Faculty guest lectures

At King’s, there are many faculty members available for virtual guest talks on a wide range of topics in journalism and humanities.

For those who teach Grade 11 or 12 classes in English, Social Sciences, History, Philosophy, Journalism or Media Studies, we encourage you to email Yolana Wassersug (Recruitment and Admissions Manager) at yolana.wassersug@ukings.ca and request a classroom lecture for students from one of the faculty listed below.

Topics:

• Journalism and Exploration: How storytelling can take you around the world
• Capturing Oral Histories
• Telling Stories about Climate and the Environment

Topics:

• Ethics: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
• Intersectional Theory (Audre Lorde)
• Topics in the Philosophy of the Body, Health, Illness, and Disability
• Existentialism (Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre)

Topic:

• Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals: The Good, the Bad, and the Evil
• Yann Martel’s Life of Pi: Which Story Do You Prefer?
• Albert Camus, The Stranger

Dr. Simon Kow (Professor of Humanities, Director of the Early Modern Studies Program)

Topics:

• Niccolo Machiavell’s The Prince
• Pirates and Piracy
• Asia and The West in Popular Culture

Dr. Neil Robertson (Professor of Humanities, Director of the Foundation Year Program)

Topics:

• Shakespeare’s Hamlet
• Canadian Political Philosophy
• Marxism
• What is Civilization?
• Absolutism
• Homer’s The Odyssey or Iliad
• Ancient Philosophy including Plato and Aristotle
• Dr. Faustus and Deals with the Devil

*Other topics available upon request, to meet class curriculum needs

Terra Tailleur (Assistant Professor, Journalism)

Topics:

• Anatomy of a News Story: How to identify a reputable news site from imposter content.
• Is it Real?: How to uncover the story behind an online video or photo.