Pierre Schoentje: The Art and Politics of Irony — Ironie, écologie et écriture de la nature

@ Arts & Humanities

Irony makes the world new by putting the world that exists in question. Its strength lies in its destabilizing power—it is the politics of art, the art of politics, and the language of dissent. By enabling critical representations of the world as it is known, but from within and against the familiarity of our own expectations, irony gives art and discourse special kinds of access to the public sphere, especially by mining beneath the given, the actual, and the known. A talk from Pierre Schoentje, Universiteit Gent, presented in French.

Part of the series The Art and Politics of Irony presented by the Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas.

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May 10, 2012 at 1:22 pm


Luc Courchesne: You Are Here

@ Architecture

A lecture from Luc Courchesne, professor at Université de Montréal and director of Metalab, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT). Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

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May 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm


David Scott: Supertall and Superfast: Design and Construction Challenges in Steel

@ Architecture

A lecture from David Scott, Principal, Arup. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

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May 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm


Andrew King: Gerald Sheff Lecture, Winter 2012

@ Architecture

A lecture from Andrew King, Gerald Sheff visiting professor in Architecture at McGill, 2012. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

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May 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm


Alessandra Ponte: Journey to the North of Quebec: Understanding (McLuhan’s) Media

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A lecture from Alessandra Ponte, professor at Université de Montréal. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

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May 2, 2012 at 2:34 pm


AstroMcGill Episode 8 – Eric Linder

@ Science & Technology

Guest: Eric Linder, Co-director of the INPA at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. We talked about cosmology and particularly the composition of the Universe (Dark energy, dark matter, normal matter, etc…) and ways to study these different components.

Hosts: James Kennedy, Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch.

Duration: 23 minutes.

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May 2, 2012 at 2:12 pm


AstroMcGill Episode 7 – Rosalba Perna

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Guest: Rosalba Perna, associate professor at University of Colorado in Boulder. We discussed her research focused on the modelisation of various astrophysical phenomena, including magnetars and hot Jupiters (a type of exoplanets).

Hosts: James Kennedy, Sebastien Guillot and Ryan Lynch.

Duration: 20 minutes.

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May 2, 2012 at 1:19 pm


Alanna Watt: What is brain assembly?

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This Freaky Friday explores the fascinating field of brain development (assembly) and what happens when it goes wrong, in particular in the spinocerebellar ataxia SCA6.

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April 27, 2012 at 4:59 pm


Lila Amirali: Dépression chez les enfants et les adolescents

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Une conférence de Lila Amirali, MD à L’Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants.

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April 27, 2012 at 4:59 pm


Chandra Magill: Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

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A talk from Chandra Magill, MD, psychiatrist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

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April 27, 2012 at 4:59 pm