Date & time
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Conferences & lectures
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The Tipping Point: Workshops - What Can Be Done?
Speaker(s)
Marco Bortoleto (Campinas, Brazil), Amy Reid (New College of Florida, USA), Kimberley Manning (Concordia), Jean Francois Mayer (Concordia)
Cost
This event is free
Organization
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture
Contact
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room 362
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
The past decade has seen a rise in populist governments taking aim at culture and education, going so far as to close academic programs and change college boards, as we saw recently in Florida, entire universities, as we saw in Hungary, and to dismantle existing cultural infrastructure, as we saw in Brazil under Bolsonaro. What can we learn from recent cases of overt government intervention to curtail academic freedom/to redefine the field of academic inquiry? How can we prepare and protect our institutions from opportunistic politics? What place is there for dialogue?
In conjunction with the roundtable discussions held on October 16 from 4-6 p.m. at 4TH SPACE, CISSC is sponsoring two in-person workshop discussions addressing current issues and strategies pertaining to the interweaving of politics and education or culture. All welcome! Workshops will be held in a seminar room at Concordia’s Webster Library.
Seminar leaders
Marco Bortoleto is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil and currently a postdoctoral fellow at Concordia University.
Amy Reid is a professor of French and Gender Studies and director of the Gender Studies program at New College of Florida. As chair of the New College Faculty, she now sits on the NCF Board of Trustees, which in August voted to abolish the Gender Studies program.
Kimberley Manning is a professor of political science and women’s studies. She is the principal of Concordia’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
Jean François Mayer is an associate professor of political science at Concordia. He specializes in comparative politics, especially in the context of Latin America.
Patrick Leroux is a professor in the Department of English and Département d'études françaises at Concordia.