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, 2019-2020:
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| All talks are held on Fridays in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room 5260 at 3:30 pm, unless otherwise noted. | ||
| Fall 2019 | ||
September 20 JACOB HAMILTON MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Rosemary Bagot, McGill University | Neural Circuits of Resilience and Susceptibility |
| October 8 | Dr. John Kennedy, University of Toronto NOTE: This lecture will take place on Tuesday at 11:30 am in room 5260. |
Outline, Perspective and Metaphor in Drawings by Blind Adults and Children |
October 11 TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Christopher Beaver, Syneos Health
|
The Importance of being Earnest or How did you get there from here? |
October 25 UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DAY |
Dr. Benjamin Rusak, Dalhousie Universtiy |
Time Travels |
| Winter 2020 | ||
February 14 - CANCELLED SSHRC-SPONSORED LECTURE |
Dr. Veronica Whitford, University of New Brunswick |
Bilingualism Impacts Eye Movement Reading Patterns from Early Childhood to Late Adulthood |
March 6 GRAHAM GODDARD LECTURE |
Dr. Marcel Just, Carnegie Mellon University
|
The New Science of Thought Imaging: Using Machine Learning to Break the Brain’s Code for Representing Concepts |
March 13 DALHOUSIE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS (DAPS) LECTURE |
Dr. Susana Chung, University of California, Berkley | TBA |
March 24 DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Gerry Rubin, Janelia Research Campus NOTE: This lecture will take place on Tuesday at 11:30 am in room 5260. |
TBA |