On September 27 Victor Matthews, dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, presented at the  University of Tennessee’s Religious Studies 50th Anniversary lecture series.   The topic of his lecture was “Space, Memory, and Conversation: From the Biblical World to the Classrooms of Today”.  Drawing on his extensive body of literature, which encompasses both scholarly analysis and several textbooks, Dr. Matthews highlighted the role these important themes play in the biblical text and how they remain significant for instructing students in the contemporary Religious Studies classroom.