Simon Fraser University's School for Scottish Studies has announced its Fall series of lectures. The first of these is:

"John Knox, Writer": 7:00-8:30, Thursday, September 30, 2010: Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver- free public lecture, registration not required

John Knox (c. 1514-72) was the "author" of the Scottish Reformation in a double sense of the word: as the spiritual leader of the Protestant movement and as the author of an historical narrative which came to be regarded, albeit on partisan grounds, as the definitive account of Scotland's change in religion. Dr. Niall MacKenzie will talk about the artistic properties of Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland, the circumstances surrounding its composition, and its influence.

Niall MacKenzie received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2004 and was I.W. Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the UBC Dept. of English from 2006 to 2008. His essays have appeared in Scottish Language, Scottish Gaelic Studies, The Review of English Studies, and elsewhere.

For more information on this or future talks please contact:

Dr. Leith Davis
Professor, Department of English
Director, Centre for Scottish Studies
AQ 6111
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
778 782-4833
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CANADA
http://www.sfu.ca/personal/leith/
http://www.sfu.ca/scottish