Politics
Douglas V. LePan (1966-1967)
Feb 16, 1967
“Responsibility and Revolt” Douglas V. LePan was a professor of literature and the principal of University College at the University of Toronto. He was also a poet, novelist, and diplomat. He studied at the University of Toronto, Harvard University, and Oxford University. [...]
Frank H. Underhill (1966-1967)
Jan 16, 1967
“Canadian Intellectuals and Canadian National Politics, 1867-1967” Frank H. Underhill was a writer and radio commentator, as well as a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He was a noted Canadian social democrat and public intellectual. Underhill was the [...]
Robert E. Lane (1966-1967)
Nov 04, 1966
“Of What Use to Man Are Political Ideas?” Robert E. Lane was Eugene Meyer Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Yale University, where he taught for nearly five decades. His research examined political parties, public opinion and the psychology of political behavior. [...]
Harold D. Lasswell (1965-1966)
Dec 02, 1965
“The Future of Political Science” Harold D. Lasswell was Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences at Yale University. His influential work examined power relations, personality and politics, and behavioural political science and was published in more than 30 [...]
Laurens van der Post (1965-1966)
Nov 23, 1965
“The Symbol and the Artist” Laurens van der Post was a South African author, political advisor, explorer, and humanitarian. In 1925, he began working as a reporter with The Natal Advertiser and a year later co-founded a satirical magazine that was critical of imperialism. [...]
E.H. Brookes (1965-1966)
Oct 11, 1965
“Problems of African Universities South of the Sahara” Lawrence C.B. Gower was the Law Commissioner for Great Britain and the former Dean of Law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He wrote The Principles of Modern Company Law (1954). Gower studied law at University [...]
John Coleman Bennett (1962-1963)
Jan 30, 1963
“Christianity and Politics” Dr. John Coleman Bennett was a theologian, minister in the United Church, and Christian ethicist. Bennett was Reinhold Neibuhr Professor of Social Ethics and the Dean of the Faculty at Union Theological Seminary, New York. His scholarship [...]
Sir Hector Hetherington (1961-1962)
Jan 30, 1962
“Some Aspects of the British Experiment in Democracy” Hector Hetherington was a Scottish philosopher. He studied at the University of Glasgow and Oxford. At the time of his talk, Hetherington was Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University. He began his academic career in the [...]
Rudolf Pechel (1956-1957)
Jan 30, 1957
“Freedom in Struggle” Rudolf Pechel was a German liberal, journalist, publisher of Deutsche Rundschau, and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. In 1950, he was the President of the German Academy in Language and Poetry. Pechel was well-known for both his writings on [...]
Frank H. Underhill (1954-1955)
Jan 30, 1955
“Canadian Liberal Democracy in 1955” Frank H. Underhill was a writer and radio commentator, as well as a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He was a noted Canadian social democrat and public intellectual. Underhill was the first individual to be the Dunning [...]
George V. Ferguson (1954-1955)
Nov 15, 1954
“Freedom of the Press” George V. Ferguson was the editor of the Montreal Star and a radio commentator on international affairs. During the First World War, he served in France. He was a Rhodes scholar from the University of Alberta, and his newspaper experience included the [...]