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Islamic Encounter lecture series

Islamic Encounter lecture series will be held from October 8, 2018 to Apil 8, 2019. Speakers include Alireza Doostdar, Christoper Silver, Noah Salomon, Damien Jamos, Robert Wisnovsky, Kaveh Hemmat, Setrag Manoukian, Armando Salvatore, Milad Odabaei, Stefania Pandolfo, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Marwa Elshakry.

Osler Library Exhibition | Curiosities of Conception; Selections from the Osler Library of the History of Medicine

Drawing from the rich holdings of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, Curiosities of Conception looks specifically at the ways that medical discourses have responded to and perpetuated the image of the monstrous maternal from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. It does so by bringing together medical texts revolving broadly around the topics of conception, childbirth, and parenting....

Weaving together Experiences: the Story of Family, Invited Lecture by Susan Mintzberg

Susan Mintzberg is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work at McGill University. Her doctoral research, funded by FRQSC, explores the role of families in psychiatry with a focus on collaboration between family members and mental health care professionals. This work evolved from ten years of clinical practice with individuals and families in community mental health.

Dr. Fabien Pillet: Multiculturalism in Europe and in North America: Literary and Academic Differences

A Humanitarian Politics of Immobility: Iraqi Refugees’ Experiences of Resettlement from Cairo

A guest lecture by Nadia El-Shaarawi of Colby College.

Speaker Series | Andrew Hunter “In the Belly of the Whale: Reflections on Precarious Future(s) and Aging Settler/ Colonial Institutions”

“In the Belly of the Whale: Reflections on Precarious Future(s) and Aging Settler/ Colonial Institutions”Andrew Hunter Independent artist, curator, educator and writer

Prof. Derek Maus: "You could even say things were going well, except that they were getting worse and worse every year!": The Subversion of Political Fictions in Russian and American Cold War Satires

The Challenges of Coexistence: Debating Language Policy in Canada

Much has been written recently about language policy in Canada, in light of political developments in provinces like New Brunswick and Ontario, the 50th Anniversary of the Official Languages Act and the announced recognition of Indigenous languages in Canada. The objective of this Symposium is to discuss language policy in Canada, with a particular emphasis on language minorities....

Islamic Encounters lecture series: Islam, Translation and the 'Outside'

Islamic Encounters – Islam, Translation and the 'Outside', by Dr. Milad Odabaei, McGill University.