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2001-2003

• Lecture with Gavin Bryers, in co-operation with the Vancouver Art Gallery July 2001
• Reading with Bill Bissett October 2001
• 2002 Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar Lecture: Myrna Kostash
• Dr. Bashmakova lecture March 2002
• Hebert Kessler Lecture March 2002
• Support toward the Classical Leanings conference February 2002, in cooperation with the Classical Association of the Canadian West and SSHRCC. Coordinated by David Mirhady, faculty member of the Humanities Department at SFU.
• Support toward the Kootenay School of Writing program in Vancouver
• Modernity, Secularity, Pluralism 2003 lecture series hosted by the Institute for the Humanities and presented by SFU graduate students. Peg Peters: "Overcoming Onto-theology: George Grant and Religion without Religion;" Bruce Hiebert: "Becoming Non-rational: recent transformations in Evangelical Belief;" Christopher Morrissey: "Human Difference and Religion; Girard, Derrida, and Postmodern Anthropology."
• Exploring Islam 2003 lectures. Peyman Vahabzadeh: "Democratizing Shi'ism: the Theoretical foundations of Iran's Reform Movement;" and Amyn B. Sajoo: "The Ethical Crescent."

1998-2000

• 1998–2000 Philosophers' Cafe
• The Legacies Series
• Artists Speak Series
• Basic Concepts in Psychoanalysis Series
• Evolutionary Psychology Series
• 1998 Legacies Project: Launching the Discussion ( co-sponsor with Koerner Foundation; Vancouver Public Library; Green College, UBC), Modris Eksteins, "Culture and Catastrophe: The 20th century and its legacy"; Arne Naess, "The Environmental Effects of Industrial Civilization and the Legacy of the Ecology Movement"; Susan Griffin: "Private Lives and Public Meaning."
• 1998–1999 Legacies Project: Perceptions of Landscape towards the end of the Millennium: Public Prospects, Imaginary Geographics and Spatial Obsessions ; lectures by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Vancouver); Eleanor Bond (Winnipeg); Vito Acconci (New York) ; Cindy Bernard (Los Angeles) ; Derek Gregory (Vancouver); Johanne Sloan (Montreal); Rodney Graham (Vancouver); Allan Sekula (Los Angeles), Harbour Centre and Vancouver Art Gallery, co-sponsored with Canada Council and VP Academic, SFU.
• "Scapegoat:" one day symposium on Rene Girard
• Bill Bissett Reading
• Artists Talk Series
• Evolutionary Psychology Series
• Richard Wolin Lecture: "Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project and Memory."
• Denise Riley Lecture: "The Right to be Lonely."
• "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Domestic Space" workshop
• Critical U Series

1996-1997

• 1995-97 Small Town and Rural Community Program: Comox Valley—ongoing co-sponsorship.
• 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)
• 1996 "Peace in the Middle East?" Noam Chomsky, visiting speaker, in cooperation with Jews for a Just Peace, the Unitarian Social Action Committee, and the United Jewish Peoples Order.
• 1996 Charles Altieri, visiting speaker, SFU
• 1996 International Philosophy Symposium, co-sponsored with the Italian Cultural Institute, the Alliance Francais, and the Goethe Institute of Vancouver.
• 1996 "Photography and the Public Sphere:" lecture series, co-sponsor
• 1996 Robert Hullot-Kentor, visiting Lecturer, SFU
• 1996 Lothar Bredella, "Post Colonialism and Intercultural Understanding: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Tar Baby." SFU Burnaby
• 1996 Christine Delphy, visiting speaker, SFU, co-sponsor.
• 1996 Carmelo Carabetta, "Corrado Alvaro: Between Tradition and Modernity," lecture, SFU.
• 1996 Habib Tanvir, "Performing Shakespeare with Tribals in India," Halpern Centre, SFU
• 1996 Christopher Norris, "Text & Lumps: How to Tell the difference; on Richard Rorty" SFU-HC
• 1996 Diana Cooke Lecture: "Is Class a Difference that Makes a Difference?" SFU.
• 1996 Casey Blake, "Between Civics and Politics: The Modernist Moment in American Public Art." lecture, SFU.
• 1996 Steven Lukes, "Is Universalism Ethnocentric?" lecture, SFU.
• 1996 "Photography and the Public Sphere:" lecture series, co-sponsor
• 1996 International Philosophy Symposium, co-sponsored with the Italian Cultural Institute, the Alliance Francais, and the Goethe Institute of Vancouver.
• 1996-97 GRANT: development funds for "Activism and Apocalypse: Politics in the Shadow of the Silent Majorities" (seminar series), Richard Day, Sociology and Anthropology
• 1996-97 Lecture Series, "Old Mind and Bodies in New Worlds I": Singh, "Waist-to-hip Ratio: An Indicator of Health, Fecundity and Attractiveness;" Orians, "Evolutionary Aesthetics: Humans and Habitats;" Haig, "Internal conflicts: Genetics, mimetics, and the divided Self;" Alexander, "Darwin versus the Darwinists: Science, Politics, and Clinical Depression;" Ydenberg, "The Logic and Limitations of Darwinian Thinking."
• 1996-97 Lecture Series, "Old Mind and Bodies in New Worlds II: A Darwinian Perspective on our Past, Present, and Future" (C. Crawford, Psychology, coordinator): Eaton, "Stoneagers in the Fast Lane: Evolution, Culture and Health;" Eaton, "Questions in Evolutionary Medicine;" Singh, "Shape and Meaning of Feminine Beauty: Historical and Cross-cultural Perspectives."
• 1996-98 GRANT: development funds for "Old Minds and Bodies in New Worlds: A Darwinian Perspective on our Past, Present, and Future," (lecture series) Charles Crawford, Psychology Department.
• 1996/97 GRANT: development funds for "LifeStrains" (publications and workshop on biotechnology), Scott McFarlane, English Department, and Sourayan Mookerjea, School of Communication
• 1996/97 Activism and Apocalypse Series (Richard Day, Psychology, coordinator): "Dead and Live Power; " "The Shift in the Left Imaginary;" Hirsh and Singh, "Networks and Counter Networks;" at La Quena, Vancouver. Raman, "Globalization and its Impact on the Working Women of India," Burnaby
• 1997 Remo Bodei, lecture, (with Humanities Program) "The Reason of the Passions from the Aeneid to Dante."
• 1997 Hans Gumbrecht talk (with Latin American Studies and Humanities)
• 1997 Judith Brown, lecture on Gandhi as Victorian Gentleman
• 1997 John O'Neill, lecture, "Utopia and McTopia"
• 1997 GRANT: development funds for "One Day Seminar on Rene Girard," Dany Lacombe, French
• 1997 GRANT: development funds for "To write the misery of late 16th century France," (conference sched. for 1999). Guy Poirier, French
• 1997 GRANT: development funds for "Mythological Perspectives on Community, Autonomy and Authenticity: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference," (Sharon Alker and Sarah Parry, English)
• Gisele Mathiew-Castellani, "Rhetorique et Autobiographie"
• Douwe Fokkema, "Internation Postmodernism" (Coach House, Green College)
• Gary Geddes and Sharon Thesen reading
• Tatiana Bubnova and Desiderio Navarro, "Bakhtin and CulturalStudies in the Hispanic World"
• 1996-99 Our Own Backyard Project: a community based project in the Grandview Woodlands area in coordination with Britannia Community Education with funding support from the Bronfmann Foundation.
• 1996/97 Looking at Labour Series (Tom Nesbit, Labour Studies, SFU, coordinator): "Implementing BC21 Objectives: the Example of the Island Highway;" "Labour and Politics; " "Guy Letts, Looking at Labour;" "Trade Unions and Employee Representation in the Czech Republic;" "Masters in their Own House? Worker-Owned Cooperatives in Shanghai." Burnaby;" "Looking at Labour" (all at SFU).
• 1997 Gandhi Commemorative Program and Thakore Visiting Scholar, Mary Wynn Ashford, lectures on Gandhi.
• 1997 GRANT: development funds for "Learning From Shaugnessy: The Role of Design Guidelines in Adjudicating Community Conflicts," Don Alexander, School of Resource and Environmental Management
• 1997 Symposium on Housing in the Community, sponsored by the Bronfman Foundation.
• 1997 GRANT: development funds for "Sabbath of the Land or Utopia of Work" (survey; seminars; communications tools), Tom Nesbitt, Labour Studies; Tom Walker

1993-1995

• 1993 "Multiculturalism in a Multicultural World: Canadian and German Perspectives," Conference (with Goethe Institute)
• 1993 William Head on Stage, support for WHOS, production of Fathers in Victoria
• 1993 Eva Kushner, "History and the Absent Self," lecture
• 1993 "Spanish and Latin America: Two New Worlds," lecture
• 1993 Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference
• 1993 Alexander Vaschenko, "Contemporary Russian Culture in the Changing Political Climate," lecture
• 1993 Charles Junkerman, Speaker, "Santana's Shield: Appropriational Repatriation of Native American Artifacts."
• 1993 Jan Hogendijk:"Occult Sciences and Mathematics in Medieval Islam," SFU
• 1993 "Multiculturalism in a Multicultural World: Canadian and German Perspectives," Conference (with Goethe Institute)
• 1993 William Head on Stage, Victoria; support to WHOS Production of "Father."
• 1993 "Spain and Latin America, The Two New Worlds Today," including films, performances, readings, and lectures.
• 1993 Peter Nicholls, Speaker, "Masters, Slaves & Modernists."- Medieval Symposium
• 1993 Jane Burns, Speaker, "Ladies Don't Wear Braes," Medieval Symposium
• 1993 Prof. D'Introno, Spanish and Latin American Studies Summer Institute
• 1993 Montreal-Vancouver Conference, Harbour Centre
• 1993 Support to Fine Arts, UBC, Visiting Speaker, Anne Hollander
• 1993 Arnold Hauser Conference, Sept.4-6, '92: (with SFU VP academic and SSHRCC)
• 1993 GRANT to Herbert Read Centenary Conference, Leeds
• 1993 Ellen Dissanayake, Speaker, "The Behaviour of Art: Making Special."
• 1993 South Asia Colloquium of the Pacific North West
• 1993 Steven Nicols, Speaker, Medieval Symposium
• 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 "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 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 Roger Copeland Lectures (Post-modern dance and theatre)
• 1994 Kevin Kiernan, Speaker, "The Ageing of Sutton Ho."
• 1994 International Conference on Narrative Literature (conference support)
• 1994 NAFTA Panel. Speaker: David Barkin
• 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)
• 1994-96 J.S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities: Dr. Alan Whitehorn
• 1995 "Canada-Japan Forum." Panel discussions on contemporary cultural practices, problems of identity and representation, and strategies for promoting change and social transformation.
• 1995 Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar: Joy Kogawa
• 1995 Gordon Martel visiting Lecturer, SFU (co-sponsor)
• 1995 "Documentary Photojournalism and the Public Sphere" (lecture)
• 1995 "The Spectacular State: Fascism and the Modern Imagination" - conference (with Basic Inquiry, arts organizations and other organizations)
• 1995 Pierre Bourdieu seminar, Pacific Cinematheque, and the Vancouver Art Forum Society - co-sponsor.
• 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 Partha Mitter, visiting lecturer, SFU.
• 1995 Michael Simonin, visiting speaker - co-sponsored.
• 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 European Philosophy Conference
• 1995 The Minotaur: a theatrical co-production with inmates, ex-inmates, parolees, and the theatre community in Vancouver (co-sponsor)
• 1995 Canada-Japan Forum, co-sponsored
• 1995-96 GRANT: Martin Robin, Faculty, Political Science, travel to London and Oxford. Research in preparation for publication
• 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)
• 1995-96 "A Lost Utopia? Ideal and Reality in Education Today" lecture series (with SFU Alumni Association): Paul Dutton (History), Michael Clague, Kieran Egan (Education).
• 1995-97 "Legacies of the Twentieth Century"—conference development

1990-1992

• 1990 Nancy Fraser, Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1990 J.S. Woodsworth Visiting Scholar.
• 1990 Annual Joint Meeting of the Medieval conference of America and the Medieval Association of the Pacific, co-sponsor.
• 1990 The New Europe: Political and Social Change in the East, conference.
• 1990 Derek Freeman, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Woodsworth Visiting Scholar, series of public presentations, March 13-15.
• 1990 Sir Keith Thomas, author of Man and the Natural World and Religion and the Decline of Magic, JS Woodsworth Visiting Scholar, series of public presentations, April 3-5.
• 1990 Karlene Faith, SFU School of Criminology, 1990 J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar.
• 1990 Peter Bailey, Dept. of History, University of Manitoba, "Parasexuality and Glamour: The Victorian Barmaid as Cultural Prototype," lecture, co-sponsor with Dept. of History.
• 1991 Workshop on the Ethics of Ecological Sustainability (co-sponsor with SSHRC and The Simons Foundation).
• 1991 Paul Budra, Department of English, SFU, 1991 J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar
• 1992 "Ethnic Identities," at the Western Front, Vancouver. A conference on writing and ethnicity, gender and racism.
• 1992 GRANT: Medieval Symposium (P. Nichols & S.Nicholls)
• 1992 GRANT: Tom Steele, "Cultural Studies and Workers' Education at Leed," Harbour Centre
• 1992 English, "Ethnic Identities," lecture
• 1992 J.S. Woodsworth Colloquium on the Bible
• 1992 Michael Taussig, "Vindication Reading and Performance," Vancouver Art Gallery, reading and talk.
• 1992 "Quebec Cinema," with Fine & Performing Arts Dept. SFU.
• 1992 Threatened Identities Conference, UBC
• 1992 Clayton Eshelman, English Department, University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, seminar.
• 1992 GRANT: Helen Davies, Research Assistant for Paul Dutton, Humanities Program
• 1992 New Europe Conference, Democracy and Capitalism in the West
• 1992 George McRobie, "Learning to Build Communities," Whistler & the Comox Valley Lecture Series
• 1992 Jubilee Community for Justice and Peace: "Listening to our Heart Beat" Workshops Program, in coordination with the Squamish Nation
• 1992 "Learning to Build Communities" (Conference Support)

1983-1989

• 1983 National Humanities Conference
• 1983 Readings in Critical Thought and Cultural Literacy, Edited by Steve Duguid
• 1984 Bureaucracy and Culture Conference
• 1985 Tradition and Modernity: Contemporary Perspectives on the Humanities, ed. by David Wallace
• 1988 Russell Jacoby, roundtable discussion on The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe, co-sponsor.
• 1988 "Education for What?" colloquium with SFU faculty Barry Beyerstein (Psychology), Diane Ingraham (Engineering Science) and Judith Osborne (Criminology).
• 1988 GRANT: Mnemos, interdisciplinary periodical of cultural theory, analysis and criticism (for inaugural issue Jan. 1989).
• 1988 Aleksey Levin, visiting Professor, University of Maryland: "Science and Conflict in Soviet Institutions," public lectures (co-sponsor).
• 1988-92 Institute for the Humanities Newsletter and Issues in Education and Culture
• 1988-92 Institute for the Humanities Newsletter and Issues in Education and Culture
• 1988 GRANT: co-sponsorship of week of Brecht performances and lectures, with John Willett.
• 1988 "November 1918: Seventy Years After," conference co-sponsor.
• 1988 Archie Roy, University of Glasgow, "Sun Stones and Speculation: The Genius of Megalithic Man" (public lecture).
• 1988 Intellectuals and the University Symposium
• 1988 Ruth Richardson, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, "The Corpse and Popular Culture" (lecture)
• 1988 Edward Said, "Culture and Imperialism," conference at UBC, with E. Said giving keynote address (co-sponsor).
• 1989 "The Last Intellectuals Colloquium," Russell Jacoby, Wolf Dieter Narr (Free University, Berlin), Bryan Palmer (Queen's University). lecture and discussion.1983 Readings in Critical Thought and Cultural Literacy, Edited by Steve Duguid
• 1989 Lothar Bredella, Professor of American Language and Literature, University of Giessen, Germany, "Stereotypes of German Culture in American Television," and "Reception Theory, Literary Context and Intercultural Understanding," co-sponsored with Goethe Institute, as part of "Mounties, Lederhosen, Rock'n'Roll: Culture Stereotypes" program.
• 1989 András Bozolki, Faculty of Law and Politics, Roland Eotvos-University, Budapest, "New Movements and Old Ideologies: The Making of Post-Communist Society in Hungary," public lecture.
• 1989 Sadhu Singh Dhami, "Maluka: A Novel," reading, co-sponsor.
• 1989 Oxford, Wessex and Ambleside Travel-Study Program scholarships.
• 1989 J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar: Alan Rudrum, SFU Department of English.
• 1989 O.A.W. Dilke, Emeritus Professor of Latin, Leeds University, "Mathematical Practitioners of Ancient Rome," lecture, co-sponsor.
• 1989 Volker Honeman, University of G�ttingen, West Germany, "Anti-Semitism and the Middle Ages," lecture, co-sponsor.
• Aesthetics and modernism symposia, lectures, or conferences, including on Freud, Rousseau, Newton, and Foucault