Lecture to Explore Effect of Stereotypes
Cal Lutheran University is offering two free lectures focusing on the portrayal of Middle-Eastern stereotypes in the media and the legacy of Martin Luther, as part of its “Searching for Common Ground” series of presentations.
CBS consultant Jack Shaheen will discuss the media’s stereotyping of Mideastern peoples at 10:05 a.m. today in the university’s Preus-Brandt Forum, 60 W. Olsen Road, in Thousand Oaks.
Shaheen, a two-time Fulbright scholar, is an authority on the impact of stereotyped media images on the racial and ethnic groups being portrayed. His essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He has also been featured as a guest on “Nightline,” “Good Morning America” and “Larry King Live.”
On Oct. 28, church historian Robert Goeser will discuss Martin Luther’s legacy, and how his doctrines have influenced contemporary times and thought at 10:05 a.m. in the university’s Samuelson Chapel.
Goeser, a professor emeritus at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, has joined Cal Lutheran’s religion department for the fall semester as the first person appointed to the Gerhard and Olga J. Belgum Endowed Chair of Lutheran Confessional Theology.
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