Adult Lecture Series

From its modest beginnings to a global spectacle watched by billions, the World Cup has shaped how the world plays and watches soccer. Author and journalist Clemente Lisi will explore the tournament’s evolution, controversies, icons, and its expanding global reach.

Lisi is executive editor at Religion Unplugged, a non-profit online news magazine. He has worked as a journalist for more than two decades. In that time, he has worked at major metropolitan dailies such as the New York Post and the New York Daily News and served as senior editor at ABC News. He is the author of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, A History of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, and all editions of A History of the World Cup.
 

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Stretching across the Peruvian desert, the Nasca Lines remain one of the world’s great archaeological mysteries. Explore the ancient societies behind these remarkable creations.

Dr. Christina Conlee is a professor at Texas State University who has conducted archaeological research in Peru for more than 25 years. Her work focuses on cultures of the Nasca desert, and she is the author of Beyond the Nasca Lines: Ancient Life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert. Her research has been featured in National Geographic magazine and in documentaries on the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel.

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