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Curriculum Vitae
Wesley A. KortClick here for a printer-ready version, or
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- Education
| Ph.D. | The University of Chicago | 1965 |
| MA | University of Chicago | 1961 |
| BD | Calvin Theological Seminary | 1959 |
| AB | Calvin College | 1956 |
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Professor, Department of Religion and Graduate Faculty of Religion, 1977 - present
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- Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Graduate Faculty of Religion, 1970 - 1977
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, 1965 - 1970
- Princeton University
- Instructor, Department of Religion, 1963 - 1965
- University of Chicago
- Assistant to Preston T. Roberts, Divinity School, 1962 - 1963
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- Assistant to Perrin Lowry, Humanities Division, 1961 - 1962
- Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award, Trinity College, January 2009
Senior Fellow of the Erasmus Institute, The University of Notre Dame, 1999-2000
Fellow of the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture, 1995 - present
Member, Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ, Fall, 1992; Spring, 1994
Research Award, Committee on International Studies, Summer, 1969
Outstanding Professor Award, Student Government, Duke University, 1968
Fulbright Fellowships to the Netherlands, 1962-1963, 1963-1964
Rockefeller Doctoral Fellowship, 1962-1963
University of Chicago Fellowship, 1961-1962
University of Chicago Scholarships, 1959-1963
- Professional Service
- Member of the American Academy of Religion
- Course Committee, Trinity College, 2012
- Chair, Department of Religion, September 1, 2002 - August 31, 2006
- Convener, Religion and Modernity Program, 1995 - 2005
- Faculty Associate, Craven Quad, 1998 - 1999
- Member, Executive Committee of the Graduate Religion Faculty, 1989 - 1994, 1998 - 1999
- Chair, Provost's Review Committee for the Faculty Associates Program, 1999
- Faculty Associate, Trent Dormitory, 1995 - 1998
- Member, Executive Committee of the Arts and Sciences Council, 1991 - 1992
- Chair, Arts and Sciences Committee on Study Abroad, 1990 - 1992
- Chair, Personnel Committee, 1988 - 1992, 1997-1999
- Chair, University Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid, 1986 - 1989
- Faculty Fellow, Baldwin Federation, 1981 - 1982
- Faculty Advisor, Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship program, 1977 - 1980
- Faculty Fellow, Kilgo Federation, 1975 - 1977
- Member, Undergraduate Faculty Council of Trinity College, 1974 - 1975
- Chair, Provost's Taskforce on Student Affairs, 1974 - 1975
- Associate Dean, Trinity College, 1973 - 1974
- Associate Provost, Duke University, 1973 - 1974
- DUS, Department of Religion, 1972, 1975, 1981-1985, 1998-1999
- Assistant Dean, Graduate School, 1970 - 1971
- Liaison Officer and Co-Chairman, Joint Central Committee for the Cooperative Program in the Humanities (with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 1967 - 1970
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- Modernity and the Authority of "Second Scriptures", Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 5 January 2009
- Nathan A. Scott: A Tribute, American Academy of Religion, 5 January 2009
- Religious Identity, Durham University, England, 5 January 2009
- Autobiography and Religious Identity Paper, The Blaise Pascal Institute, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October, 2006
- Keynote Address, Conference on Christianity and Literature, Anderson University, SC, April, 2006
- Lecture, Trinity College, Oxford, April, 2005
- Endowed Lectureship in Religion, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2004
- Faith and Writing Conference, Calvin College, April, 2004
- Claremont Graduate University, *
- Elon College, *
- Furman University, *
- Hope College, *
- North Carolina Convocation of Lutheran Pastors and Education, *
- North Carolina Humanities Council, *
- North Carolina Teachers of Religion, *
- Pennsylvania State University, *
- Point Loma University, *
- Reinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn., *
- Sioux Falls College, *
- Southern Methodist University, *
- St. Edwards University, *
- The Orion Scott Lectures, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, *
- Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Conference on Christianity and Literature, *
- United States Military Academy, West Point, *
- University of Durham, England, *
- University of Richmond, *
- Vassar College, *
- Wheaton College, *
- Publications (listed separately)
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