LEWISTON – Jesuit priest and professor of history John Staudenmaier will give a lecture and present the annual William Stringfellow Lecture in Justice and Peace at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. It will be held in Chase Hall Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave., Bates College.

Sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, the talk and a potluck dinner that begins at 6 p.m. is open to the public free of charge.

Staudenmaier’s talk is titled, “A Place in the World: Social Action Depends on Location.” The lecture honors the legacy of William Stringfellow, Bates class of 1949, a lawyer and lay theologian prominent in the American peace movement. It also coincides with the 2005 William Stringfellow Awards for Justice and Peace, which will be presented to Bates senior Ryan Conrad of Middletown, R.I., and Auburn resident Mark Schlotterbeck, city missionary at Calvary United Methodist Church.

Conrad will graduate this May with a degree in interdisciplinary studies that focuses on political science and performance art.

Schlotterbeck has spent his adult life in U.S. cities working with churches, prisoners and their families, laid-off workers, immigrants and downtown residents.