November 1, 2013

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• The Globe and Mail publishes a story about a website called Quarterly that charges a subscription fee to its users who then receive packages filled with items hand-picked by celebrities, bloggers and other public personalities. Zeynep Arsel, professor in the Department of Marketing, explains the appeal of this business to its clients.
  
  
• Donato Totaro, a lecturer in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, appeared on CJAD with Barry Morgan (begins at 28 minutes) on Thursday to discuss his list of top 10 horror films.
  
  
• On November 29 Geneviève Rail, principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, and Chantal Maillé, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, will be holding a master class for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in both English and French on the subject of Corps/Bodies and Representations: CDEACF.
  
  
• Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing, will be discussing his book The Consuming Instinct at the University of Alabama’s ALLELLE Lecture series on November 7: TMC Net and Targeted News.
  
  
• Last night was the opening of the exhibit Another Perfect Day by Janet Werner, professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, at the Galerie de l’UQAM: Canadian Art.

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