Bernard Wills
Program: Multidisciplinary Humanities
Credentials
B.A. King's College, M.A. Dalhousie, Ph.D. McMaster
Bernard Wills (B.A. King's College, M.A. Dalhousie, Ph.D. McMaster) is a multi-disciplinary scholar and poet. His graduate work was focused on Ancient Philosophy particularly Plato and Augustine. He has published widely on the continuity between Ancient and Early Modern philosophy and Romanticism. He has also written on topics of public concern such as the problem of religion and politics and the perils of ideology. He has blogged extensively on this and other subjects on his blog Steven Parmenius. He also is an active podcaster (Parmenius podcast) as well as a creative writer.
Representative scholarly contributions
Podcasts
Colonialism and Healthcare in Jamaica - Parmenius podcast Ep. 11 featuring Sandria Green-Stewart
Conspiracy theory, Folklore, and Narrative - Parmenius podcast Ep. 8 featuring John Bodner
The Origins of the Scientific Revolution: An Interview with Dr. Bernard Wills
Blog Essays
Suspicious: The Hermeneutic of Paranoia
Is Secularism Structural Racism?
Post Truth is Funny until Someone Loses an Eye: A Response to Steve Fuller
Is Religion Growing or Shrinking?
Poems
"Natalia Zubkova (Black Snow)" by Bernard Wills - League of Canadian Poets
Shot Glass Journal - Bernard Wills
Essays
"Art by Jerks" by Bernard Wills and Jason Holt
Reviews
Magic and Wonder: A Brief Reflection on "Wonderstruck" by Helen De Cruz | Epoché Magazine
Books
Believing Weird Things: Wills, Bernard N.: 9781927763582: Books - Amazon.ca