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13/02/2015 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm –

05/02/2015 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A panel of alumni will discuss their U of T education, the value of an Arts & Science degree, and their pursuit of successful careers. Network with fellow students, alumni, faculty, and staff after the panel discussion and Q&A session. Participation in the b2B program could be listed on your Co-Curricular Record (CCR). Alumni Panelists […]

02/02/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – This lecture will address the so-called ‘post-human’ turn in contemporary cultural theory in the light of three main considerations: firstly the shifting perception and understanding of ‘the human’ at the intersection of advanced technologies, philosophies of the subject and the Life sciences and secondly, the effects of globalization as a system that functions by instilling […]

29/01/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto Book & Media Studies Program McLuhan’s War, Here and Now Peter W. Nesselroth Peter W. Nesselroth will present the inaugural lecture in a new annual series of lectures dedicated to the theme of McLuhan and the technological imagination. Peter W. Nesselroth is Professor emeritus of French and […]

22/01/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Prof. Salvatore Bancheri Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies University of Toronto cordially invites you to a public lecture by Prof. Stefania Lucamante (Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.) “La rabbia di suicidio atomico: Of Historical Novels and the Danger of Disintegration in Elsa Morante’s Work” A reception to follow. Everyone is welcome and […]

16/01/2015 @ All Day –  Comparatists: Assert yourselves! Studies in comparative literature bring together a large community of scholars, breathing life into a discipline whose applicability continues to proliferate. Graduate students’ research projects are rich and varied, reflecting the breadth of the discipline, although lacking diffusion within the larger comparatist community. Last winter, students met to think about a possible […]

03/12/2014 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Today the humanities are often forced to translate themselves in terms of quantitative measures; this allows them to be “valued.”  This is what is called “commensuration.”  This lecture covers two aspects of this phenomenon.  First, how does comparative literature deal with the fact that acts of comparison need commensurate units of analysis?  Second, how does […]

29/11/2014 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – TORONTO SEMIOTIC CIRCLE ABSTRACT Italian political philosopher Roberto Esposito has garnered much international attention with his evolving work on themes like community, risk, immunity and the concepts of the political and the impolitical. His philosophy has had significant impact on diverse disciplines, including law, political science, sociology and literature.  As his books and essays become […]

28/11/2014 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm – CRRS Friday Workshop Elizabeth Ferguson (History)

28/11/2014 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – The U of T Canadian Studies Graduate Student Network (CSGSN) at the Canadian Studies program is pleased to announce the next in an ongoing series of CSGSN Graduate Student Workshops. “‘Naked Ladies’: The Nude in Canadian Modern Painting and Photography, 1910–1950” Devon Smither Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art, University of Toronto The nude in Canadian […]