Department of American and Canadian Studies

Events from the last 12 months

Pride screening

Date
01/02/2015
Description
Join the Faculty of Arts for a screening of 'Pride'. Introduced by Mike Jackson, co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. Followed by panel discussion featuring Dr Mark Sabine and Dr Christopher Phelps. Part of LGBT History Month.

God loves Uganda screening

Date
10/02/2015
Description
The Department of American and Canadian Studies present a screening of 'God loves Uganda', followed by a discussion led by Coral Leather. Part of LGBT History Month.

Paris is Burning screening

Date
09/02/2015
Description
The Department of American and Canadian Studies present a screening of the documentary 'Paris is Burning'. There will also be a post-screening discussion. Part of LGBT History Month.

Gay rights in the US: the promise and perils of patriotism

Date
17/02/2015
Description
The Department of American and Canadian Studies, Rainbow Heritage and the Centre for Advanced Studies present 'Gay rights in the US: the promise of perils and patriotism', featuring a talk by Simon Hall, an introduction by David Edgley, and a public conversation with Tom Bishop.

Presenting Philippines

Date
04/02/2015
Description
Anders Stephanson, Columbia University, talks about "Presenting Philippines: World Expositions, Architecture, Empire, Concrete, Roads, Race and maybe the Real", including a public conversation with Ben Offiler.

Stop erasing bisexuals – including the 'B' in LGBT

Date
13/02/2015
Description
Join Grant Denkinson, counsellor and psychotherapist, in converstion with Francesca Kitson, postgraduate researcher in the Department of American and Canadian Studies. Part of LGBT History Month.

Workers of all lands unite?

Date
07/03/2015
Description
'Workers of all lands, unite?' is a conference aiming to gather postgraduate students (PhDs, MRes, MA), early career researchers, trade unionists and activists interested in working class nationalism and internationalism. Featuring keynote speaker Dan Gallin, Chair of the Global Labour Institute.

Canadian Studies Annual Lecture

Date
11/03/2015
Description
Canadian Culture as Material Culture: Forms and Formats, Will Straw (McGill University)

American Sincerity and Good Posture: Stanley Cavell and David Foster Wallace

Date
13/05/2015
Description
American and Canadian Studies research seminar

Enslaved Wetnurses in the Antebellum United States

Date
04/03/2015
Description
American and Canadian Studies research seminar
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