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Read More NewsOn Monday, March 31, 2025, at 6 p.m. the Dean of University Libraries, Museums, and the Press will welcome Baylor alumnus Dr. Tyler B. Davis, to highlight his recent book, "God of the Whirlwind: Horror, Memory, and Story in Black Waco,” as a part of the Baylor Libraries Author Series. At the event, a panel including Davis, and three contributors of the book—Rev. Michael Babers, LaRue Dorsey, and Linda Lewis—will be interviewed by Dr. Stephen Sloan, Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Oral History. The event will take place in the Mayborn Museum Theatre and via Zoom Webinar. A reception with refreshments and a book signing will follow.
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Treasure Room of Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library & Museum and via Zoom Webinar, Dr. Wallace Daniel, Distinguished Professor of History, Mercer University, and Emeritus Professor of History, Baylor University, will present the 2025 Keston Spring Lecture, “Speaking Truth to Power: The Revolt of a Russian Priest.” Following his presentation, Daniel will converse with Dr. Stephen Sloan, Baylor Professor of History & Director of the Institute for Oral History. The conversation will be followed by Q&A, a reception with refreshments, and a book signing for Daniel’s latest release, “Freedom and the Captive Mind: Fr. Gleb Yakunin and Orthodox Christianity in Soviet Russia” (NIU/Cornell University Press, 2024).
The final session of this year’s Readers Meet the Author series will take place Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. and feature Dr. Dave Bridge, Associate Professor of Political Science. Bridge will speak about his new book, “Pushback: The Political Fallout of Unpopular Supreme Court Decisions” (University of Missouri Press, 2024), with Dean of Baylor Law and Abner V. McCall Chair of Evidence Law, Jeremy Counseller. The session will be held in the Schumacher Flex Commons of Moody Memorial Library and available online via Zoom Webinar. A reception with refreshments and a book signing will follow the conversation. The Readers Meet the Author series is presented by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost and hosted by the Baylor Libraries.
BaylorITS presents a series of Apple Workshops this spring for students, staff, and faculty where you can earn badges toward an Apple micro-credential and enhance productivity using iPad.