Ted-style Mini-Talks: Saturday October 1st 2-4 in 303 Paterson Hall
Barâa Arar: “The Woman is Political: A Visual History”
Baraa is a current student and Spoken Word Artist.
Jen Carswell: “Humanities in 3Ds : Discover, Difficulty, Different”
Jen is a Senior news producer at BBC world television.
Erica Charters: “How Humanities taught me to respect others and love history”
Erica is Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford and Director of Oxford’s Centre for Global History.
Melanie Coughlin: “Studying the Humanities from a Daoist Appreciation for the Usefulness of the Useless”
Melanie is a Doctoral Student in philosophy at McGill University and part-time instructor in religion at Carleton University.
Jean-Noé Landry: “Contemplating and acting the humanities in Kabul, with Russia’s political dissidents, and Jack Layton”
Jean-Noé is an International democratic development, open government, and civic technology expert. Currently Executive Director of Open North, Canada’s leading open data non-profit organization.
Graeme O’Farrell: “Give The Kids Plato, or How Books Saved My Life”
Graeme is a student of the humanities and philosophy, a writer of prose and poetry, and an occasional performer of original music and spoken word.
Dan Parker: “A Humanities Education Is a Tool for Solidarity and Social Change”
Dan is an Educator, Artist, and Grassroots Political Organizer.