Canadian American academic administrator
Stephen James Blackwood (born 1975) is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator.[ 2]
Blackwood is the founder and president ofRalston College , a privateunaccredited liberal arts college inSavannah, Georgia .
Early life and education [ edit ] Blackwood was born inAlberta ,Canada , and grew up inPrince Edward Island as the eldest of ten children. He received a B.A. from theUniversity of King's College and an M.A. fromDalhousie University . Blackwood earned his PhD in religion fromEmory University in 2010, withMark D. Jordan as hisdoctoral advisor .[ 3] [ 4]
Blackwood lectures and writes on the intellectual and cultural development of the West, and specializes in the history of philosophy,[ 5] Boethius .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Oxford University Press published his bookThe Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy in 2015.[ 9] [ 10]
Blackwood was a foundingexecutive director ofSt George's YouthNet ,[ 11] [ 12] mentoring program forinner-city youth in theNorth End district ofHalifax ,Nova Scotia . He was subsequently ateaching fellow in theFoundation Year Programme [ 13] University of King's College .[ 14] [ 15] Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation .[ 16]
He has argued in defense of the integrity of the private sphere[ 17] Obamacare .[ 18] [ 19] Wall Street Journal Affordable Care Act was read on the floor of the US Senate and entered into theCongressional Record [ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
Blackwood was the host and moderator of a conversation betweenJordan Peterson and SirRoger Scruton atCambridge University on November 2, 2018.[ 23] [ 24] debate called “Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism” betweenSlavoj Žižek and Peterson on April 19, 2019.[ 25]
Blackwood foundedRalston College in 2010[ 26] Jordan Peterson as the college's chancellor.[ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
^ "The Meters of Boethius: Rhythmic Therapy in the Consolation of Philosophy" .^ Fish, Stanley Eugene (November 8, 2010)."The Woe-Is-Us Books" .The New York Times . RetrievedSeptember 7, 2014 .^ Blackwood, Stephen James."The Meters of Boethius: Rhythmic Therapy in the Consolation of Philosophy" .etd.library.emory.edu . Retrieved2023-08-14 . ^ "Stephen J. Blackwood website" . RetrievedJanuary 14, 2019 .^ Blackwood, Stephen (2006)."Songs of Salvation: Diogenes of Oinoanda and Epicurean Hymnody" .Pagani e Cristiani alla Ricerca della Salvezza (Secoli I–III), Studia Ephemeridis Augustinianum . Vol. 96.Rome :Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum (XXXIV Incontro di Studiosi dell’Antichità Cristiana) . pp. 379– 394. Archived fromthe original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved2014-09-10 . ^ Blackwood, Stephen (2002)."Philosophia's Dress: Prayer in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy" .Dionysius XX :139– 152. RetrievedSeptember 9, 2014 . ^ Blackwood, Stephen (2007)."Mixing Ancient Beats: Boethius and the Power of Poetic Meter" (PDF) .2007 Annual Conference on Christian Philosophy: Boethius .Franciscan University of Steubenville . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2014-09-07. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2014 . ^ Blackwood, Stephen (2009)."Flēbĭlĭs heū maēstōs cōgŏr ĭnīrĕ mŏdōs: Boethius and Rhythmic Power" . InAchard, Martin [in French] ;Hankey, Wayne ;Narbonne, Jean-Marc [in French] (eds.).Perspectives sur le Néoplatonisme .Presses de l'Université Laval .ISBN 978-2763787022 PDF Table of Contents ^ Blackwood, Stephen (2015).The 'Consolation' of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy ISBN 978-0198718314 ^ Nielsen, Melinda (January 20, 2016)."Stephen Blackwood, 'The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy.' Oxford Early Christian Studies" .Bryn Mawr Classical Review ISSN 1055-7660 . RetrievedJanuary 24, 2016 . ^ St George's YouthNet (2014)."St George's YouthNet" . RetrievedSeptember 7, 2014 .^ St George's YouthNet (2014)."History" . Archived fromthe original on 2014-06-22. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2014 .^ St Thomas's, Huron Street (2009)."Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy" . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2014 .^ King's College ."Foundation Year Programme" . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2014 .^ "The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism" . 8 February 2018. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2019 .^ Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation ."Dr Stephen Blackwood" . RetrievedSeptember 8, 2014 .^ Blackwood, Stephen (January 15, 2015)."Who among us has not said privately something that, if made public, would destroy us?" .The National Post . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 . ^ Blackwood, Stephen (February 23, 2014)."ObamaCare and My Mother's Cancer Medicine" .The Wall Street Journal . RetrievedApril 11, 2018 . ^ Blackwood, Stephen (February 23, 2014)."ObamaCare and My Mother's Cancer Medicine" .The Wall Street Journal . RetrievedJanuary 18, 2019 . ^ Wicker, Roger (February 24, 2014).Remarks on the floor of the US Senate TV News Archive ).C-Span .^ "Senate record" (PDF) .Congressional Record S994 – S995 . February 24, 2014. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2019 .^ Wicker, Roger (March 3, 2014)."Weekly Report" . RetrievedJanuary 19, 2019 .^ Peterson, Jordan (14 December 2018)."Sir Roger Scruton/Dr. Jordan B. Peterson: Apprehending the Transcendent" .YouTube ^ "Sir Roger Scruton & Dr. Jordan Peterson hosted by the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism" .Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism . RetrievedApril 20, 2019 .^ "Jordan Peterson, Slavoj Zizek each draw fans at sold-out debate" .The Toronto Star ^ "Business Filings of Ralston College Inc" .Georgia Corporations Division . August 14, 2023. RetrievedAugust 14, 2023 .^ "Pope Center Authors: Stephen Blackwood" . RetrievedSeptember 7, 2014 .^ Ralston College ."People" . RetrievedJanuary 11, 2019 .^ Ralston College."Ralston College" . RetrievedApril 14, 2021 . ^ Few, Jenel."Highbrow hopes for higher ed in Savannah" .SavannahNow.com .Savannah Morning News . Retrieved14 February 2011 . ^ "Colleges Are Failing in Their Fundamental Mission, but There's Still Hope" . Foundation for Economic Education. 31 January 2021.
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