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Paul Stevens | Milton's Satan and the Ways We Think About Evil
Paul Stevens is Professor and former Canada Research Chair in Early Modern Literature & Culture. His area of expertise is seventeenth-century English literature, especially the works of John Milton. He has written and lectured widely on literary history, religion, colonialism, and nationalism. His first book was Imagination and the Presence of Shakespeare in Paradise Lost (1985) and most recent The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War (2021). At the moment, he is working on a Guggenheim-funded book called Sola Gratia: English Culture and the Secular Ways of Grace. Professor Stevens began his teaching career at Victoria College as a teaching assistant for Northrop Frye before heading off to his first professorship in Virginia. In 2007 he was elected to a visiting fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, and his most recent teaching prizes include the Northrop Frye Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research (2008), Finalist for the TVO Best Lecturer Competition (2009), and the President’s Teaching Award (2010).
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New Emmanuel Students Shift Life Plans to Answer the Call to Serve
Many fascinating graduate students started at Emmanuel College this fall. Hear firsthand about the unique paths that brought them here.
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Project Launches on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
“Reflections on Art & History at Victoria University” will launch with an event on Friday, Sept. 29 at noon in the foyer of Old Vic.
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For the Birds: Making Our Campus Buildings Avian-Friendly
The windows at E.J. Pratt Library just got a feather-friendly makeover, after students painted white sketches of trees on the glass to help keep birds from colliding with Victoria University's beautiful buildings.
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A Conversation with Prof. Hupfield: CANCELLED
This talk will focus on the centrality of spirituality within indigenous art practice and curation in Canada through a discussion of Professor Maria Hupfield’s work.
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Book Launch | Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle
Join us for the launch of Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle: Essays on the Legacy of Paul (McGill-Queens 2023), edited by Christopher B. Zeichmann and John A. Egger.
https://vicu.utoronto.ca/whats-happening/book-launch-recovering-an-undomesticated-apostle/
Published in honour of Leif E. Vaage (Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Emmanuel College), Recovering an Undomesticated Apostle presents Paul as a man operating from a position of desperation, making virtue out of necessity as he attempted to claw his way up in the dog-eat-dog world of the ancient Mediterranean. -
Principal’s Perspective: On the Crest of a Wave
Theological education wrestles with big questions: about the existence of God, the provenance of evil, why people suffer and how to confront injustice, to just name a few. But theological education also pays attention to the little things in our religious and spiritual practices, tending to issues that seem minute and yet are essential to the well-being of individuals and their communities.
https://vicu.utoronto.ca/news/principals-perspective-on-the-crest-of-a-wave/
