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Speaker Wilfred M. McClay Lectures At PBU

The Center for University Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University hosted speaker Wilfred M. McClay on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m.

The Center for University Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University hosted a free public event Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Speaker Wilfred M. McClay gave a lecture called The Tocquevillean Moment and America’s Challenge, according to a news release.

McClay is the SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he is a professor of history.  

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He has also taught at Georgetown University, Tulane University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Dallas.

He is currently a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Society of Scholars at the James Madison Program of Princeton University.

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Among his other awards, McClay was selected for inclusion on the 1997-98 Templeton Honor Rolls, awarded by the John Templeton Foundation for distinguished teaching and scholarship in American higher education.

In addition, he has been the recipient of fellowship awards from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Academy of Education, the Howard Foundation, the Earhart Foundation, and the Danforth Foundation.

He is coeditor of Rowman and Littlefield’s book series entitled American Intellectual Culture, serves on the editorial boards of First Things, The Wilson Quarterly, The Public Interest, Society, Touchstone, Historically Speaking, and University Bookman, and is a member of the Board of Governors of The Historical Society. He was educated at St. John’s College (Annapolis) and the Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Ph.D. in history in 1987.

PBU’s Center for University Studies supports the academic mission of the University by investing in the scholarly pursuits of students and faculty. The center creates engaging educational opportunities by facilitating interdisciplinary collegiality across PBU’s academic schools and departments.

For more information visit www.pbu.edu/events.


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