Campion College will help kick-off the University of Regina’s "Greater Together with the Community" celebration with a book launch on Tuesday, October 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Campion College Student Commons.
The book launch will highlight three recent publications by Campion College faculty members Allison Fizzard, associate professor in history, George Marshall, professor emeritus, and Ann Ward, assistant professor in political science and philosophy/ classics.
"This event is a representation of the achievements in research and scholarship by faculty both at Campion and at the University of Regina," said Dean Samira McCarthy. "In the past five years alone the academic accomplishments of Campion faculty have resulted in numerous publications and research grants that have brought in over $650,000 in funding to this campus. For a faculty of 23 full-time professors, that is a significant contribution to the excellent scholarly reputation established by the U of R faculty."
Fizzard’s book, entitled Plympton Priory: A House of Augustinian Canons in South-Western England in the Late Middle Ages, is the thirtieth volume in Brill’s Series on Church History. It provides a comprehensive look into one of the wealthiest houses of Augustinian canons in England: Plympton Priory of Devon. The Augustinian canons were a religious order of priests who lived in monasteries in the medieval era; they have been relatively little studied by scholars of monastic history. In her analysis of existing historical records, Fizzard "reveals the multiplicity of connections" between Church and State, and the role this particular religious house played in English society in the late Middle Ages.
Marshall’s A Guide to Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception takes Phenomenology and Perception from the scholarly world to a wider audience. He provides first-time readers with the tools necessary to overcome the barriers imposed by Merleau-Ponty’s dialectical method and European style of writing, and helps them understand this important and influential philosophical work.
Ward’s book Herodotus and the Philosophy of Empire takes a fresh look at the classical work of Herodotus. Her analysis of his writing reveals an underlying political philosophy arising out of reflection on governments in the ancient world, and draws parallels between the "problems of Empire" in the ancient world and our present day governments.
Founded in 1917, Campion College has been federated with the U of R since 1966, and contributes to the diversity of the campus, assisting the university in its task of serving the greater community.
Today, Campion College boasts a faculty complement of 23 full-time professors, offering courses in the areas of astronomy, Catholic studies, classics, English, media studies, history, humanities, pastoral studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, religious studies and theatre studies. Approximately 900 students at the University of Regina are enrolled through Campion College in the faculties of Arts, Science, and Fine Arts.