Dear friends of the humanities,
Next week will be another busy with a series of events explicitly dedicated to discussing and demonstrating the value and importance of the work we do in the Faculty of Arts. As ever, all are welcome.
Thursday, November 22, 2018—Presented by the UMIH Health Humanities Research Cluster
12:30 pm, 409 Tier Building
Ellen Amster, Jason A Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University
“The Humanity of Medicine and the Humanities in Medicine.”
Lunch provided.
Thursday, November 22, 2018—Part of the “Beyond Crisis: The Middle East Past, Present, Future” series
6:00 pm, Schultz Theatre, St John’s College
Ellen Amster, Jason A Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University, “The Body and the Body Politic: Healing, History, and Biomedicine in the Middle East and North Africa”
Reception to follow
Thursday, November 22, 2018 — The Futures of the Humanities Series
10:00 am – 4:30 pm, 230 University College
Working Your Degree: Co-operative Education, Experiential Learning and the Twenty-first Century – A One-Day Symposium.
Keynote: Julie Walchli, Executive Director, Work Integrated Education and Career Initiatives and Co-Director, Canada Japan Co-op Program, Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia, and Past-President of CEWIL Canada.
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Paul Jenkins, PhD
Programming Developer/Manager and Assistant Director
Institute for the Humanities &
Instructor, Dept. of History
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599