2015 Spring Institute Speakers
All guest lectures are open to the public.
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May 5th - “Secularism and Christian Political Thought” Dr. Jane Barter Moulaison, Associate Professor and Chair, Religion and Culture, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
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May 6th, Title TBA (topic: Indigenous spirituality in a secular world) Dr. Wab Kinew, Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Affairs, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
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May 7th - “Cornel West's Prophetic Pragmatism” Dr. Jason Hannan, Assistant Professor, Rhetoric, Writing and Communications, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
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May 8th - Dr. Cornel West, Axworthy Distinguished Lecture, 7:00 p.m. Riddell Hall Dr. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is a Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. |
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May 11th - “Architecture and the Spiritual Dimension” Dr. Étienne Gaboury, renowned architect of the Saint Boniface Cathedral, the Precious Blood Church and the Royal Canadian Mint. Designer of the “Tortured” Louis Riel statue. |
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May 12th - “K'zaugin: Storying Ourselves into Life – An Anishinaabe Ethic” Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair, Associate Professor, Native Studies, University of Manitoba |
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May 13th - “Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don't: Public Religion and American Indian Legal Identity” Dr. Julie Pelletier, Associate Professor and Chair, Indigenous Studies, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
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May 14th - “Pierre Trudeau, Politics and Religion” Dr. Allen Mills, Professor and Chair, Political Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
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May 15th - "Irrepressible Religion in Margaret Atwood's Post-apocalyptic Worlds" Dr. Kathleen Venema, Associate Professor, English, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ |
