How, Then, Shall We Live?

The "How, Then, Shall We Live?" Lecture Series at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN aims to raise potent questions by inviting lecturers and organizing events which stoke lively conversation, not only in the University but in the Sewanee community at large. What are the key issues that bedevil us here in Sewanee? Who could help us think through such issues? Whose writing and life work speaks to them? Email us your thoughts at htswlseries@gmail.com

Friday, November 10, 2006

IS HONOR DEAD TODAY? FEBRUARY 27th, 2007.

(poster designed by Kate Sullivan)

In celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the formalization of the Honor Code at Sewanee, the "How, Then, Shall We Live?" lecture-discussion series is sponsoring a talk by author, scholar, and media critic James Bowman. His lecture "Is Honor Dead Today?" will take place on Tuesday, February 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium. In addition, he will lead a discussion on Wednesday February 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Convocation Hall. These and all other events in this series are free and open to the public.

Mr. Bowman is a movie critic for The American Spectator, the American editor of The Times Literary Supplement of London, a media critic for The New Criterion, and a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (http://www.eppc.org/). He is the author of Honor: a History (Encounter Books, 2006).

A faculty and staff panel, consisting of Andrea Mansker, History; Jim Peterman, Philosophy; Dale Richardson, English; and David Spaulding, Director of the University Counseling Service will introduce Bowman's ideas and arguments on Tuesday, February 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Gailor 11.

A student panel, consisting of Daniel Hinkle, Philosophy and Psychology C'08; Margaret McCall, English '08 and Chair of the Honor Council; Wilson Finch, History C'07 and President of the Order of Gownsmen; and D'Anthony Allen, English C'07, will examine Bowman's views and their relevance to Sewanee's honor tradition on Tuesday, March 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the Women's Center Living Room.

Information about James Bowman and his writings can be found at the following links:

James Bowmans' web writings on honor: http://www.jamesbowman.net/honor.asp

Information on Honor: a History, which is also available in the University Bookstore:
http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/honor/

Reviews of Honor: a History
http://www.reason.com/news/show/36938.html

http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110008477

NPR"s "Here on Earth" interview with James Bowman on honor
http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/hoe/hoe060906k.rm

James Bowman's film reviews and writings on the web:
http://www.jamesbowman.net/

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Video and audio forms of James Bowman's lecture "Is Honor Dead Today?" and his follow up discussion are now available:

A student panel, consisting of Daniel Hinkle, Philosophy and Psychology C'08; Margaret McCall, English '08 and Chair of the Honor Council; Wilson Finch, History C'07 and President of the Order of Gownsmen; and D'Anthony Allen, English C'07, will examine Bowman's views and their relevance to Sewanee's honor tradition on

Tuesday, March 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the Women's Center Living Room.

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