Whidden Lectures
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The Whidden Lectures are a lecture series at McMaster University
, founded in 1954 by E. Carey Fox. They commemorate Howard P. Whidden
, who was Chancellor of the university from 1923 to 1941. They were first given in 1956. Many of the lectures have been published in book form, by Oxford University Press
.
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
, founded in 1954 by E. Carey Fox. They commemorate Howard P. Whidden
Howard P. Whidden
Howard Primrose Whidden was a Canadian churchman, member of Parliament, educator, scholar and editor of Canadian Baptist....
, who was Chancellor of the university from 1923 to 1941. They were first given in 1956. Many of the lectures have been published in book form, by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
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- 1956 C. W. de Kiewiet: The Anatomy of South African Misery
- 1957 Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru: The Evolution of India
- 1958 Ronald SymeRonald SymeSir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome...
: Colonial Elites: Rome, Spain and the Americas - 1959 Charles De KoninckCharles De KoninckCharles De Koninck was a Belgian-Canadian Thomist philosopher and theologian. As director of the Department of Philosophy at the Université Laval in Quebec, he had decisive influence on catholic philosophy in French Canada and also influenced Catholic philosophers in English Canada and the United...
: The Hollow Universe - 1960 George Norman Clark: Three Aspects of Stuart England
- 1961 William Foxwell Albright:.New Horizons in Biblical Research
- 1962 J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Flying Trapeze: Three crises for physicists
- 1963 Ian RamseyIan RamseyIan Thomas Ramsey was Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford, and Bishop of Durham from 1966 until his death in 1972. He wrote extensively on the problem of religious language, Christian ethics, the relationship between science and religion, and Christian apologetics...
: Models and Mystery - 1964 David DaichesDavid DaichesDavid Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture.-Early life:...
, The Paradox of Scottish Culture: the Eighteenth Century Experience - 1965 William Arthur LewisWilliam Arthur LewisSir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development...
: Politics in West Africa - 1966 Anthony BluntAnthony BluntAnthony Frederick Blunt , was a British art historian who was exposed as a Soviet spy late in his life.Blunt was Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, Surveyor of the King's Pictures and London...
: Picasso's 'Guernica' - 1967 Northrop FryeNorthrop FryeHerman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century....
: The Modern Century - 1970 Eric Ashby: Masters and Scholars;: Reflections on the rights and responsibilities of students
- 1973 Edward Togo SalmonEdward Togo SalmonEdward Togo Salmon, also known as E. T. Salmon, was an ancient historian best known for his work on the Samnites and the Romanization of Italy.-Life:...
: The Nemesis of Empire - 1974 Richard Stockton MacNeish
- 1975 Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskyAvram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
: Reflections on Language - 1983 A. J. Ayer: Freedom and Morality
- 1986 John Rupert Martin
- 1988 Tom StoppardTom StoppardSir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and...
: The Event and the Text - 1993 Alan James Ryan
- 1997 Elizabeth LoftusElizabeth LoftusElizabeth F. Loftus is an American psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the misinformation effect and the nature of false memories. Loftus has been recognized throughout the world for her work, receiving numerous awards and honorary degrees...
- 2000 Bruce MeyerBruce MeyerBruce Meyer is a Canadian poet and educator.He has been the Director of Writing and Literature at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and has taught at the University of Windsor, McMaster University, Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Seneca College, Humber College,...
: Canadian Literature and the Western Tradition - 2001 Steven V. W. Beckwith
- 2002 Cancelled
- 2003 Jean-Daniel Stanley
- 2005 Donna HarawayDonna HarawayDonna J. Haraway is currently a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United States...
- 2006 Brian MassumiBrian MassumiBrian Massumi is a Canadian political philosopher and social theorist. Massumi's research spans the fields of art, architecture, political theory, cultural studies and philosophy. He received his Ph.D in French Literature from Yale University in 1987...
- 2007 Mervyn MorrisMervyn MorrisMervyn Eustace Morris OM is a poet and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.- Biography :...
- 2008 Mahmood MamdaniMahmood MamdaniMahmood Mamdani is an academic, author and political commentator. He is a Professor and Director of the at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, New York. He grew up in Uganda and acquired his B.A from the University of...
- 2009 Sean B. CarrollSean B. CarrollSean B. Carroll is a Professor of Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He studies the evolution of cis-regulation in the context of biological development, using Drosophila as a model system...
- 2011 Sara AhmedSara AhmedSara Ahmed is an Australian and British academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism. She was born in Salford, England to a Pakistani father and English mother, and emigrated to Adelaide, Australia with her family in 1973...