Doug Winiarski '92, assistant professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Richmond and one of Hamilton's most distinguished young alumni in academia will give a lecture, "Satan, Sinners, and the Evils of Parenthood in Provincial Boston: Lydia Proust's Dreadfullest Thought." His talk, which is sponsored by the History Department and the Dean's Speaker Fund, will take place in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. (rescheduled from Wednesday because of bad weather.)
After graduating from Hamilton, Winiarski attended Harvard Divinity School and then went on to Indiana University to earn his Ph.D. in Religious Studies. His dissertation title is "'All Manner of Error and Delusion': Josiah Cotton and the Religious Transformation of Eighteenth-Century Southeastern New England."
Winiarski, who is the coordinator of the Program in American Studies as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Richmond, has a forthcoming book "Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: The Travail of New England Congregationalism" which will be published by Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Hamilton's history department announced Winiarski's talk as the inaugural lecture in a tradition of bringing back Hamilton alumni who have pursued the study of history after graduation.
After graduating from Hamilton, Winiarski attended Harvard Divinity School and then went on to Indiana University to earn his Ph.D. in Religious Studies. His dissertation title is "'All Manner of Error and Delusion': Josiah Cotton and the Religious Transformation of Eighteenth-Century Southeastern New England."
Winiarski, who is the coordinator of the Program in American Studies as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Richmond, has a forthcoming book "Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: The Travail of New England Congregationalism" which will be published by Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Hamilton's history department announced Winiarski's talk as the inaugural lecture in a tradition of bringing back Hamilton alumni who have pursued the study of history after graduation.
