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November 18, 2010
Whose head is next?
With heads continuing to roll in the legislature, SFU public policy experts say politics is moving to a new level as a blood sport in this province. Doug McArthur says the recently fired Bill Bennett was expendable because he wasn’t leadership material. Kennedy Stewart predicts the fate of Ida Chong in a recall vote will be a barometer of what fellow Liberals face. Lindsay Meredith, an SFU political marketing expert, says the blood bath has just begun.
Doug McArthur (currently in England), 011 44 207 226 7992; dmcarthu@sfu.ca
Kennedy Stewart, 778.782.7913; kennedys@sfu.ca
Lindsay Meredith, 778.782.5554; Lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Spy games in the Middle East
Andre Gerolymatos, an expert on military and diplomatic history, has a new book out this month. Castles Made of Sand analyzes the espionage activities of the United States and the United Kingdom in the Middle East over the past century. Promotional materials describe it as a “definitive account of covert operations in the Middle East,” saying it “reveals how the explosive nature of the region today has direct roots in the history of American and Western intervention.”
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5071, 604.728.2712 (cell); andre_gerolymatos@sfu.ca
Athens Dialogues at SFU
The Onassis Foundation and SFU Hellenic Studies will live stream portions of Athens Dialogues — an international conference in Athens on Greek culture and its role in modern society, Nov. 24-27. SFU chair of Hellenic Studies, Andre Gerolymatos will host the free live-streamed event at SFU’s Segal School of Business, Room 2300, 500 Granville Street.
The public is invited to hear and discuss what leading thinkers, academics and scientists at the Athenian conference have to say about a variety of universal issues. They include identity, politics, science, ethics and quality of life. Gerolymatos says SFU’s distance-participation in the conference exemplifies its growing involvement in international events that bring together major academies in Europe and North America.
For more info and to register: Lucia Paterson, 778.782.8466; hellenic@sfu.ca
Pianist-professor writes on performance anxiety
Internationally known as a pianist and educator who analyses performance anxiety in the arts, SFU music and philosophy professor Yaroslav Senyshyn is author of a new book, The Artist in Crisis: Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of the Aesthetic Stage of Existence and Live Musical Performance, published by Vancouver-based Platon Promotions. The book looks at how artists deal with performance anxiety and ending their careers. Channel 8/Omni TV will air a concert recording featuring Senyshyn on the piano on Nov. 20, 1-2 p.m. and Nov. 24, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Senyshyn, who has produced nine CDs and has four albums available on iTunes, will return to Vancouver from the United Kingdom Nov. 22
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/yaroslav-senyshyn/id355274375
Yaroslav Senyshyn, 778.782.4348; senyshyn@sfu.ca
With heads continuing to roll in the legislature, SFU public policy experts say politics is moving to a new level as a blood sport in this province. Doug McArthur says the recently fired Bill Bennett was expendable because he wasn’t leadership material. Kennedy Stewart predicts the fate of Ida Chong in a recall vote will be a barometer of what fellow Liberals face. Lindsay Meredith, an SFU political marketing expert, says the blood bath has just begun.
Doug McArthur (currently in England), 011 44 207 226 7992; dmcarthu@sfu.ca
Kennedy Stewart, 778.782.7913; kennedys@sfu.ca
Lindsay Meredith, 778.782.5554; Lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Spy games in the Middle East
Andre Gerolymatos, an expert on military and diplomatic history, has a new book out this month. Castles Made of Sand analyzes the espionage activities of the United States and the United Kingdom in the Middle East over the past century. Promotional materials describe it as a “definitive account of covert operations in the Middle East,” saying it “reveals how the explosive nature of the region today has direct roots in the history of American and Western intervention.”
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5071, 604.728.2712 (cell); andre_gerolymatos@sfu.ca
Athens Dialogues at SFU
The Onassis Foundation and SFU Hellenic Studies will live stream portions of Athens Dialogues — an international conference in Athens on Greek culture and its role in modern society, Nov. 24-27. SFU chair of Hellenic Studies, Andre Gerolymatos will host the free live-streamed event at SFU’s Segal School of Business, Room 2300, 500 Granville Street.
The public is invited to hear and discuss what leading thinkers, academics and scientists at the Athenian conference have to say about a variety of universal issues. They include identity, politics, science, ethics and quality of life. Gerolymatos says SFU’s distance-participation in the conference exemplifies its growing involvement in international events that bring together major academies in Europe and North America.
For more info and to register: Lucia Paterson, 778.782.8466; hellenic@sfu.ca
Pianist-professor writes on performance anxiety
Internationally known as a pianist and educator who analyses performance anxiety in the arts, SFU music and philosophy professor Yaroslav Senyshyn is author of a new book, The Artist in Crisis: Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of the Aesthetic Stage of Existence and Live Musical Performance, published by Vancouver-based Platon Promotions. The book looks at how artists deal with performance anxiety and ending their careers. Channel 8/Omni TV will air a concert recording featuring Senyshyn on the piano on Nov. 20, 1-2 p.m. and Nov. 24, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Senyshyn, who has produced nine CDs and has four albums available on iTunes, will return to Vancouver from the United Kingdom Nov. 22
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/yaroslav-senyshyn/id355274375
Yaroslav Senyshyn, 778.782.4348; senyshyn@sfu.ca