Dans le cadre du Mois de la francophonie 2017 se tiendra une matinée agrémentée de conférences sur la francophonie, canadienne et internationale, pour vous faire découvrir certains de ses aspects. La garantie d’une belle expérience!
“A che servono i Greci e i Romani? L'Italia e la cultura umanistica” (What are the Classics good for? Italy and humanistic culture)
The talk will be in Italian.
Talk by Prof. Maurizio Bettini, Director of the Institute of Anthropology of the Ancient World at the University os Pisa.
31 October 2016 – at 12:00
Hamelin (Arts) 509 University of Ottawa
70 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa
In collaboration with the Italian Culture Institute in Toronto.
Since the 1950s, country music has conventionally (and stereotypically) been defined through a “southern thesis” that the genre emerged from the countryside and mountain hollows of the rural U.S. south. Recent studies contested this relationship, demonstrating the role that northern states and urban centres have played in shaping the genre’s sound and image. But the geo-‐origins of the genre’s artists are often overlooked in this discussion.
The Department of English is delighted to announce that our writer in residence for the autumn term, Madeleine Thien, shortlisted for the coveted Man-Booker Prize, will be reading at 4pm on October 4, 2016 in Hamelin 509. Don't miss this opportunity to hear this prize-winning author read from her recent work. Students are welcome!
