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The FASS monthly e-newsletter - October 2021 edition
FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Academic Assistance for FASS Students
Dr. David Matthias, Assistant Dean (Student Matters) is available to respond to any questions and concerns you may have about your academic progress, academic regulations, and degree completion. Feel free to email him at david.matthias@dal.ca
DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC ADVISING
Please consult your department's academic advisor if you require specific advice about your major, honours options and program requirements.
The 2021 MacKay Symposium
Happiness in Troubled Times
How can we think about happiness at a historical juncture overshadowed by troubles like the climate crisis, rising populism and xenophobia, increasing social inequality, and the COVID-19 pandemic? Four internationally renowned speakers put happiness into social and cultural context.
Friday, October 29, 2021
1:00pm – 5:30 pm (AT)
Organized by Dr Martha Radice, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, martha.radice@dal.ca
CART captioning will be provided for the entire event
The annual MacKay Lecture Series is funded by the generous endowment of Mrs. Gladys MacKay in appreciation of the education her husband, Reverend Malcolm Ross MacKay (B.A., 1927), received in the liberal arts at Dalhousie University.
The Stokes Seminar happens on Fridays, between 3:30 and 5:00 p.m. in Room 1170 of the McCain Building (next to the Dept. of History).
For further information about the Seminars and future seminar dates and presentation details, please visit this link.
October schedule:
October 1 – Dr. Jack Crowley (Dalhousie University) – “New Facts: Calculating Averages in Early Modern Europe and Britain”
October 8 – Dr. Will Langford (Dalhousie University) - “Apartheid Internationalism: Canadians in Solidarity with White Rule in Southern Africa, 1965-1994"
October 15 – Dr. Barton Scott (University of Toronto) - "Codifying Blasphemy: 'Religious Feelings' between Colony and Metropole."
October 22 – Chris Baldwin (University of Toronto) – “‘The Basest of All Modern Warfare’: Privateering and Enslavement in the Caribbean, 1739–1763”
October 29 – Dr. Krista Kesselring (Dalhousie University) - "Queen Elizabeth's Swedish Gossips: Female Friends and Family in Early Modern England."
Italian Studies Program
CAFFE’ ITALIANO VIRTUALE / VIRTUAL ITALIAN COFFEE (in Italian and English) Wednesday, October 20 1:00 pm
The Virtual Italian Cafè is an online meeting, open to all, aiming at fostering the communicative skills in Italian of each participant. Please RSVP to pl711498@dal.ca to receive the Teams link before the event.
The season opens on October 12 with "The Dog in the Manger" directed by Roberta Barker, with original set design by Karyn McCallum, adapted by Associate Set Designer Danielle Wilson, and with costume design by Karyn McCallum.
Tickets for all Fountain School productions are available at the Dalhousie Arts Centre Box Office: dal.ca/artscentre
Come experience two stories in Augmented Reality, created and presented by the GEM Lab in Computer Science and the Fountain School Free - ages 12+. Oct 13-16 from 10 AM - 4PM. Museum of Natural History.
Thursday, October 21, 12:00 pm AT (virtual lecture) NAOMI ANDRÉ
Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Residential College, University of Michigan Writing Opera, Singing Blackness Live Streamed – link will be provided on our website
Ajay Parasram, assistant professor in Dalhousie's departments of International Development Studies and History, along with Alex Khasnabish, of Mount Saint Vincent University's department of Sociology and Anthropology co-host a series of free, public, monthly drop-in sessions that are open to all but aimed at people who identify as white and are interested in working toward collective liberation. Come ask the questions about race, racism, social change, and social justice you always wonder about but feel nervous asking. You won't offend us (unless you're trying to—please don't do that!).
These sessions take place on the last Wednesday of every month, from 2pm - 3pm AT, live-streamed via Fernwood Publishing's YouTube channel. Watch live (and find recordings of past editions) HERE.
The next live event happens on Wednesday, October 27.
Over the past several years, Canada has made ambitious and unprecedented promises to realize reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples after long, ongoing histories of oppression, dispossession, and human rights violations. This series of panels asks leading experts what it will take to transform these promises into substantive results – actual, lived Reconciliation.
October 14 - Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
October 20 - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
October 28 - The Calls to Justice of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry
‘Democracy has to rise to the occasion:’ Inaugural Stanfield Conversation tackles the state and fate of democracy
Renowned political thinkers Charles Taylor and Simone Chambers took part in the launch of a new series honouring the legacy of politician Robert Stanfield.
The last few sessions of the Welcome Back 2021 webinar series are happening in October:
Researching for the Literature Review – Learn how to do in-depth searches: October 6, 11am; October 12, 10am
To register for the Welcome Back workshops or other library events, visit the Events Calendar.
Open Access Week is October 25-31, 2021. This year's theme is "It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity." Check out the Dal Libraries social media (@DalLibraries) and blog for more information on ways you can engage in Open Access Week.
Dal Reads: This year's Dal Reads book is Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi. An ebook is available through Novanet, and programming will be announced soon. Visit the Dal Reads homepage to find out more and read the ebook!
Research assistance: Drop in for research assistance at any of the Dalhousie Libraries, use Live Help chat, or contact your Subject Librarian to make an appointment.
Curbside pickup: Our stacks are open again for browsing but we are still offering optional curbside pickup.
The Class of 2021 Digital Yearbook is now online! This yearbook is meant to serve as a space to share in the excitement with our newest graduates. Dalhousie is inviting all graduates to share photos and memories of their years at Dal, as well as the ways they will be celebrating their achievements with their families and friends. Supporters, faculty and staff are also able to share congratulatory posts, photos, videos and links here.
On Thursday, October 14 at 2 p.m. (ADT), Dalhousie will host a University-Wide Convocation Celebration event live via YouTube. This is an opportunity for graduates, their families and friends, and our faculty and staff to come together at one time and celebrate their achievements. Graduates have received an invitation via email and are welcome to pass the invitation on to their supporters to join in our celebration. The video will also be archived for those who cannot watch live on the 14th.
Congratulations to the FASS students graduating this fall!
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