Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Upcoming Lectures and Events at the U of A


While not all of you live in Edmonton, for those of you who are interested, there will be a series of lectures, debates and presentations happening across the University of Alberta campus as a part of International Week from February 2-6. This year's theme is "Hungry for Change: Transcending Feast, Famine & Frenzy". You can find this year's program here.
As for other big events occurring on campus in the next few weeks, Dr. Norman Finkelstein will be speaking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Thursday January 22 from 12:30-2:00 PM in Dinwoodie Lounge. More information about that presentation can be found here.
For those of you interested in Canadian politics, Shirley McLellan (6 term member of the Alberta Legislature and now a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the U of A) will be speaking on Alberta - A Partner in the Canadian Confederation on January 29 from 7:30-9:00 PM at Campus St. Jean. More info can be found here.

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