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Dances of Enlightenment
Executive Producer: Marilyn Wilhelm
Since 1972 Marilyn Wilhelm has been creating, developing, and implementing an interdisciplinary, intercultural, interlingual, interfaith Cosmopolis Curriculum rooted in Universal Cultural Traditions and Standards of Thought. Wilhelm Scholê International has won international acclaim and is recognized as “one of the most respected unified diversity education training programs in the world.” Marilyn Wilhelm has spoken at significant conferences all over the world. Her book
Education: The Healing Art has been translated into six
languages.
Designated First
Breakthrough Woman in Education,
International Women’s Forum.
Designated
An Old Master, Purdue University.
Monograph:
Education for the Citizens of the
Twenty-First Century, for the
Time Capsule
Emmy Award-winning CBS Television Documentary
on Wilhelm Scholê International:
Wilhelm Scholê International: A Model of Excellence,
University of Texas: Centennial
Wilhelm Scholê International: A+ for Breaking the Mold
Award, United States Department of Education, Washington,
D.C.
Wilhelm Scholê International presented and discussed as
A
Lighthouse of Innovation
at
New Directions in Education Conference.
Speaker:
Third International Seminar of Misconceptions and
Educational Strategies in Science and Mathematics;
Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York; Mathematics and Moral Imagination.
Speaker and Participant:
UNICEF State of the World’s Children
National Launch; Texas
Speaker:
American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Science Forum,
Education for the 21st Century.
Recipient:
Texas Arts Commission and Texas Arts Alliance
Award for Distinguished
Recipient:
Institute of International Education Award.
Guest of the Government of Israel under the auspices of the
Ministry of Education and
Recipient:
Egyptian-American Society Award.
Speaker and Participant:
Inauguration of International Peace
University, Potsdam and
Only woman participant: Second International Symposium: New
Initiatives in East-West
One of 30 participants from the US and Europe,
International
Seminar of Human and Urban Renewal, sponsored by the
International YMCA, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the
Netherlands.
Wilhelm Lecture Series:
Regenerating the Principle of
Integrity; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Founding Delegate:
United Religions Initiative 1999
Conference, Stanford University.
Recipient:
The Outstanding Science
and Mathematics
Teacher Award, Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Speaker:
Institute for Advanced Philosophic Research Conference,
Boulder, Colorado;
Recipient:
Public Service Award, Los Angeles Museum
of Science and Industry. Recipient: Appreciation Award,
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science,
U.S. Delegate:
International Nutrition Conference,
Mexico City.
Speaker:
Nutrition Education Conference, Houston,
Texas;
Health Comes First:
Nutrition
Recipient:
Appreciation Award, University of Texas
Medical School, Houston, Texas.
Honoree:
Houston Center for Attitudinal Healing.
Recipient:
Brain Allergy Research Inc. Award.
An Evening Honoring Marilyn Wilhelm,
The Remington Hotel; Houston, Texas; Speaker,
Norman
Cousins; Performance: Pianist
Daniel Pollack;
Honorary Co-Chairpersons: Dr. Lawrence Derthick,
Former United States Commissioner of Education,
Vidal Sassoon,
International Chairperson for Hebrew University.
Appointed:
Texas Commissioner on the Status of Women.
Moderator:
PBS Television Nuclear Weapons: The Human Impact.
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Fine Arts
Commission, and Texas Lutheran University.
Wilhelm Scholê International Exhibit:
Haiku Poetry and
Sumi-e Paintings, Museum of Science and Industry,
Los Angeles. President Nixon of the United States
and
Prime Minister Tanaka of Japan,
Honorary
Co-Sponsors. The Exhibit toured California for three years
resulting in the establishment of
Haiku
poetry in the schools of
California.
Haiku Poetry: A Children’s Collection,
published by
Doubleday, made the
New York
Haiku Poetry: A Children’s Collection
was acquired by the public libraries of Texas.
The introduction to all five editions of
Haiku Poetry: A
Children’s Collection
was made by the author
Irving Stone. Eleven of the Haiku poems were set to
music for children’s choir and small orchestra by composer
Richard
Ralf.
Wilhelm Scholê International
Haiku Poetry and Sumi-e
Paintings Exhibits
were presented at the James Dick
International Institute Festival, and
Haiku Music
was
presented as the Houston Symphony Youth Concert
with Wilhelm
Scholê International’s Choir for two years in a row.
NBC Television (Houston affiliate KPRC) presentation of Wilhelm Scholê International adaptation of the Stravinsky Ballet,
The Firebird; in conjunction with
the Houston Symphony.
NBC Television (Houston affiliate KPRC)
presentation of Wilhelm Scholê International original Dance/Drama,
Guernica.
Wilhelm Scholê International,
Diary of a Painter, Picasso
and His Friends, Museum of
Wilhelm Scholê International,
Diary of a Painter, Picasso
and His Friends, Palais Pálffy, Vienna, Austria. The Exhibit toured Europe for three years.
Wilhelm Scholê International,
Diary of a Painter, Picasso
and His Friends, Inaugural
Wilhelm Scholê International Exhibit and Presentation:
Egypt’s Gifts to the World; Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church
in Houston, Texas and innumerable schools and libraries made possible
by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Speaker/Participant: Texas Black Caucus Convention; Austin, Texas;
Egypt’s Gifts to the World.
Creativity and the Human Spirit Seminars,
Françoise Gilot, Amy Freeman Lee,
Marilyn Wilhelm;
Museum of Fine Arts Houston; McNay Art Museum San Antonio, and
Dallas Museum of Art.
Wilhelm Scholê International Exhibit,
The First Cosmopolis,
(sole representative of the
Speaker: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 62nd
Annual Meeting. The
Relationship of Science and Philosophy
Symposium; Boulder, Colorado;
History of Philosophy/Science:
The Collective Dream.
Speaker:
The Arts: The Imperative for Excellence Conference;
University of Texas at
The Heart of Holistic Education.
Speaker:
American Association of School Administrators National
Center for the Improvement of Learning Conference
Washington, D.C.,
Education: The Healing Art.
Speaker and Participant:
Global Ethics and Universal Education
for Values: Combating Intolerance and Implementing Education for Peace;
Ethics Initiatives Consortium; Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris,
France; Timeless Values: Fundamental Principles of Civilization.
Wilhelm Scholê International Exhibit:
The Poetic Universe of
Albert Einstein,
Harvard University, Boston,
Massachusetts; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;
International Peace University, Berlin, Germany; and
American
Association for the Advancement of Science Conference,
Washington,
D.C.
Speaker:
Poetry As Healer: The Therapeutic Empowerment of the
Humanities;
The Wisdom of the Iliad.
Wilhelm Scholê International Dance/Drama,
The Wisdom of the
Iliad, Performances at
Robert E. Lee High School
for the
six secondary schools for the Gifted and Talented, San Antonio, Texas.
The Performance was voted The Most Significant Event of the Year.
Speaker: The International Society for Music Education Conference; London, Western, Ontario, Canada;
Music to Unify
the Arts and Sciences For Young Children 2 to 12.
Speaker:
International Society for Education Through Art;
InSEA 31st World Congress:
International Conversations Through Art; New York
City; The Arts: The Heart of Education.
1999 - 2000 Wilhelm Scholê International implemented its
Interdisciplinary Global Curriculum in the following inner-city schools in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.:
Carver
Academy, David Crockett Elementary, Gates Elementary, Saint Martin’s Elementary, Storm Elementary,
and Vestal Elementary.
Keynote Speaker and the adoption of Wilhelm Scholê International’s
Anthem,
All One
Humane Society of the United States National Conference; The
Cosmos Is A Kinship System.
Speaker and Participant: Accelerated Change: Effects of Population Growth on the Environment and on Us;
The
Philosophical Society of Texas 163rd Anniversary Conference; San
Antonio, Texas; Reversing the Tower of Babel.
Keynote Speaker:
United States China Peoples Friendship
Association 17th Annual
A Verbal Map to Oneness.
Speaker: United States China Peoples Friendship Association 25th Annual Conference; Naples, Florida;
A Dialogue with Confucius and Socrates.
Recipient:
United States Peoples Republic of China Friendship
Association National Award; Celebrating the 30th Anniversary
of the founding of the United States Peoples Republic of China
Friendship Association; San Francisco, California September 5, 2009.
Keynote Speaker: UNESCO International Mother Language Day; Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas;
Returning to Our
Roots.
Wilhelm Scholê International World Premier: Dances of Enlightenment Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California; June 2005 in celebration of the 60thAnniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the celebration of
United Nations World Environment Day.
Wilhelm Scholê International Performance: Dances of Enlightenment Alessandro Scarlatti Auditorium, Naples, Italy,
May 19, 2009 in celebration of
United Nations
World Environment Day,
Televised nationwide by
RAI National Television of Italy.
Speaker and Participant:
European Association for
Sustainable Development Conference, Vienna, Austria; September
28-30, 2007; Education for the 21st
Century.
Keynote Speaker:
European Association for Sustainable
Development Conference,
Vienna, Austria, August 7th to August 9th 2009.
The Cosmos is a Kinship System.
Keynote Speaker:
Towards a New Renaissance 3:
Harmonizing
Spirituality, Nature and Health; Humboldt University Berlin, Germany; October 30 – November 1,
2009;
The Cosmos is a Kinship System.
Keynote Speaker: Tagore Einstein Council International Conference, Unity of Science and Knowledge: Universal and Integral; Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; September 13, 2010; Science Ethics Aesthetics:
Three Modes of Spiritual Knowing.
Presenter: Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, Vision Summit for Entrepreneurship; Henry – Ford – Bau – FU
Berlin, Germany; November 6 – 8, 2010;
Entrepreneurship
in Education
workshop.
Speaker:
Entrepreneurship Summit,
Entrepreneurial
Design,
Henry - Ford – Bau – FU Berlin, Germany;
November 6, 2010; Education for the 21st
Century: Developing Global Renaissance Human Beings.
Speaker:
10th International Conference of
Chief Justices of the World: Awakening Planetary Consciousness;
Lucknow, India; December 11-14, 2009. The Cosmos Is A
Kinship System.
Recipient:
Congressional Recognition from the United States
Congress
for “Marilyn Wilhelm’s unparalleled contributions
to education and world peace.”
May 11, 2010.
Speaker and Participant: European Association for Sustainable Development Conference, Vienna, Austria;
November 26-28,
2010; Change of Consciousness: Returning to our Roots.
Participant:
International Forum for Studies in Science and
Religion: Religious Co-existence and Tolerance: Challenging Borders in a
Global Context, Kolkata, India; 2011;
Education for a Global
Era: Returning to our Roots.
Speaker: Entrepreneurship Summit, Entrepreneurship and Personal Development, Henry – Ford – Bau – FU
Berlin, Germany; October 29,
2011.
Speaker:
Anna-Lindh-Salon: Education for a Global Era,
Berlin, Germany; November 1, 2011.
Appointed:
Goodwill Ambassador for The Golden Rule
by Ambassador Mussie Hailu of the Interfaith Peace-Building
Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; December 2011.
Delegate:
Eye on Earth Abu Dhabi 2011 Summit invited
by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the
United Arab Emirates; December 12
– 15, 2011.
Plenary Speaker:
Third International Conference: International
Forum for Studies in Science and Religion; Universalistic Religion and
Multi-Cultural Society: Tagore’s Contribution, Jadavpur
University, Kolkata, India; July 6 - 8, 2012; Education for a
Global Era: Science Faith Philosophy: Three Modes of Spiritual Knowing.
Speaker: “Meet the Author Program,” India International Center (IIC), Chaired by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairman, India International Center, New Delhi, India; July 11, 2012. Books: Heaven’s Mirror; Returning to Our Roots;
Reversing the Tower of
Babel.
Plenary Speaker: Fourth International Conference: International Forum for Studies in Science and Religion. Swami Vivekananda in the International Perspectives: NFS Grundtvig, Romain Rolland, Antonio Gramsci and
Paulo Freire;
Efforts toward Making a Global Society,
Jadavpur
University, Kolkata, India; December 20th through December 22nd
2013; Education For A Global Era: Wisdom We Hold In Common.
In 2014 Wilhelm Scholê International embarked on an Historic
multi-year Model Program for Global Student
Leadership / Master Teacher Development
at David Crockett Elementary, a public school in the deep inner-city in San Antonio, Texas.
Plenary Speaker: International Conference on Lifelong Learning in Developing Countries: Issues and Perspectives;
The University of Kalyani, West
Bengal, India; February 17 – 18, 2017; Education the Healing Art.
Participant in the Development of a Comprehensive Global Syllabus for the two-year Master Degree Course in Adult Education and Extension; The University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India; February 19 – 20, 2017;
Wilhelm Scholê International Curriculum Rationale.
Sole Speaker: Inaugural Event for the Rabindranath Tagore Foundation: Developing Community from Within Project;
Visva Bharati, Santiniketan University, West Bengal, India; February 21, 2017.
Authored and Published 18 books for the
Global Dissemination of
Wilhelm Scholê International Cosmopolis Curriculum (2020 to 2023):
·
A Tree of Inspiration
·
Ancient Roots of Our Global Civilization
·
Beethoven The Imperishable Star
·
Character Is Destiny
·
Creativity and Evolution
·
Divine Analogies
·
Doctors of Medicine
·
Doctors of the Soul
·
Education for a Global Era
·
Growing Up Family Minded
·
Mathematics and Moral Imagination
·
New Perspectives: Returning to Our Roots
·
The Poetic Universe of Albert Einstein Book
One
·
The Poetic Universe of Albert Einstein Book
Two
·
The Divine Vision of Paul Cézanne
and
Henri Rousseau: Painters of Poetry
·
The Mystical Eye of Remedios Varo
·
The Unique World of Marc Chagall
·
The Wisdom of the Iliad
THE MORAL LAW / THE GOLDEN RULE
“The power of being in accordance with the Moral Law
is that it endures so that one may say
‘it is a possession of my ancestors which I have
inherited.’”
“A rainbow of voices” proclaim The Moral Law / The Golden Rule
the
invariant of civilized life the ethical cornerstone of Culture the base
of all Religions
Wisdom we hold in Common.
Do not do unto others all that which is not well for oneself.
Zoroaster 6th century B.C.E.
Persia
Hurt not others with that which pains thyself.
Buddha 6th century B.C.E.
India
Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you.
Confucius 6th century B.C.E.
China
Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto
you.
Plato 5th century B.C.E.
Greece
Do not to others which if done to thee would cause thee pain.
Mahābhārata 3rd century B.C.E.
India
Do not do unto others what thou wouldst not they should do unto
thee.
Rabbi Hillel 1st century B.C.E.
Babylon
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus Christ 1st century C.E.
Judea
None of you truly have the faith if you do not desire for your
brother
that which you desire for yourself.
Muhammad 6th century C.E.
Mecca
Lay not on any soul a load which ye would not wish to be laid upon
you
and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for
yourself.
Bahá’u’lláh 19th century C.E.
Iran
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