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DESCRIPTION:Join MISC for the 2023-2024 BMP Lecture\, “Death of a Canadian:
  The Corrosive Impacts of Authenticity” to be given by Christopher Kirkey\
 , Director\, Center for the Study of Canada & Institute on Quebec Studies 
 at SUNY Plattsburgh.\n\nThis event will be followed by a Q&A and a recepti
 on.\n\nFree and open to the public\; mandatory registration via Eventbrite
 .\n\nAbstract: The pursuit of research on Canada\, within academic circles
  across Canada\, is a foundational cornerstone of scholarly inquiry. This 
 pathway is also evident throughout the international community. A signific
 ant segment of Canada-oriented research and scholarship that takes place b
 eyond Canadian borders is undertaken by Canadian expats – i.e.\, Canadian 
 citizens who as academics work on Canada-focused issues in nations around 
 the world.\n\nWhile there are a number of critical challenges arising from
  spatial dislocation for Canadian academics who live and work abroad\, non
 e is more compelling than the corrosive impacts of authenticity. What exac
 tly is authenticity and how does it have corrosive impacts on the professi
 onal life of Canadian scholars living abroad? Are there strategies and act
 ions that Canadian ex-pats can embrace to effectively counter the challeng
 es of externality?\n\nIn considering these matters\, Professor Kirkey – an
  ex-pat academic who has resided in the United States for 37 years – will 
 consider his professional journey\, the difficulties with authenticity he 
 has encountered\, and the methods he has considered\, pursued\, and ultima
 tely adopted.\n\nChristopher Kirkey is Director of the Center for the Stud
 y of Canada and Institute on Quebec Studies at State University of New Yor
 k at Plattsburgh. A scholar of comparative foreign policy and internationa
 l relations theory\, he has been a professor at Bridgewater State Universi
 ty (1993-2001)\, Columbia University (2002-2012)\, and SUNY Plattsburgh (2
 002-present). His most recent work is (with Richard Nimijean) The Construc
 tion of Canadian Identity from Abroad (2022\, Palgrave Macmillan). He has 
 previously served as President of the Association for Canadian Studies in 
 the United States\, and the Middle Atlantic and New England Council on Can
 adian Studies.\n\nThis lecture is part of the BMP Rotating Lecture Program
  in Canadian Studies\, established in 2013 as a formal partnership among t
 he Canadian Studies programs of McGill University\, Bridgewater State Univ
 ersity and SUNY College at Plattsburgh. The Lectureship is designed to str
 engthen connections between the programs\, share expertise in the area of 
 Canadian Studies\, and to expand audiences and interests in the field.\n\n
 This event will also be livestreamed: https://youtube.com/live/-5uNQE7MER8
 \n
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LOCATION:Leacock 232\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 85
 5 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Death of a Canadian: The Corrosive Impacts of Authenticity
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/event/death-canadian
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