Former governor-general and journalist Adrienne Clarkson will kick off the series on October 8 at the D.B. Clarke Theatre.
The Massey Lectures first came to Concordia last year, when Lawrence Hill delivered part one of his exploration titled, “Blood: The Stuff of Life.”
Clarkson’s inaugural lecture, “The Circle Widens,” explores the experience of inhabitants of a medieval French village as they freed themselves from the influence of the church, the aristocracy and the monarchy.
The remaining four examine notions of citizenship through the stories of societies in ancient Greece and contemporary Africa.