Northern Irish novelist and short story writer, Jan Carson, will be in conversation with Upper House Program Curator, Melissa Haunty, discussing her…
Find out more »POSTPONED – Jesus, the University, and the Pursuit of Truth: Luncheon with N. T. Wright
Due to growing concerns about the global spread of COVID-19 and changing recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, the luncheon with N. T. Wright at Upper House on April 16 has been postponed. We are working to reschedule this event and will share details as they develop. World-renowned scholar N. T. Wright will address Madison’s university community at Upper House on Thursday, April 16, at 12:00 p.m. The claim of Professor Wright’s lecture,…
Find out more »POSTPONED – Chemistry and Creation: Augustine and Irenaeus at the Origin of Life
Due to the ongoing concerns over COVID-19, all events with Ben McFarland at Upper House for the week of April 13th have been cancelled. We will share more about rescheduling Ben’s visit as details develop. Thank you for your understanding. How do the basic rules of chemistry shed light on the order we see in creation? In Dr. Ben McFarland’s vision, they provide a direction for creation and curbs for evolution; they show how God’s order and purpose run through…
Find out more »POSTPONED – The Religious Origins of the Cold War
Due to the ongoing concerns over COVID-19 and the move by UW to digital-only instruction, this event has been cancelled. We will share more about a rescheduled event as details develop. Thank you for your understanding. The Cold War, spanning from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, made an indelible mark on international history. Cold War events and politics have occupied generations of scholars. Yet exciting discoveries continue to be made in the origins of the Cold War, based…
Find out more »May 2020
POSTPONED – To Think Christianly: The Past and Future of Christian Study Centers
Due to the ongoing concerns over COVID-19, all events with Charlie Cotherman at Upper House for the week of May 11 have been cancelled. We will share more about rescheduling Charlie's visit as details develop. Thank you for your understanding. Upper House is part of a larger, 50-year-old movement, one that is influencing the lives of scholars and students nationwide. In the late 1960s, when a new generation of evangelicals came of age in the midst of unprecedented cultural upheaval and…
Find out more »Christian Faith and the Dignity of All Workers: The Servicemaster Story
ServiceMaster is one of the great corporate stories of the 20th Century. The company grew from a small home business in 1929 to $6 billion in revenue by the year 2000. In 1985 and 1995 the company was rated the number one service company in the world by Fortune; in 1998 it was rated in the top 20 companies in the world by the Financial Times. Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, wrote two case studies on the company, stating…
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