ISIS, a new book, Blind Spot and more
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 22, 2014
Expert commentators
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:
- Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, appeared on CTV Montreal with Mutsumi Takahashi to discuss ISIS. Open Canada published an article by Matthews about his trip to Guatemala where he followed a group of forensic anthropologists around the country for a week to observe how they unearthed the victims of Guatemala’s civil war.
- Erica Lehrer, professor in the Departments of History and Sociology and Anthropology, was interviewed on Polish-language radio RDC on the program Mr. Culture about her new book Lucky Jews.
- The Edmonton Journal publishes the second in a four-week series that maps the journey of a novel. The series focuses on the novel Blind Spot by Laurence Miall, the communications advisor in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.
- Arpi Hamalian, professor in the Department of Education, was the keynote speaker at the 2014 McGill Celebrating Lifelong Learning Conference: McGill.