Presented by Concordia University’s ideas festival Thinking Out Loud 2015/16 - Concordia University is pleased to host Robert Lepage in conversation with Concordia's Silvy Panet-Raymond about his own creative process and views on new directions in performance creation. What does the development of a new Performance Creation program mean for contemporary dance, music and theatre education?
Presented by Concordia University’s ideas festival Thinking Out Loud 2015/16 - Award winning Canadian author, playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald is Concordia University’s inaugural Mordecai Richler Writer-In-Residence. As part of her residency MacDonald produced digital dispatches from Concordia’s Richler Room, and worked with creative writing students in a series of masterclasses. Join Ann-Marie MacDonald and Concordia students for a dynamic multi-media debrief on the writing life, literature, and Richler’s legacy.
Presented by Concordia University’s ideas festival Thinking Out Loud 2015/16 - Clive Thompson (Smarter Than you Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better) and Concordia's Mia Consalvo (Professor, Video game studies) in conversation on how games help us connect socially, the ethics of communications technologies and the impact of online technologies on our off-line lives. How do your games help you connect?
Kathy Reichs (forensic anthropologist, author) in conversation with Concordia's Cameron Skinner and Brigitte Desharnais (Chemisty/Biochemistry), on the complex stories emerging from science and how they help us connect the dots. Come hear the real deal on Bones/CSI-style science and crime solving.
Concordia University's Dr. Jeremy Clark (Assistant Professor - Institute for Information Systems Engineering) and author and broadcaster Nora Young in conversation all about new technologies.
What does a liberal arts education mean and why is it important? Join Joseph Boyden and Concordia's Rebecca Duclos (Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts) and Jill Didur (Associate Professor, Department of English) in conversation on the future and challenges to the liberal arts. This event is made possible through a collaboration with the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Big Thinking series.
Concordia University's Dr. William Bukowski (Professor, Psychology) and popular author and psychologist Susan Pinker in conversation about child development, brain health and the relationship between good health and connecting with others.
The Reader's Digest Annual Lecture Series in Journalism is the signature event of Concordia's Department of Journalism. In partnership with the university's Thinking Out Loud festival of ideas, a colourful talk was sparked between political pundit Chantal Hebert and veteran journalist Francine Pelletier. The topic is one rife with history and nuance: Quebec-Canada relations. Hebert is the bestselling author of "The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was."
Concordia University’s ideas festival Thinking Out Loud and the International Press Institute (Vienna) present a conversation about journalism and human rights. Featuring Turkish journalist Amberin Zaman in conversation with Concordia’s Kyle Matthews (Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies), the conversation will be moderated by Susan Sachs, Foreign Editor for The Globe and Mail. This event is co-sponsored by the International Press Institute. For more information on the Thinking Out Loud conversation series, and to watch previous conversations, please visit http://concordia.ca/talks
How do we tell stories about who we are? What does fiction contribute to writing our identity? Joseph Boyden’s latest novel, The Orenda (2013), was short-listed for the Governor-General’s Award for fiction and won the 2014 edition of CBC’s Canada Reads. Kate Sterns, an associate professor in the Department of English and published novelist, will join Boyden for a discussion about the complex relationship between storytelling and who we are — where identity ends and the story begins. Kate Sterns - associate professor, Department of English Joseph Boyden, novelist Jared Bland, Arts Editor - The Globe and Mail
Louis Patrick Leroux, playwright, director and associate professor in the departments of English and French Studies, sits down with Lyn Heward, former director of creation for Cirque du Soleil, to exchange ideas on the artistic and commercial applications of creativity.
Peter Carey and Josip Novakovich discuss the writing of inspiration.
Can we predict the future of digital technologies? How does the digital shape who we are? Canadian-American author William Gibson, associated with coining the term “cyberspace", and Fenwick McKelvey, Internet Researcher and Concordia Professor (Department of Communication Studies) explore the complex relationship between digital technologies and our identity. Fenwick McKelvey, assistant professor - Department of Communications Studies William Gibson, novelist Erin Anderssen, journalist - The Globe and Mail
Is what you wear political? How does being "girly" get defined? What's liberating and limiting about sex and gender? Irish drag queen and gay rights activist Panti Bliss first made headlines in January 2014 calling out media stars for being homophobic. Emer O’Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, invited Bliss to Concordia to speak about her experiences and activism. In this conversation Bliss will join O’Toole to discuss how what we wear can reflect much more than personal style and fashion. Emer O'Toole - assistant professor - School of Canadian Irish Studies Panti Bliss - gender discombobulist (aka Rory O'Neill) Erin Anderssen, journalist - The Globe and Mail
Charles Acland, professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Communication Studies, and TerryO'Reilly, host of CBC Radio's Under the Influence, discuss strategies for media clutter by exploring humanity's long history with information overload.
CBC’s Wiretap is a radio show built around the strange and compelling universe created by its host, Jonathan Goldstein, MA 99. The Montreal-based broadcaster, who has also published three books, will join Concordia’s Erica Lehrer, Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography, and Museology, in a conversation about how we carve out what is private, personal and public in our stories.