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Arts and Culture at Wittenberg

The Wittenberg Series

Now celebrating its 41st season, the Wittenberg Series offers a selection of cultural activities available to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.

All events are admission-free, and doors open 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each one. All facilities are accessible without climbing stairs, and audio-description services and interpreter requests will be accommodated, as time allows. Please request these services as early as possible to provide us adequate time to make the necessary arrangements. Requests and other questions can be directed to wittseries@wittenberg.edu.

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2025-2026 Wittenberg Series Events

Christian BradyOpening Convocation

Christian M. M. Brady, DPhil (Oxon.)
President, 九一麻豆制片厂
10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025
Weaver Chapel

A transformational administrator, respected scholar, author, and Episcopal priest, Dr. Christian M. M. Brady serves as the 16th President of 九一麻豆制片厂. Having navigated profound grief, Dr. Brady authored Beautiful and Terrible Things and has since forged a unique public theology that defines his work and community engagement.

Lindsay Deutsch and Jason StollMusical Performance

Lindsay Deutsch and Jason Stoll
Violin and Piano Duo
7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025
Weaver Chapel

This powerhouse duo takes the crowd on a whirlwind journey through the hits of the centuries, expressing a variety of musical styles from classical to jazz to the popular hits of today. Trained at the world鈥檚 top conservatories, Lindsay Deutsch on violin and Jason Stoll on piano showcase their dazzling technique as they perform masterpieces by the rockstars of yesteryear such as Bach and Beethoven and draw parallels to the entertainers that audiences grew up with including Frank Sinatra, Elton John, and Billy Joel. Spiced with humor and laughs and a bit of history, audiences everywhere rave about these unique artists and their diverse and entertaining programming.

CandleLessons and Carols for Advent & Christmas

7:30 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2025
Pre-service music begins at 7 p.m.
Weaver Chapel

As the Advent season unfolds, this annual tradition offers a time of music and reflection. Music will be provided in collaboration with Wittenberg students, alumni, and the Springfield Symphony Choir.

Christopher ThompsonMartin Luther King Jr. Convocation

Christopher Thompson 鈥�93
Founder & Executive Coach, CORE INCLUSIVE CONSULTING LLC
11 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2026
Weaver Chapel

  • Presentation Title: 鈥淭he Light We Find, The Light We Carry鈥�

Christopher Thompson 鈥�93 is an executive advisor, keynote speaker, author, and leadership coach who equips leaders to strengthen the core of who they are so their impact lasts. Thompson is the founder of CORE Inclusive Consulting, a leadership and development firm that helps organizations build cultures where people grow, teams thrive, and leaders operate with clarity, courage, and confidence. He is the author of the upcoming book Strong Core: The Inner Work That Grows Lasting Leaders.

Benjamin H. IrvinWilliam A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History

Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D.
Social and Cultural Historian of Early America and the U.S.
7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center

  • Presentation Title: 鈥淚 Still Have an Independent Spirit: Disabled Veterans and Pension Assistance after the Revolutionary War鈥�

Benjamin H. Irvin is a historian of the American Revolution. He is the author of Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People out of Doors (Oxford, 2011). That book, which examined the fraught relationship between Congress and the American people, was named a 2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a finalist for the 2012 George Washington Book Prize. Irvin鈥檚 current project鈥攖entatively entitled, Independent Spirit: Revolutionary War Veterans and Disability in the Early United States鈥攔econstructs the efforts of sick and wounded soldiers to eke their subsistence from state and federal disability pensions. Irvin鈥檚 research has garnered support from the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the New England Regional Research Consortium, the Newberry Library and Jack Miller Center, and the Virginia Historical Society. Now an associate professor of history at Indiana University, Irvin has taught at Brandeis University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Arizona, and Washington College. He is the past executive editor of the Journal of American History.

Wittenberg Series Archives

Click here to see complete history of all Wittenberg Series performers/speakers since the program's inception in 1982.

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