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April Marratto's OQE (Oral Qualifying Exam)
Thesis Title: The Hospitality of Language: The Importance of Jean-Louis Chretien's Philosophy for Contemporary Social Issues
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
Movie Night in Italian!
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society. (IMDb)
I STAND #INUNITY WITH #MMIW
The RCMP has recorded 1,181 Indigenous women as missing or murdered in Canada. Stand up to show that you are aware and care about this issue on 19 October 2017. This demonstration of alliance will be captured with an aerial photograph.
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Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents String Quartet Masterworks from Canada and Norway with the Penderecki String Quartet
The world-renowned Penderecki String Quartet perform R. Murray Schafer's haunting "Rosalind" quartet and Edvard Grieg's soaring first quartet.
For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events
History Grad School & Scholarship Info Session featuring PIZZA!
Our annual History Grad School and Scholarship Information Session -featuring free pizza and pop- is:
Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30 pm in MacKinnon 306
See attached flyers...
Scottish Studies Roundtable Series: Dr Katie Barclay
The Centre for Scottish Studies invites members of the public and university communities to join us in welcoming Dr Katie Barclay from The University of Adelaide.
She will be speaking on "Emotion, Lower Order Scots and Connected Communities, 1660-1830". This talk will be followed by questions and discussion around the content of Dr Barclay's presentation.
Modest refreshments are provided and there are no fees associated with attendance.
Initiatives in Global Justice - Dr. Pascal Lupien, LACS, "Social Justice from Below"
All are welcome.
Lunch served
Cafe Philosophique and The Bookshelf present the 2017 CBC Massey Lecturer Payam Akhavan
In Search of a Better World is a powerful survey of some of the major human rights struggles of our times — and what we can do about it. Join Payam Akhavan in conversation with Monique Deveaux, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Global Social Change. Tickets available in advance at The Bookshelf, 41 Quebec St., or at the door starting at 6:15pm. For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/arts/cafe
Public Lecture with Jeanette Hicks about Proust and Merleau-Ponty
Jeannette Hicks est doctorante en philosophie à l’Université de Guelph. Ses recherches traitent de la philosophie française, surtout l’esthétique de Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, et Rancière. Son projet de thèse porte sur l’agence critique dans la pensée esthétique de Michel Foucault. Elle est aussi assistante de recherche avec L’Institut international pour les études critiques en improvisation [IIECI] et artiste visuel.