Montreal, May 8 2012 – Concordia’s researchers are proud to participate in the 80th edition of the congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), taking place at Montreal’s Palais des congrès. Among the colloquia in which Concordia researchers are participating, several are of interest to the general public.
Hot topics of the week include Aboriginal perspectives, digital simulations, fluvial geomorphology, Catholic networks, childhood, Latin America, the treatment of languages, the politics of Anglophone communities…
For interviews, please contact Cléa Desjardins at the address listed below.
Note: all colloquia are presented in French.
Pascale Biron
30 years of fluvial geomorphology in Quebec
Colloquium 222 – Friday, May 11, 9:00 a.m. – 4:50 p.m.
José Antonio Giménez Micó
Latin America: What the plebeians say and do
Colloquium 431 – Friday, May 11, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lorraine O'Donnell
Linking research on the English communities of Quebec to politics and intervention
Colloquium 671 – Monday, May 7, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gilles Peslherbe
Digital simulations in chemistry and biochemistry
Colloquium 212 – Wednesday, May 9 and Thursday May 10, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Daniel Salée
The co-construction of knowledge in an aboriginal context
Colloquium 33 – Thursday, May 10, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Aboriginal modernity: perspectives and consequences for research
Colloquium 453 – Wednesday, May 9, 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Fodé Sarr
The poetics of childhood: contemporary perspectives
Colloquium 350 – Wednesday, May 9, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Warren
Catholic networks of 20th Century Quebec
Colloquium 319 – Friday, May 11, 9h00 – 5:00 p.m.
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Cléa Desjardins
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University Communications Services
Concordia University
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Email: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
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