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The FASS monthly e-newsletter - February 2022 edition

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie University - featuring Cindy Blackstock

Dr. Cindy Blackstock (LLD’18) says the welfare of Indigenous children is worth the decades-long legal battle she’s waging. Now, Dalhousie’s 2022 Shaar Shalom keynote lecturer says it’s time for all Canadians to use their power to demand justice. Read more in this Alumni Spotlight story.

Please join us on Thursday, March 3 at 7pm AST as we welcome Dr. Blackstock to deliver this year's Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie. Her talk is titled: “Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past”. The presentation will discuss engaging people in learning about the diverse history of First Nations to prepare them to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s calls to action and create an equitable future for all children.

Learn more about the event and register here

The FASS Essay Competition

The deadline for the annual FASS Essay Competition (open to students registered as Dalhousie students) is fast approaching! There are three competitions with a prize of $4,000 each:  The Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award, the Mushkat Memorial Essay Prize and the Halifax Overseas Club Essay Prize.  Contest deadline for 2022 is Monday, February 28 at 4:30p.m. 

Visit dal.ca/fass/essaycompetition to learn more about research topics, eligibility and criteria for each competition!

The Mohini Mathur Memorial Bursary in Indian Studies

This $1000 bursary will be awarded to a FASS student with a sincere and demonstrated interest in pursuing the study of Indian thought and ideas, these can include (but are not limited to) Indian philosophical systems, Hinduism or any branch of Hindu Religion, the Sanskrit language, Indian literature, or other traditions of India's intellectual heritage. For further details about this bursary (including eligibility criteria, applications requirements, deadlines and more), please visit this link.

Leon and Rose Zitner Prize

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is thrilled to announce the launch of the Leon and Rose Zitner Prize. In collaboration with the Healthy Populations Institute and the Faculties of Health, Medicine and Dentistry, this $5000 prize will be awarded to a Dalhousie student for outstanding contributions to citizen knowledge and community engagement in the area of health and wellbeing.  Please view the attached poster for full details. Submissions are due by April 15, 2022.

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.

Dalhousie Gazette Article Highlighting Value of an Arts Education

"What are you going to do with that degree?
The Value of an Arts Education"

Joseph Lahey, a student studying in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie and King's, wrote an article for The Dalhousie Gazette highlighting the value of studying the arts, humanities and social sciences and the countless opportunities they can present to you.
 

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

English Department

Double Date: Hannah Moscovitch & Christian Barry
Friday, February 11, 2022 from 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Double Date: A Reading Series of Writing Couples is a Dalhousie University Department of English event series that investigates the compelling, romantic, and perhaps at times vexing phenomenon of writers who not only make art but choose to also make a life together. By hearing these writers speak to their creative practice as couples, read from their own work, and answer questions from the audience, other writers and readers can learn more about the relationships we kindle with our most beloved humans—and the relationships we develop toward our creative literary practices.

This next reading & discussion, featuring Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Berry, is free to attend and will be held on Zoom on Friday, Feb 11, from 3:45pm to 5:00pm. Learn more and register.

Fountain School of Performing Arts

The Science of Joy, directed by Ritchie Wilcox
February 8 - 12, 7:30 pm
and February 12 at 2:00PM
Performances will be livestreamed on VIMEO

Please visit this webpage for the most recent, up to date  news on the Fountain School's Winter term productions and masterclasses.

History Department

The Dalhousie Undergraduate History Society

UGHS Cookbook
We are holding a recipe contest and looking for your recipe submissions! Historical recipes, or recipes with personal value, are encouraged. Recipes will be added to a cookbook created by UGHS and the winners will receive a gift card to a restaurant! Please submit recipes by February 11, 2022 at UGHS@dal.ca. The winners will be announced on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalhistorysociety/

PANGAEA Journal
There is still time to submit a paper for Pangaea as well. If you have a paper that you did particularly well on that is between 10-20 pages (or slightly shorter), I would highly recommend submitting in to the journal. Anyone who submits their paper gets entered into a draw for a Dal Bookstore gift card! The deadline for submission is February 18! Email: ughs@dal.ca

The Dalhousie Graduate History Society

History Across the Disciplines Conference 2022
The Dalhousie Graduate History Society is delighted to announce that graduate students from all disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences may now submit abstracts to Dalhousie University’s 23rd Annual History Across the Disciplines conference. This conference is entitled “Encountering Colonialism: Land, Lives, and Legacies,” and will be held virtually, on March 18th-19th, 2022. Applicants should submit a 300-word abstract and a short personal biography to the conference committee no later than 11:59 p.m. AST on Friday, February 11th, 2022. 

Learn more about the conference and call for papers

International Development Studies Department

Safe Space for White Questions
February edition
February 23, 2022
2pm - 3pm

This is 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!).

The event will be moderated by Ajay Parasram (departments of International Development Studies and History, Dalhousie University) and Alex Khasnabish (department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Saint Vincent University).

This event will be live-streamed via Fernwood Publishing's YouTube channel. Watch live (and find recordings of past editions) HERE. 

Can't make it but still have questions you'd like answered? Please leave your questions HERE.

Italian Studies Program

VIRTUAL ITALIAN COFFEE / CAFFE’ ITALIANO VIRTUALE (in Italian and English) 
Wednesday, February 16 at 1:00 pm 

Open to all students. Please RSVP to pl711498@dal.ca to receive the Teams link before the event, grazie!

Political Science Department

The Dalhousie Undergraduate Political Science Society

Call for paper submissions to The Podium - a peer-reviewed undergraduate academic journal. This is an opportunity for Dalhousie and King's students to feature their work in the journal and become published authors. For more information on submission requirements visit our Instagram @dal_poli and DUPSS on Facebook. Papers can be emailed to dalhousie.politicalscience@gmail.com . The submission deadline is February 10th 2022.
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