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30th Anniversary of the Dedication of the BYU Jerusalem Center

Friday, October 11

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Varsity Theater

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WILKINSON CENTER’S VARSITY THEATER
Session 1: 9:00-10:45 am
Welcome and Introduction: Dana Pike
David Whitchurch, Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture
“Latter-day Saints and the Holy Land: Beginnings”
Amber Taylor, Church History Department
“The Jerusalem Center: Planning to Construction,1983–1989: Outside Views”
David Galbraith, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
“The Jerusalem Center: Planning to Construction,1983–1989: An Insider’s Views”
Session 2: 11:00-11:45 am
Eran Hayet, Executive Director of the Jerusalem Center
“The Jerusalem Center in the Community: From Suspicion and Distrust to Acceptance and Respect”
Jeffrey Chadwick, Jerusalem Center Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies
“Assessing the Influence of the Jerusalem Center on the Local Community and on the Academy”
LUNCH BREAK
JSB AUDITORIUM
Session 3: 1:15-1:45 pm
Introduction: James R. Kearl
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Session 4: 2:00-2:50 pm
Panel: “Experiencing the Jerusalem Center: Former Faculty and Associate Directors”
Moderator: Kent Jackson
Kent Brown, Kent Jackson, Andrew Skinner, Gaye Strathearn, Ed Stratford

Session 5: 3:00-3:50 pm
Panel: “Experiencing the Jerusalem Center: Former Students”
Moderator: David Seely
Former students prior to 2000: April Giddings Cobb, Julie Jenkins Elcock, Richard Reber
Former students after 2006: Heidi Hatch, Chris Meldrum, Raven Alard Ngatuvai
Session 6: 4:00-4:45 pm
James R. Kearl, Assistant to the President for the Jerusalem Center
“The Jerusalem Center at Thirty: Looking Back and Looking Forward”
Sponsored by:
The BYU Jerusalem Center/Provo Office, the Maxwell Institute, BYU Studies,
BYU History Department, and the BYU College of Religious Education
Open seating, no registration or tickets required. However, seating will be reserved in the JSB Auditorium
for Elder Holland’s address for those attending the morning ses

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