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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 @ 5 PM PT
DR. JEAN-PIERRE ISBOUTS
and
DR. BARTON BUECHNER
with host DR. CONNIE CORLEY
DR. JEAN-PIERRE ISBOUTS is an art historian, National Geographic author, and award-winning filmmaker, specializing in the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean Basin. A doctoral professor at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA, he gained worldwide renown with his 2006 book, The Biblical World, which became an international bestseller and is now in its fourth print. This success led to a series of National Geographic books, including the bestsellers, In the Footsteps of Jesus (2011) and The Story of Christianity(2014).
In 2013, Dr. Isbouts authenticated a canvas discovered in a Swiss vault as Leonardo’s first version of the Mona Lisa, predating the Louvre version by at least seven years. This led to his book, The Mona Lisa Myth (2013), which has since been made into a film starring Alessandro Demcenko as Leonardo da Vinci, and narrated by Morgan Freeman. It was also featured in a recent BBC TV Special.
His most recent publications include, Ten Prayers that Changed the World (Random House); The Archaeology of the Bible (National Geographic); and Young Leonardo (St. Martin’s Press), in which he argues that Leonardo was not the favored court artist in Milan that traditional scholarship holds him to be.
Dr. Isbouts has written and directed a number of television specials on art, including Manet in Love starring Alyssa Bresnahan, Van Gogh Revisited narrated by Leonard Nimoy, and Walt: The Man Behind the Myth narrated by Dick van Dyke. As a musicologist, Dr. Isbouts has produced a number of recordings by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and other ensembles and soloists, including works by 19th century French composers such as Satie, Franck, Fauré, and Debussy. His website is www.jpisbouts.org.
DR. BARTON BUECHNER is an adjunct professor in the Adler University Masters in Psychology with Emphasis in Military Psychology (MAMP) program. In addition to supervising student capstone projects, Dr. Buechner teaches course in Operational Psychology, Research Methods, and Morality, Ethics, and Social Justice. He also serves as the Michigan State Vice-Chair of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR); is the Veterans Knowledge Community representative for the National Association of Student Program Administrators (NASPA) Region IV-East, and is a member of the Boards of Directors of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution and the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.
Buechner retired from the Navy at the rank of Captain after 30 years of military service that included duty in Surface Warfare, Public Affairs, and Joint Service with the Department of Defense Offices of Inspector General and Reserve Affairs. He is a 1978 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a 1997 graduate of the Naval War College; holds a Master of Science degree in Organization Development from Case Western Reserve University, and earned his doctorate in Human Development at Fielding Graduate University in 2014. His dissertation research was focused on mentoring of returning veterans in higher education.
