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
Opening Convocation
Christian M. M. Brady, DPhil (Oxon.)
President, Wittenberg University
10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025
Weaver Chapel
- Presentation Title: “Hope”
- Event Program
A transformational administrator, respected scholar, author, and Episcopal priest, Dr. Christian M. M. Brady serves as the 16th President of Wittenberg University. 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.
Musical 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’s 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.
Lessons 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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation
10 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2026
Weaver Chapel
- Details coming soon!
William 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
Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D. is an associate professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington who works primarily in the Revolutionary period. His monograph Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors (Oxford University Press, 2011) examines the material culture and ceremonies of state, such as fast days, funeral processions, and diplomatic protocols, by which Congress promoted armed resistance and independence. He was a Patrick Henry Writing Fellow with the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in 2015-2016.
Wittenberg Series Archives
- 2024-25 Wittenberg Series
- 2023-24 Wittenberg Series
- 2022-23 Wittenberg Series
- 2020-22 Wittenberg Series Events (limited due to pandemic restrictions)
- 2019-20 Wittenberg Series
- 2018-19 Wittenberg Series
- 2017-18 Wittenberg Series
Click here to see complete history of all Wittenberg Series performers/speakers since the program's inception in 1982.