Colloquium Series


Overview

Each year, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosts a lecture series, traditionally named the Colloquium Series, whereby experts in the psychology and/or neuroscience field are welcome to inform inquisitive Dalhousie and broader community members about their research. 

The series is organized by the Colloquium Committee consisting of departmental faculty and staff, and student societies: Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), Undergraduate Neuroscience Society (UNS), and Dalhousie Association of Psychology Students (DAPS). 
 
Below you will find confirmed dates for the upcoming year, 2022-2023: 

 Date       

Speaker

 Title 

All seminars will be held on Fridays in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room 5260 at 3:30 pm.
Fall 2022

October 7

JACOB HAMILTON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Jibran Khokhar, Western University  Vaping and the adolescent brain:  long term effects on behaviour and neural connectivity

November 4

BRUCE EARHARD MEMORIAL LECTURE (UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DAY)

Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Indiana University
Animal Models of Episodic Memory
Winter 2023

January 13

TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Melanie Noel, University of Calgary Remembering the Pain of Childhood

January 27

DAPS LECTURE

Dr. Shaylene Nancekivell, University of Manitoba A Theory of "Mine!": Ownership in Early Childhood

March 3

GRAHAM GODDARD LECTURE

Dr. Ioulia Kovelman, University of Michigan

 

The Bilingual Reader: Understanding Child Brain and Reading Development

March 31

DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Mark Bear, MIT

Using principles of Hebbian synaptic plasticity to promote recovery from amblyopia.