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The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Spring 2023 Speaker Series presents a special IN PERSON virtual talk:

Daphné B, author of Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism

What do makeup influencers tell us about the world: Writing in the age of social media

Friday, March 24, 2023

12 to 1 p.m.

The Department of Philosophy will present the following as part of their colloquium series.

The Evolution of Moral Knowledge
Speaker:  Dr. Richmond Campbell (Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University)
Day/Date:  Friday, March 24, 2023
Location:  M-1030 (Markin Hall)
Time:  3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome

Agriculture has become one of the most important applications of scientific knowledge. The challenge of feeding a planet while sustaining the health of the environment requires new scientific advances.

Come join us on Monday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the fourth film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 4: Zizou and the Arab Spring 

(France/Tunisia, Férid Boughedir, 2016)

The sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him to become the unwitting face of a revolution. This delightful movie will win you over with its bewitching story set against the gorgeous backdrop of a colourful Tunisia as it attempts to become the first true democracy in North Africa.

Come join us on Wednesday, March 15 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the fourth film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 4: Zizou and the Arab Spring 

(France/Tunisia, Férid Boughedir, 2016)

The sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him to become the unwitting face of a revolution. This delightful movie will win you over with its bewitching story set against the gorgeous backdrop of a colourful Tunisia as it attempts to become the first true democracy in North Africa.

The Department of Religious Studies will present the following as part of their colloquium series.

What did Jesus think about Judaism?
Speaker:  Dr. Matthew Thiessen (McMaster University)
Day/Date:  Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Location:  M1060 (Markin Hall)
Time:  3:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

The Department of Philosophy will present the following as part of their colloquium series.

Virtual Companions and the Curious Case of Sexual Lethargy
Speaker:  Steve Firth (Doctoral Candidate, Helsinki University)
Day/Date:  Friday, March 10, 2023
Time:  3 p.m.
Location:  C674 (University Hall)

Everyone is welcome.

Dr. Vineet Rathod's Structural Biology in Protein Misfolding class is hosting its first guest speaker. Dr. Holger Wille, a biochemistry professor and interim director of the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases from the University of Alberta, will deliver a talk titled Translating Structural Biology into Rationally Designed Vaccines for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Prion Diseases. Friday, March 710:30 to 11:30 a.m.Science Commons 6012 

Art Through a Blackfoot Perspective.

Soil Water Sunlight: Reattuning to the Natural World through Relational Media