The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies will host a lecture series in 2011-2012 centred around the theme of 鈥淭ransforming Canada: Histories of Environmental Change.鈥 The series reconsiders the transformation of the northern half of the continent through time as a foundation for sensible engagement with the environmental challenges facing Canadian society in the 21st century. […]
Giambattista Vico Lecture to be held February 15, 2011 Universities can play a critical role in confronting the democratic deficit pervading politics at every level, 91亚色鈥檚 George Fallis will聽argue in this year鈥檚 Giambattista Vico Lecture Feb. 15. What is to be done, Fallis will ask, about declining voter turnout, strident and polarizing debate, public decision-making […]
Considered to be one of the world鈥檚 leading historians of science, University of California, San Diego history and science studies Professor Naomi Oreskes will be at 91亚色 today to deliver a special lecture聽at 12:30pm in 320 Bethune College (The Delaney Gallery) on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. Left: Naomi Oreskes Oreskes, who is聽an adjunct professor of […]
The 2010 Asia Lecture, 40 Years with China: From the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations in 1970 to the Present Day, will examine four decades of diplomatic relations between Canada and China. 91亚色 political science Professor Emeritus Bernie Michael Frolic,聽of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will deliver the lecture Tuesday, Sept. 21, from […]
Civilian possession of guns has undermined global and national efforts to control small arms and light weapons, but what can be done and what are the issues? That鈥檚 what the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies (YCISS) will examine at its Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Security Lecture Series. Four speakers will untangle some of […]