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Robert
Gibbs
Dr. Robert Gibbs is an alumnus from Yale University and the University of Toronto, currently serving as a Professor of Philosophy and of Religion at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gibbs recently completed a 10-year term as Inaugural Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute.
His current research focuses on Higher Education, and he has recently completed a book length manuscript, The University in Question: Ideas in Dialogue. In it he inquires what a Research University is for and explores different models of universities by refocusing on the research capacities of students.
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His previous research is located on the borderlines of philosophy and religion, with a comparative and historical focus on law and ethics. He has worked on ethics in relation to the modern Jewish philosophical tradition and has numerous publications in this and in related fields in continental philosophy.
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Please join us on February 25th at Bradley University BR 250 at 12:00 PM as Dr. Gibbs presents on "Which is Greater: Study or Prayer?"
