Lakehead University presents The Love Lectures

March 19, 2019 – Orillia, ON

Dr. Jason Lepojärvi will define love itself during “The Love Lectures” presented by Lakehead University Orillia.

Lepojärvi, assistant professor of religious studies at Thorneloe University at Laurentian, will critically examine one of the most influential books of the 20th century, C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves. The short lecture will offer a definition of love that ties together the four types of love in Lewis’s The Four Loves: affection, friendship, romance and charity. 

He will be joined by Lakehead University’s Dr. Alice den Otter, associate professor and acting chair of Interdisciplinary Studies. Through her lecture, den Otter will examine the love-related traditions of gift-giving using the works of the late 18th century poet, William Blake, and specifically discuss the ways in which gift-giving can harm or heal love relationships. Does a gift of love ensure that love is a gift?

The Love Lectures will take place on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in room 2014 at the Orillia campus.

Registration isn’t required.

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Media contact:  Jaclyn Bucik, Marketing & Communications Associate, 705-330-4008 ext. 2014, or jbucik@lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University has approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead is a fully comprehensive university: home to Ontario’s newest Faculty of Law in 44 years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and faculties of Engineering, Business Administration, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management, Education, and Graduate Studies. Maclean’s 2019 University Rankings place Lakehead University among Canada's Top 10 primarily undergraduate universities and in 2018 Research Infosource named Lakehead Research University of the Year in its category for the fourth consecutive year. Visit www.lakeheadu.ca.