Bêtes de foire. Young radicals. Gay marriage referendum. Picasso! U.S. Iran policy. The Narcicyst. High heels.

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• Please note: Patrick Leroux, associate professor in the Department of English and the Département d'études françaises and founding director of the Montreal Working Group on Cirque/Circus, will appear in "Bêtes de foire", a Historia television series about circus life. Episode 1, « Le Cirque», airs Wednesday, May 27 at 10 p.m. and Thursday, May 28 at 8 a.m. Episode 2, « Les hommes forts », airs Wednesday, June 3 at 10 p.m.. Episode 3, « Les Freaks », airs Wednesday, June 10 at 10 p.m. Other episodes will follow.
• André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Religion and the Department of Theological Studies, appears in several media to talk about young Quebecers who are drawn into the ranks of extremist organizations. He suggests that the best way to reach out to young people who could be susceptible to radical ideology may be through education. Gagné appears in Global Montreal's news coverage, both in video (appearing at the 2:20 mark) and text versions of the story. Gagné is quoted also in a Canadian Press story picked up by HuffingtonPost, 985fm.ca, JournalMétro,  Blackburn News, cheknews.ca, Waterloo Region Record and InfoNews.ca.
• Another Concordian, Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) was interviewed this morning on Global Montreal about young Quebecers who are drawn into radical organizations.
• Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, is quoted in an article in La Presseabout tomorrow's referendum in Ireland on allowing gay marriage. O'Toole's recent book, Girls Will Be Girls - Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently,  is mentioned.
• Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs, appeared on CTV News at Noon with Mutsumi Takahashi yesterday to discuss the recent record-setting prices paid for artworks by modern masters, with a focus on last week's auction of Picasso's Women of Algiers.
• In his latest opinion piece in i24News, Yakub Halabi, a fellow at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, writes about U.S. policy toward Iran with respect to the country's nuclear project.
• Noisey publishes an interview with Yassin Alsalman, an instructor in the Fine Arts special topics course "Hip Hop: Past/Present/Future". Alsalman, known to hip hop fans as "The Narcicyst", mentions that he has studied in the Communications Studies program at Concordia.
• Marketing professor Gad Saad is quoted in an article in National Review about the fashion allure of high heels. The article includes a link to similar content in an October 2008 edition of The Guardian.

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