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On campus? Stop by UAC 122 now for cookies, coffee, and hot cocoa. Then come back at 4 pm to make your own gingerbread house and listen to faculty read their favorite Christmas poems. We would love to have you join us!

"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine." --John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 1780.

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For those considering graduate studies in the humanities, please join us for this panel discussion.

Graduate Studies in the Humanities: Is It worth It?

Join HBU faculty members Dr. Marybeth Bagget (English), Dr. Collin
Garbarino (History), and Dr. Gary Hartenburg (Philosophy) as they discuss the practical and vocational value of advanced studies in the Humanities.

November 18, 2020
12:00-1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Register online: https://qrco.de/GRAD

Thoughts on Beowulf and The Dream of the Rood by HBU alumnus Alex Markos

Christ, Our Hero at Calvary: Meaning and Metaphor in Beowulf and “The Dream of the Rood” | An Unexpected Journal When Christians like St Augustine of Canterbury first brought the Gospel over to Britain in the late sixth century, they were entering a culture that was totally ignorant of the Jewish roots of the biblical narrative. No doubt, this posed great difficulty in translating the language and ideas of the...