Throughout February and March, professors from Providence University College are taking their lectures on a regional tour, including stops in Steinbach, Winkler, and Winnipeg. This is the fourth year that Providence has organized the tour.
February stops in the series featured lectures in all three cities with subjects ranging from the Bible in contemporary politics and the social history of the quilt to a Christian approach to the environment and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“It’s important for the general public to experience first-hand the discourse that occurs in universities,” says Dennis Hiebert, a sociology professor and Chair of the Scholarship Committee at Providence.
The lectures serve to give the public an appreciation for the scope of interdisciplinary scholarship offered by the university.
As for professors, Hiebert says that “taking their scholarship beyond the classroom and into the public square is not only what they are contracted to do, but also what they love to do.”
Admission to all lectures is free and no registration is required.
Upcoming Lecture Schedule
“David Bowie in Darkness: How Celebrities Navigate the Mediated World”
Nicholas Greco, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communications and Media
March 1: Steinbach—Eastman Education Centre (385 Loewen Blvd.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
March 5: Winnipeg—McNally Robinson Bookstore (1120 Grant Ave.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
“Human Rights and Religion: Their Awkward Waltz”
Dennis Hiebert, Ph.D., Professor Sociology
March 8: Steinbach—Eastman Education Centre (385 Loewen Blvd.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
March 12: Winnipeg—McNally Robinson Bookstore (1120 Grant Ave.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
“Jesus and Women: The Untold Stories”
Val Hiebert, Ph.D. (Cand.), Assistant Professor of Sociology
March 15: Steinbach—Eastman Education Centre (385 Loewen Blvd.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
March 19: Winnipeg—McNally Robinson Bookstore (1120 Grant Ave.), 7:00–8:30 p.m.
