2022 Conference Speakers
Thomas Curran
Dr Thomas Curran is Associate Professor of Humanities at the University of King’s College. At King’s, he serves as Chair of Faculty and Clerk of Convocation.
His chief research interest has always been early 19th-Century German philosophy, with a particular emphasis on Hegel’s lectures on the philosophy of religion at the University of Berlin. More recently, his emphasis has shifted to questions of “intertextuality” in Dante’s Divine Comedy — that is, how Dante uses (and transforms) his great precursors (Aristotle, Vergil, St Thomas Aquinas) both to shape his epic poem and to give it a distinctive structure.
Tom is always interested in exploring how modern popular culture and practices can be informed (and reformulated) by reference to the great philosophical and literary tradition that we have inherited from the ancient Greeks.
Colin Nicolle
Colin is the Rector of Parish of Summerside and St. Eleanor’s in western Prince Edward Island.
A native of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Colin holds degrees from the University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, and the Atlantic School of Theology. Having discerned a call to holy orders while at King’s, he trained at AST before being ordained in 2016 and taking up his post in Summerside the same year where he has lived and served since.
He shares the rectory with his wife, Shannon, and their dog Bramble. He spends much of his non-clerical time fly fishing PEI’s streams and rivers.
Peter O’Brien
A Carnegie Professor in the Joint-Faculty of The University of King's College and Dalhousie University, Peter O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Classics (Latin Literature) and Graduate Coordinator. At King's, he serves as Public Orator and was Vice-President from 2017-2021.
A native of Halifax, Peter's research focuses include Latin poetry, historiography, and Jesuit Neo-Latin in the Canadian context. He is Co-Editor of Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, and Vice-President of the Classical Association of Canada.
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Peter Bryson
Peter is a justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. He is a graduate of
the University of King’s College, Dalhousie and Oxford University. He has
occasionally lectured on the history of art and architecture in the Foundation Year Program
at King’s College.
Gary Thorne
Gary has a BA (Philosophy) from Acadia University and Aberdeen University, an M.A. (Philosophy) from Dalhousie University, an M.A. (Classics) from Dalhousie University, an M.Div. from the Atlantic School of Theology, and a Ph.D. (Theology) from Durham University.
Gary most recently served for a number of years as the Chaplain of Huron University College in London, Ontario, following more than a decade of serving as Chaplain of the University of King’s College Chapel.
He is retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel from the Canadian Armed Forces, having received several decorations as a result of his service, including a tour with the United Nations Observer Force in the Golan Heights. Revd Dr. Thorne is the recipient of three honorary doctorates, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Neil Robertson
Neil G. Robertson is an associate professor in the Foundation Year, Early Modern Studies and Contemporary Studies programs. Dr Robertson graduated from the University of King’s College in 1985 with a BA in Political Science. He went on to take an M.A. in Classics at Dalhousie University, and in 1995 completed his PhD at Cambridge in Social and Political Science. He is past director of the Foundation Year Program and is past director of the Early Modern Studies Program, which he helped to found. Dr Robertson was the King’s College dean of residence in 1989-1990 and has served as chair of faculty.
Judith Moses
Judith is currently president of Judith Moses Consulting, having served for many years in the federal government in many different roles.
She holds a BA from the University of Guelph and has studied at the Oxford Centre for Management studies. Judith currently services as Deputy Prolocutor of General Synod, as well as the chair of General’s Synod’s Strategic Planning Working Group and the Jubilee Commission. In addition, Judith has served on the Anglican Council of Indigenous People’s and was a part of the drafting of The Covenant and Our Way of Life document.
Judith is a Delaware of the Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario and currently resides in New Brunswick where she worships at All Saints’, St. Andrews.
Amy Bird
Amy Bird is a freelance editor and writing tutor in Halifax, NS.
Originating from the prairies, Amy holds a BA in Humanities from Briercrest College and Seminary where she studied literature, history, and philosophy. After studying Koine Greek during her undergrad, she moved to Nova Scotia to study Ancient Greek and Latin in the Classics department at Dalhousie University. Since then, Amy has taken on various projects, including copy editing for the journal Dionysius, and proofreading for the Atlantic Theological Conference Report series.
This past year she has been working on a project to digitally scan and create an inventory of the papers of Robert Crouse.
Amy and her husband Matthew currently reside at Trinity House, St. George’s Round Church, with a professor, a chaplain, a teacher, a sexton, and one very good mouser named Linus.