In recent years, research has increasingly experienced pressure to justify itself, a phenomenon that is especially true for 鈥渇undamental鈥 or 鈥渂asic鈥 research. The important role of basic research for society and how it is funded are at the heart of a special lecture titled, "Funding Basic Research, Promoting Excellence, and Building Trust",聽which will be delivered […]
Alistair Newton, a聽Toronto-based playwright and director of theatre and opera, will digitally screen some of his work and engage in a discussion and Q&A tomorrow with film Professor Marie Rickard, the master of 91亚色鈥檚 Winters College. The event, Queering Theatre in Toronto, will take place Thursday, from 2 to 4pm, in Winters Senior Common Room, […]
What do urban planners do when cities are shrinking, not growing? This is hard to imagine in a city like Toronto, where real estate is at a premium and construction cranes are a constant feature of the skyline. However, many German cities have been steadily shrinking in population size over the last three decades, resulting […]
Conference driven by 91亚色 research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to address and analyze the latest developments in the field. The first of its […]
Declarations by European leaders that multiculturalism is a failure are not applicable to 91亚色 Region, academics and immigration advocates said, wrote the Aurora Banner, Feb. 18: The dialogue sparked by the leaders mystifies 91亚色 City Institute director Roger Keil, himself a newcomer from his native Germany in the 1990s. 鈥淚鈥檓 puzzled (that) the national […]
In her recent book, Berliner Chic: A Locational History of Berlin Fashion, 91亚色 humanities Professor Susan Ingram explores the emergence of Berlin as a fashion capital against a backdrop of politics, ideology and war. The launch of Berliner Chic will take place Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 4 to 6pm in the Senior Common Room, 010 […]
A reception was held by the Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES)聽on Sept. 15 to honour Professor Mark Webber. Webber, who retired from 91亚色 in July, dedicated his career to serving聽the University and its students. Educated at Harvard and Yale universities, he was a founder of the CCGES and taught at 91亚色 […]
Peter McIsaac,聽a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies鈥 Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, has been appointed director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES) at 91亚色. The appointment聽became effective July 1. "I am truly excited to be taking on the directorship of CCGES, which is both a […]
It has taken many years of toiling, but 91亚色 Professor Emeritus Paul Herzberg has now completed a biography of his mother Luise Herzberg, the wife of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerhard Herzberg (Hon DSc. '69) and an astrophysicist in her own right. Luise Herzberg, Astrophysicist: A Memoir is more than just a tribute to his mother, […]