What do Jian Ghomeshi and Peter Carey have to say about the creative process?
A Booker Prize-winning author, a popular CBC Radio host, an award-winning advertising veteran and author and a former Cirque de Soleil exec came to the university in March to share their insights on the creative process.
The guests were joined by four dynamic Concordia professors as part of the Thinking Out Loud conversation series, held in partnership with The Globe and Mail.
Did you miss out on a talk you really wanted to see? No problem. Videos and podcasts from each are available now.
March 6: CBC Radio host and advertising industry veteran Terry O’Reilly and Charles Acland, professor and the Concordia University Research Chair in Communication Studies, discussed the history and shifting world of advertising, from its 19th-century beginnings to the challenges and opportunities of today’s wired reality.
March 12: Lyn Heward, former director of creation at the Cirque du Soleil, was joined on stage by Louis Patrick Leroux, associate professor in Concordia’s departments of English and Études françaises. They discussed the Cirque’s history, how a circus is choreographed and more.
March 20: Man Booker International Prize nominee Josip Novakovich, professor in the Department of English, and two-time Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey explored how emigration can influence writing.
March 25: Sandeep Bhagwati, associate professor in the Department of Music and Canada Research Chair in Inter-X Art Practice and Theory, and CBC Radio Q host Jian Ghomeshi discussed what global music traditions could soon look and sound like.
More food for thought
This spring, the conversation continues at The Walrus Talks, a series of thought-provoking discussions of the big issues of our time, featuring leading thinkers.
The Walrus Talks Climate, with Concordia researchers Damon Matthews, Liz Miller and Peter Stoett, will be held on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa (sold out).
The Walrus Talks Human Rights, with Frank Chalk and Kyle Matthews of Concordia’s Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies, will be held on May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto (93 Charles St. W.).
Learn more about The Walrus Talks, and register for the Toronto event.
Watch videos or listen to podcasts from the entire Thinking Out Loud conversation series.