A Series of Lectures on the Wade Authors Presented Annually by Wheaton College Faculty
The Ken and Jean Hansen Lectureship is an annual faculty lecture series named in honor of former Wheaton College Trustee Ken Hansen and his wife Jean, and endowed in their memory by Walter and Darlene Hansen. This series features three lectures per academic year by a Wheaton College faculty member on one or more of the Wade Center authors.
The lectures are held in the Marion E. Wade Center’s Bakke Auditorium and are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Wade Center at 630.752.5908 or wade@wheaton.edu.
Lecturers
2021-2022: Mark A. Noll
Dr. Mark A. Noll, McManis Professor of Christian Thought Emeritus, Wheaton College. 2021-2022 lecture series titled: "C.S. Lewis in America: Lessons for Today from the Early American Reception of C.S. Lewis’s Books."
2020-2021: Kristen Page
Dr. Kristen Page, the Ruth Kraft Strohschein Distinguished Chair & Professor of Biology at Wheaton College. 2020-2021 lecture series titled: "Creation’s Call: Stewardship Lessons from Middle-earth and Narnia."
2019-2020: Matthew Milliner
Dr. Matthew Milliner, Associate Professor of Art History at Wheaton College. 2019-2020 lecture series titled: "Turtle Island Renaissance."
2018-2019: Jerry Root
Dr. Jerry Root, Associate Professor; Director of Wheaton Evangelism Initiative, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, Wheaton College. 2018-2019 lecture series titled: "C.S. Lewis's Dymer: A Splendour in the Dark."
2017-2018: Christine Colon
Dr. Christine Colón, Associate Professor of English, Wheaton College. 2017-2018 lecture series titled: "Community or Chaos?: Searching for Clues in the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers."
2016-2017: Timothy Larsen
Dr. Timothy Larsen, Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College. 2016-2017 lecture series titled: "The Rose Fire: George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles."
2015-2016: Philip G. Ryken
Dr. Philip G. Ryken, President of Wheaton College. 2015-2016 lecture series titled: "The Messiah Comes to Middle-earth: Images of Christ’s Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings."
Hansen Lectures Featured Book
This fourth volume in the Hansen Lecture Series, signed by Jerry Root and David C. Downing, is available from the Wade Center for purchase (contact the Wade for details).
