Edmund F. Bloedow received his Ph.D. in Greek History from the Universitat Würzburg, B.A. (Hons.) in Classics from the University of Toronto, and a diploma in Theology from Emmaus Bible School. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa where he has been teaching Greek History and Archaeology since 1968. Dr. Bloedow has also taught at Lakehead University and the Beirut College for Women (Lebanon). He is the author of Beitrage Zur Geschichte des Ptolemaios XII (1963), Alcibiades Re-examined (1973), and an English edition of H. Bengtson’s History of Greece: From the Beginnings to the Byzantine Era (1988), and has written over ninety articles and book reviews on Greek history, the Aegean Bronze Age, and renowned archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann.

The annual Weston Lecture has presented our students and members of the public with a brilliant example of how faith and reason may be united in a mutually strengthening way, a tradition inaugurated through the generous support of George Weston Limited. The Lecture is given by an invited speaker whose field of endeavour is pertinent to the Augustine College academic program.