Past Events

Fall 2010 & Winter 2011 ASTRA Lectures

The Arts, Science and Technology Research Alliance (ASTRA) aims to bring together researchers across the University of Guelph whose interests lie within an intersection of the sciences, the humanities and the fine arts.

 

Tuesday March 15/11- Don Bruce "Astronomy and Literature in the 19th Century: Good News and Bad News from the Stars"

 

  Tuesday February 15/11- Karen Landman "Urban Agriculture: what's happening in North America"

 

Tuesday February 8/11- Gywnne Dyer "Climate Change: How to avoid the much worse planet"

 

Tuesday January 18/11- Stuart McCook "Bad Coffee: Robusta Coffee and the Challenges of Development"

 

 

Tuesday November 16/10 - Anne Milne "Sentient Genetics and the Genetically-Modified Gentleman: Breeding the Animal Breeder in Eighteenth-Century Britain"

 

Tuesday November 2/10 - Dr. Thomas Calligaro "A Particle Accelerator to Unravel the Mysteries of Art and Archaeology"

 

Tuesday October 19/10 - Dr. Evan Fraser "Food Security and Climate Change: Disciplinary Problems and Interdisciplinary Solutions"

 

Saturday October 16/10 - Eduardo Kac "Telepresence and Bio Art"