Wednesday Public Lecture Series

This series features weekly presentations by the various faculty and visiting research fellows in residence at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. The lectures are free and open to all members of the public and university community.

Please join us again starting September 2013 for another fascinating lineup of lectures.

Info: 250-721-6325 or csrs@uvic.ca

Lecture schedule

Fall 2011 - Winter 2012

Lectures from 2010-2011

    Wednesday, September 15

    Sex, Politics and the ‘Word of God’: Tangled Webs of Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill
    Michael Hadley, CSRS Associate Fellow Details

    Wednesday, September 22

    Une grande immodestie et impuissance de femme: Gendering violence during the French Wars of Religion
    Justine Semmens, Department of History, UVic Details

    Wednesday, September 29

    Gender and the Practice of Torture in Reformation Geneva
    Sara Beam, CSRS Faculty Fellow, Department of History, UVic Details

    Wednesday, October 6

    Quoting and Copying: Visual Evidence of Rubens's Scholarly Networks
    Catherine Nutting, CSRS Ian H. Stewart Graduate Student Fellow, Department of History in Art, UVic Details

    Wednesday, October 13

    Welcoming an Old Friend: Buddhist Perspectives of Good Death
    Anne Bruce, School of Nursing, UVic Details

    Wednesday, October 20

    Interfaith Chaplaincy in Hospice Palliative Care
    Kelli Stajduhar, School of Nursing and Centre on Aging, UVic
    Coby Tschanz, School of Nursing, UVic Details

    Wednesday, October 27

    Buddhist Hospice Care in Thailand: A Response to the AIDS Crisis
    Robert Florida, CSRS Associate Fellow, Department of Religion, Brandon University Details

    Wednesday, November 3

    Religion, Spirituality, and Implicit Religion:  What are we Talking About?
    Edward Bailey, President, British Association for the Study of Spirituality Details

    Wednesday, November 10

    No lecture - Reading Break

    Wednesday, November 17

    A Phenomenon of “Islamic Radicalism” as a Threat to a Global System of World Politics
    Anna Tsurkan, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of USA and Canadian States, Russian Academy of Sciences Details

    Wednesday, November 24

    No lecture - John Albert Hall Lecture Series Details

    Wednesday, December 1

    Democracy and Bare Life: Silencing Violence in the Garden of India
    Cynthia Keppley Mahmood, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Details

    Wednesday, January 12

    The Resolve to Disbelieve: Tracing a Genealogy of Skepticism in Canadian Protestantism
    Rebekka King, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto Details

    Wednesday, January 19*

    "It's the Spirit That Makes the Person": Spiritual Practice and Political Agency in Contemporary Coast Salish Society
    Andrée Boisselle, CSRS Vandekerkhove Family Trust Graduate Student Fellow, Faculty of Law, UVic Details
    *Please note this lecture will be held in the Engineering/Computer Science Building (ECS), Room 116

    Wednesday, January 26

    Unknown Justice to Known Finitude: Bloom in the Messianic Void of James Joyce's Ulysses 
    Leif Baradoy, CSRS Vandekerkhove Family Trust Graduate Student Fellow, Department of English, UVic Details

    Wednesday, February 2

    Authenticity and Religious Belief
    Avigail Eisenberg, CSRS Faculty Fellow, Department of Political Science, UVic Details

    Wednesday, February 9

    Singing for Change: Flugschriften and Folksongs in the German Reformation
    Adam Hough, Winnifred Lonsdale Graduate Student Fellow, Department of History, UVic Details

    Wednesday, February 16

    Conceptual Hurdles for Bringing Religious Values into the Public Square
    G. Elijah Dann, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University Details

    Wednesday, February 23

    No lecture - Reading Break

    Wednesday, March 2

    Ukrainian Religion and Culture in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
    Marcia Ostashewski, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies, University of Washington; SSHRC Postdoc Fellow, Department of Heritage and Cape Breton University Details

    Wednesday, March 9

    "At Home in the Scriptures": The Place of Poetry in Good Words
    Caley Ehnes, CSRS Ian H. Stewart Graduate Student Fellow, Department of English, UVic Details

    Wednesday, March 16*

    CANCELLED - Imaginary Friends
    Doug Jarvis, CSRS Artist-in-residence Details
    This lecture has been cancelled.

    Wednesday, March 23

    “Three Who Were Made and Their Mothers Never Slept with a Man”: New Translations of Medieval Jewish Stories
    Shamma Boyarin, CSRS Religious Studies Teaching Fellow Details
    Please note today’s lecture was originally scheduled for March 16

    Wednesday, March 30

    Why Are Some People Not Vaccinated? Results From Québec Studies
    Maryse Guay, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Université de Sherbrooke Details

    Wednesday, April 6

    Quilts, Justice, and Theology
    Karen Lebacqz, CSRS Visiting Research Fellow, Pacific School of Religion/Graduate Theological Union Details

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