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The Sensational Museum (TSM) is a two-year research project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). In this presentation, the project lead Hannah Thompson will explore how TSM is using what we know about disability to change how museums work for everyone.

When
September 19, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Hannah Thompson

This talk explores how our desires, subjectivities and concepts are viscerally embodied and produced as an everyday practice in life-worlds dominated by automobility.

When
September 19, 2024, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Kilian Jörg

This is the launching of a conference series on Islam in the Americas.

When
September 19, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus VA - Visual Arts Building VA114 (1395 René Lévesque W.)
Speaker(s)
Jasmin Zine

Laura Tomlinson Makin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colgate University. She mainly works in ethics, metaethics, and philosophy of action.

When
September 20, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building 14.250 (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
Laura Tomlinson Makin, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Colgate University

Concordia University Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, invites you to the conference Canada is Now a Minor Player on the World Stage. How Can We Get Back into the Game? with The Honourable Thomas J. Mulcair, political commentator and former leader of the NDP - Canada New Democratic Party.

When
September 25, 2024, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building ABCD (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
The Honourable Thomas J. Mulcair

This paper looks at the role of Anishinaabe pipes, opwaaganag, in disrupting museum practices and decolonizing the Manitoba Museum during a period of gallery renewal (Matthews 2021).

When
September 26, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Maureen Matthews

When
September 26, 2024, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Espace JAX
Speaker(s)
Ellen Gabriel, Sean Carleton, Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Wanda Gabriel

When
September 27, 2024, 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Dr. Ludovica Bargellini

When
October 2, 2024, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Drs. James Kelly, Noura Karazivan, Robert Leckey

When it comes to alternative medicine, we are called upon to make clear decisions: Either you believe (in them), or you know (better). Either you adhere to evidence-based science or you let yourself be seduced by the mere placebo effects of quackery. This talk starts from the hypothesis that such alternatives must be taken for what they are: infernal, in the sense that they are all too often unable to inform good practices.

When
October 3, 2024, 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 11.705 (1515 St. Catherine W.)
Speaker(s)
A public lecture by Prof. Katrin Solhdju, University of Mons

When
October 3, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
Campus de Longueuil de l’Université de Sherbrooke (Salle Belvédère au 13e étage)
Speaker(s)
Michaël Lessard et des membres de l'IQDA

Eric Marcus is Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. His second book "Belief, Inference, and the Self-Conscious Mind" was published by Oxford University Press in 2021.

When
October 4, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Eric Marcus, Professor of Philosophy, Auburn University

In this lecture, Arun Kundnani probes the War on Terror's anti-Muslim racism, and locates its origins in a broader process of neoliberal restructuring.

When
October 8, 2024, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building H 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Arun Kundnani

Concordia University Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, invites you to the conference on International Arbitration on the World Stage with The Honorable L. Yves Fortier, former President of the UN Security Council and former Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

When
October 30, 2024
Where
Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building ABCD (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
The Honorable L. Yves Fortier, Martin J. Valasek

Concordia University Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, invites you to the conference with Michael Sabia, President, CEO of Hydro-Québec.

When
November 21, 2024, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building ABCD (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
Michael Sabia, President, CEO of Hydro-Québec

Jessica Gelber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her primary area of research is Classical Greek and Roman Philosophy, with particular interests in foundational issues in ancient medicine and science.

When
November 22, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Jessica Gelber, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Daniel Steel is Associate Professor at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.

When
March 14, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Daniel Steel, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

When
May 29, 2025 – May 30, 2025 (all day)
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building Conference room (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
TBD


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