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Archive: 1993-95 Activities

1993 Eva Kushner, "History and the Absent Self," lecture.
1993 Liberation Theology Book launch and Panel Discussion
1993 "Spanish and Latin America: Two New Worlds," lecture
1993 Charles Junkerman, Speaker, "Santana's Shield: Appropriational Repatriation of Native American Artifacts."
1993 Alexander Vaschenko, "Contemporary Russian Culture in the Changing Political Climate," lecture
1993 Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference
1993 GRANT: Don Grayston, American confemy of Religion Convention, Washington, DC: a colloquium on violence and religion.
1993 "Haiti and President Aristide: Liberation Theology and Sociopolitical Change" (panel discussion)
1993 Thakore Visiting Scholar Award: Ovide Mercredi
1993 David Newman, Speaker, "The Political Geography of Peace: Israel and the West Bank."
1993 GRANT: Hari Sharma India Cultural Exchange, to develop cultural exchange with SFU
1993 GRANT: Don Grayston, Gandhi and Human Development Conference, Calgary
1993 Jan Hogendijk:"Occult Sciences and Mathematics in Medieval Islam," SFU
1993 GRANT to Herbert Read Centenary Conference, Leeds.
1993 Arnold Hauser Conference, Sept.4-6, '92: (with SFU VP academic and SSHRCC)
1993 Support to Fine Arts, UBC, Visiting Speaker, Anne Hollander
1993 Ellen Dissanayake, Speaker, "The Behaviour of Art: Making Special."
1993 William Head on Stage, support for WHOS, production of Fathers in Victoria
1993 Steven Nicols, Speaker, Medieval Symposium
1993 South Asia Colloquium of the Pacific North West.
1993 "Spain and Latin America, The Two New Worlds Today," including films, performances, readings, and lectures.
1993 William Head on Stage, Victoria; support to WHOS Production of "Father."
1993 "Multiculturalism in a Multicultural World: Canadian and German Perspectives," Conference (with Goethe Institute)
1993 Peter Nicholls, Speaker, "Masters, Slaves & Modernists."- Medieval Symposium
1993 Montreal-Vancouver Conference, Harbour Centre
1993 Prof. D'Introno, Spanish and Latin American Studies Summer Institute
1993 Jane Burns, Speaker, "Ladies Don't Wear Braes," Medieval Symposium
1993 GRANT: Don Grayston, Centre for Study of Religion and Society, Victoria
1993 Prison Education Research Project: Harvey Graff, Visiting Speaker.
1993 Yearbook of Correctional Education
1993 GRANT: Correctional Education Conference, Whistler.
1993 Correctional Education Conference, October 1993, Whistler: lectures, panel sessions and workshops focusing on education in prisons, community based corrections, living skills, and humanities and theatre in prisons.
1993 LiberationTheology, January 1993
1993 Grace MacInnis Program with Shirley Williams, who spoke on Social Democracy, Problems Democracies confront, and the European Community.
1993-94 Comox Valley Community Project, Hans Meyer
1994 "Poetry and the Public World," Conference in Honor of Robin Blaser.
1994 A Conversation with D. Phyllis Chesler - public lecture (with Feminist Institute for Studies in Law and Society, and Dept. of Soc. and Anthropology)
1994 Roger Copeland Lectures (Post-modern dance and theatre).
1994 James L. Acord, "Nuclear Sculpture, Environmentally and Socially Responsible Design:" mixed media presentation looking at society's view of the nuclear age, the role of the arts in directing civilization's use of advanced technologies, and environmental restoration.
1994 "Forbidden Fruits," panel discussions on homosexuality and censorship. These discussions focused on the Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium and the BC Civil Liberties Association challenging of the Canadian government's right to seize, detain and ban books.
1994 Kevin Kiernan, Speaker, "The Ageing of Sutton Ho."
1994 Thakore Visiting Scholar Award: Ursula Franklin
1994 Enzo Mingione, Speaker, "Urban Poverty."
1994 Shadows of the Swastika: A Symposium on Militant Hindu Nationalism in India
1994 NAFTA Panel. Speaker: David Barkin
1994 Spanish and Latin American Guest Speakers Series. The Institute supported a number of speakers in this series: Daisy Zamora, Nicaraguan Poet, The Brazilian Culture Forum, including Veronica Armstrong,Eduardo Coutinho, and Lidia do Valle Santos, and Galina Alexeeva.
1994 "The NDP Now: Prospects for Canadian Social Democracy" Dr. Alan Whitehorn (lecture) (with Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation)
1994 International Conference on Narrative Literature (conference support)
1994-95 Organizing a Faculty Human Rights Advocacy group related to role of University and the issues related to the University's role in the community and development.
1994-96 J.S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities: Dr. Alan Whitehorn
1994-pres. In Our Own Backyard: Grandview-Woodlands -Britannia Community School Oral History Project. (with Bronfman Foundation and Britannia Ctty Centre)
1995 "The Future of Social Democracy" (JS Woodsworth Chair conference)
1995 Michael Simonin, visiting speaker - co-sponsored.
1995 Partha Mitter, visiting lecturer, SFU.
1995 "Modernity: Challenge to Jewish Survival:" a public lecture by Leonard Ehrlich, emeritus professor of philosophy, University of Massachusetts. Co-sponsored with the Koerner Lecture Series
1995 Canada-Japan Forum, co-sponsored
1995 European Philosophy Conference
1995 "Modernity: Challenge to Jewish Survival:" a public lecture by Leonard Ehrlich, emeritus professor of philosophy, University of Massachusetts. Dr. Ehrlich's lecture introduced new and complex ideas about the fate of the Jewish people in modern times.
1995 Gordon Martel visiting Lecturer, SFU (co-sponsor)
1995 Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar: Joy Kogawa
1995 "Canada-Japan Forum." Panel discussions focused on contemporary cultural practices, problems of identity and representation, and strategies for promoting change and social transformation.
1995 Pierre Bourdieu seminar, Pacific Cinematheque, and the Vancouver Art Forum Society - co-sponsor.
1995 "The Spectacular State: Fascism and the Modern Imagination" - conference (with Basic Inquiry, arts organizations and other organizations)
1995 "Documentary Photojournalism and the Public Sphere" (lecture)
1995 J. S. Woodsworth - Special Labour Collection Fund established at SFU in 1995 to accept donations in support of the purchase of a portion of the special collection, A Western Canadian Labour and Social Party, 1895-1930. The collection comprises over 400 items, including runs of rate periodicals, and the archive of one of the Socialist Party of Canada leaders, James Hawthornthwaite.
1995 Rajmohan Gandhi, visiting speaker, co-sponsored with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
1995 "Women in Politics: A Social Democratic Perspective," panel discussion
1995 Jones Boy Productions, performed at the VanEast Cultural centre: a production focusing on addictions and abuse followed by a panel discussion with participants within the community.
1995 "Changing the Law on Spanking." Public forum which brought together professionals from the fields of pediatrics, psychology, social work, criminology and the law, to present recent research on physical punishment of children, to explore educational initiatives that encourage alternatives to physical punishment and to discuss the initiates to repeal Section 43 of the Canadian Criminal Code.
1995 Prison Education Research Project: Harvey Graff, seminar which looked specifically at the impact of liberal arts education on post-release lives of prisoner-students.
1995 Gandhi Commemorative program: George McRobie, Thakore Visiting Scholar. SFU Theatre; G. McRobie, "Community Solutions for the New World Disorder." HC; G. McRobie, "Town and Gown: The Role of the University in Community Economic Development," Burnaby
1995 The Minotaur: a theatrical co-production with inmates, ex-inmates, parolees, and the theatre community in Vancouver (co-sponsor)
1995-96 Dave Barrett, adjunct Professor with the Institute for the Humanities and Political Science, advisor, consultant and visiting speaker
1995-96 "A Lost Utopia? Ideal and Reality in Education Today" lecture series (with SFU Alumni Association): Paul Dutton (History), Michael Clague, Kieran Egan (Education).
1995-96 GRANT: Martin Robin, Faculty, Political Science, travel to London and Oxford. Research in preparation for publication
1995-97 Research Assistant, Tammie Tupechka, researcher and interviewer for the Oral History Project with Britannia Community
1995-97 "Legacies of the Twentieth Century" - conference development
1995-97 "Social Movements and the Public Sphere" (tv series) (with Knowledge Network and Ian Angus, Sociology and Humanities)
1995-97 Small Town and Rural Community Program: Comox Valley - ongoing co-sponsorship.