Albert Schweitzer at the Turn of the Millennium
An International Conference in Honor of Rhena Schweitzer Miller on Her 80th Birthday and in Memory of Alice R. Bergel
Friday, February 19, 1999
Chapman University-Argyros Forum, Room 209
7:30 PM
Albert Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau: Letters of Devotion
Premiere of a Dramatic Reading from the Correspondence of Schweitzer with His Future Wife
- Edited by Rhena Schweitzer Miller and Gustav Woytt
- Translated by Antje B. Lemke
- Compiled by Kurt Bergel
- Produced and directed by Edith M. Schwartz
- Performed by John Frederick Jones as Albert Schweitzer and
Laurel Kelsh Jones as Helene Bresslau
Reception follows performance
Saturday, February 20, 1999
Chapman University-Argyros Forum, Room 209
Assessing Albert Schweitzer: Scholarly Perspectives
| Session Chair: Wafula Okumu, Peace Studies Professor, Chapman University |
| 9:00 |
Mike Martin, Philosophy Professor, Chapman University
Good Fortune Obligates: Gratitude, Philanthropy, and Colonialism |
| 10:00 |
Sylvere M’Bondobari, Schweitzer Scholar, University of Bayreuth
The Reception of Albert Schweitzer in Gabon |
| 11:00 |
Erich Graesser, Religion Professor, University of Bonn
The Significance of Albert Schweitzer for Our Time |
| Session chair: Barbara Tye, Education Professor, Chapman University |
| 2:00 |
Ara Paul Barsam, Schweitzer Scholar, Oxford University
The Influence of Jainism on the Thought of Albert Schweitzer |
| 3:00 |
James M. Robinson, Religion Professor, Claremont Graduate University
The Legacy of Albert Schweitzer’s Quest of the Historical Jesus |
| 4:00 |
Nikki Lindberg, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Connecticut
Teaching Reverence for Life |
Chapman University-Argyros Forum, Room 209
7:30 PM
Keynote Speaker
- James Brabazon, Schweitzer Biographer, London
Albert Schweitzer at the Turn of the Millennium
Sunday, February 21, 1999
Chapman University-Bertea Hall, Salmon Recital Hall
11:00 AM
- Ecumenical Service
- Liturgy By Ronald Farmer, Polly Williams, and Maria Tafoya
- Meditation by Marvin Meyer-Affirming Reverence for Life
- Music of Bach, African Music
Brunch follows service
2:00 PM
An Afternoon with the Schweitzer Family
- He Comes to Us: words by Albert Schweitzer, music by Jane M. Marshall
- Tribute to Rhena Schweitzer Miller and Alice R. Bergel
- Mozart, Piano Concerto in C-major, K 246, performed by Christiane Schweitzer Engel, accompanied by Chapman University String Quartet
- Interview with Rhena Schwetzer Miller by Antje B. Lemke, Syracuse University
- A Requiem for Schweitzer: words by Georges Rawiri, translated by Alice R. Bergel, music by Martin Doernberg
Conference Conveners: Kurt Bergel and Marvin Meyer
This conference is made possible with funding by:
Griset Lectureship, Department of Religious Studies
Albert Schweitzer Institute
Wang-Fradkin Professorship
and
Huntington Lectureship
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