Berea College - General Studies - Dr. Michael Rivage-Seul

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Dr. Michael Rivage-Seul

Professor of General Studies; Director of Peace and Social Justice Studies

Frost, Room 208
CPO 1951

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At Berea College since 1974

Degrees

B.A., St. Columban’s College, 1962
S.T.L., Athenaeum Anselmianum, Rome, 1969
S.T.D., Academia Alfonsiana, 1972

Honors and Awards

2001: One of 17 "invited researchers" at annual semester-long seminar studying political economy and theology at the Departamento Ecumenico de Investigaciones, San Jose, Costa Rica.
1992: One of 13 "invited researchers" at annual semester-long seminar studying political economy and theology at the Departamento Ecumenico de Investigaciones, San Jose, Costa Rica.
1991: Credentialed observer at lst Sandinista Congress, Managua, Nicaragua.
1990: Credentialed "official observer" at Nicaraguan presidential elections, Managua, Nicaragua.
1989: Awarded Kentucky Humanities Council grant for project researching and publishing information about the 1990 electoral process in Nicaragua.
1984: Fellow at semester-long liberation theology conference sponsored by CEHILA (the Commission for the Study of the History of the Church in Latin America), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1983: Resident Fellow at the Center for the Studies of Values and Social Policy, The University of Colorado at Boulder.
1980: Recipient of The Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, Berea's highest faculty award.
1972: Note of magna cum laude for doctoral dissertation.
1969: Note of magna cum laude for licentiate thesis.

Papers and Publications

2001: "The Roots of World Hunger Revisited." Presentation to campus group on World Hunger Day, October 25th.
2001: Various teach-ins about war in Afghanistan.
2000: With Peggy Rivage-Seul, led faculty development tour of Mexico and Costa Rica. Studying the theme of "Globalization and the Environment," tour participants visited the Tucson-Nogales border, studied with Gustavo Esteva in Oaxaca, Mexico, and visited sites in Costa Rica including Tortugero, Monte Verde and Guanacaste.
1995-'99: Annual speech on international social issues and the environment at "Earth Roots Jamboree," Indian Fort Theater, Berea.
1997: "The Roots of World Hunger." Presentation to campus group on World Hunger Day.
1993: "Report from Costa Rica: New World Orders and Free Trade Agreements." Lecture, The Berea Forum. Nov. 2, 1993.
Nov. 1993: "NAFTA, Why Should We Care? The Peacemaking Connection." Berea Interfaith Task Force for Peace Newsletter . Nov. 1993, 2-7.
Nov. 5, 1992: Campus-wide Symposium: panelist for discussion of "The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Elections: The Continuing Abortion Debate.
1990-'91: At request of students and faculty representatives, addressed anti-war rallies and took part in planning and executing campus-wide educational events around the Gulf War. These included three speeches at vigils in front of the Alumni Building; an address given at a rally at the Capitol Building in Frankfurt; accompanying students to a national anti-war rally in Washington, and participation in three panel discussions to which faculty and students were invited.
Spring 1991: Elder Hostel: "Revolution."
Sept. 1990: "Save the Children." Speech given at student-initiated rally on U.N. Children's Day.
Nov., 1990 Divisional Convocation: "The 1990 Nicaraguan Elections: A Report from the Kentucky Delegation" -- Phelps-Stokes Auditorium.
Nov. 1989: Campus-wide Symposium: "Freedom of Speech and Library Policy." Moderator for question and answer session with Phyllis Schlafley.
1987: Alumni College: "Liberation Theology in Nicaraguan Perspective."
1986: Elder Hostel: "Liberation Theology.
April 25, 1986: "Divestment Imperatives." Main address at student-organized anti-apartheid rally.
1985: Freshman Seminar Working Papers. A post-sabbatical (1984), book-length investigation of the historical and philosophical relationships between freedom and justice, produced for a Berea College workshop on the theme, led by the author.
Nov. 28, 1984: "Liberation Theology: A New Reformation." Post-sabbatical Faculty Lecture.
Spring 1981 &'82: "Marx and Marxism." Lecture to all participants in "Religious and Historical Perspectives."
Sept. 1982 September Faculty Symposium. "Values as Standards of Action." One of two faculty respondents to Richard Morrill's paper, "Teaching Values in College."
1982-'87: "Freedom, Justice and the Parable of the Cave." Opening lecture, "Freshman Seminar" (given twice yearly).
1982: "Kerygma." Religious and Historical Perspectives Handbook. Berea, Ky.: Berea College Press.
Nov. 1980: Convocation: "On Being Radically Pro-Life." Panelist (with students) in discussion of abortion issue. Phelps-Stokes Auditorium.
Good Friday, 1980: "Meditation on the Fifth 'Word' from the Cross: 'I thirst.'" Danforth Chapel.
1979: Compiled, printed and distributed to "Issues and Values" staff, a manual of teaching resources generated by the staff itself.
1978: "Inheritance, Decay (and Resurrection?)." Religious and Historical Perspectives Handbook. Berea College Press.
1978: "The Concept of Kingdom in Ancient Judaism." Religious and HIstorical Perspectives Handbook. Berea College Press.
1976:- "Kerygma." Annual fall lecture given in various forms to all participants in "Religious and Historical Perspectives."
1976, '77 &'78: "The Secular City." Lecture to all participants in "Religious and Historical Perspectives," Spring 1976- '77, '78.
1976: "The Secular City Revisited." Religious and Historical Perspectives Handbook. Berea College Press.
1975: "Issues and Values in Liberation Perspective." Issues and Values Handbook. Berea, College Press, 1975