The far-right emboldened? Helmut Oberlander. Back to school. Garlic festival. Jeri Brown: jazz judge.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 28, 2017
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:
- Several more media publish a think piece from The Conversation written by André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Gagné examines the impact of the Donald Trump presidency on the apparent rise of right-wing extremism and whether Trump's election has emboldened the far-right here in Canada: National Post, Macleans.ca, Business Standard, National Newswatch.
- Frank Chalk, history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science and co-founding director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, is quoted in a Radio-Canada.ca article about alleged Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander, who lives in Canada.
- Suzanne Reisler Litwin, instructor in the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), writes a piece in The Suburbanabout "back-to-school" season and mentions that she will be teaching creative writing at the CCE.
- The Montreal Gazette (reprised by Mogaznews) reports on last Saturday's 'Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival', which included a "garlic poetry" competition, run by Concordia creative writing instructor, Elizabeth Johnston.
- Jazz News lists jazz singer Jeri Brown, associate professor in the Department of Music, among the judges in the 2017 Global Online Competition for Jazz Musicians.