Notice Board

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series will present:

Title:  Are we <Bleep>ed?  Creativity and the Future of Humanity (if any)
Speaker:  Prof. Kent Peacock (Philosophy)
Day/Date:  Friday, January 19, 2018
Time:  4:00 p.m.
Location:  B-730

The Department of History Colloquium presents:

Studies of Bushido Discourse in Tokugawa Japan, 1600 - 1868
Guest Speaker:  Prof. Eisuke Nakajima (Xi'an International Studies University)
Day/Date:  Friday, January 26 2018
Time:  3:00 p.m.
Location:  B-650 (University Hall)

The Centre for Oral History and Tradition will present the following:

Snacks:  A Canadian Food History
Guest Speaker:  Prof. Janis Thiessen (Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the Oral History Centre; University of Winnipeg)
Day/Date:  Monday, November 20, 2017
Time:  3:00 p.m.
Location:  C-674 (University Hall)

As part of Asian Culture Days and International Education Week the following will be presented:

Godzilla, Pokemon, and Yokai: The Role(s) of Monsters in Japanese Popular Culture
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Jeff Wilson (Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, and Chair of Culture and Language Studies - Renison University College (University of Waterloo). 
Day/Date:  Monday, November 6, 2017
Time:  4:30 p.m.
Location:  AH-100

See attached poster for details.

The Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta will present the following:

Refugee Shinran (see attached poster for more details)
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Jeff Wilson (Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo)
Day/Date:  Saturday, November 4, 2017
Time:  1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Location:  Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta (470 - 40th Street South)

This presentation is open to the public.  Free admission.  Refreshments will follow the presentation.

Prof. Gideon Fujiwara (Asian Studies Coordinator, History Department) will introduce the film and moderate the question and answer session for the following film:

Buffalo Boy
(Mùa len trâu, 2004)
By Nguyễn-Võ Nghiêm-Minh
Film Screening by Asian Studies
Asian Culture Days
International Education Week

Tuesday, November 7, 2017
7:00 p.m.
TH-204

The Department of History Colloquium presents:

Getting Graphic with the Past:  Art, Activism, and Public History (see attached poster for details)
Speaker:  Dr. Sean Carleton (Interdisciplinary Historian, Assistant Professor in the Department of General Education at Mount Royal University, Treaty 7).
Day/Date:  Friday, October 27, 2017
Location:  B-650
Time:  3:00 p .m.
Everyone is welcome.

Asian Studies (as part of the Asian Culture Days, International Education Week) is pleased to present the movie screening of the following.  Prof. Sameer Deshpande (Faculty of Management) will introduce the film and moderate the question and answer session.

Title:  "Udta Punjab"
Day/Date:  Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Location:  PE-250
Time:  6:30 p.m.