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Wednesday, February 15th 2006
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Description:The UVic Queer and Trans Studies Research Collective presents, "Intersections/Interruptions," a colloquium featuring student scholarship and presentations, workshop event, artwork and resource display. Panels take place Feb 15-16 in HHB 128 (starting 8:30 am). Keynote speaker: Dr. Rinaldo Walcott (Canada Research Chair, OISE), "Some Where Out There: The New Black Queer Theory," on Feb 16, 6:00-8:00 pm, Matthews/McQueen Theatre, DSB C103. All welcome. Location:
Harry Hickman Building
128
Times:All Day Event
Pricing:
Free
Sponsor/Contact:
Proma Tagore
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Clement Virgo (Canada, 2005, 93 min; RESTRICTED – frequent explicit sex scenes)
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Toronto director Clement Virgo (Rude) deserves major kudos making 's most sexually explicit art flick. As Leila, a young woman who's out to fuck her way to some kind of transcendence, Lauren Lee Smith (The L Word) gives it her all and then some. Eric Balfour (The OC) is equally impressive as the sensitive stud who may not be man enough for her. The film’s first half captures the same horny fever-dream quality of Tamara Faith Berger's original porn-lit novel, but the detail about the lovers' lives outside the bedroom drains away some of that volatile energy. Virgo's steamy effort still qualifies as bold and, yes, stimulating filmmaking. And simply seeing a female character who doesn't get punished for flaunting sexual power is almost more thrilling than any scenes of horizontal action. Virgo displays cojones of steel for presenting Leila's shag odyssey with such frankness and intensity. Go see it with someone you want to undress.” –eye Weekly
Related Website:http://www.cinecenta.com Location:
Student Union
Cinecenta theatre
Times:7:15 PM - 8:55 PM 9:10 PM - 10:50 PM
Pricing:
UVSS Students: $4.75
Seniors (65 & over), Children (12 & under): $4.75
Other Students: $5.75
Cinemagic Members: $5.75
Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff & their guests (1 only): $5.75
Non-members: $6.75
Matinees: ALL SEATS: $3.75
Sponsor/Contact:
CINECENTA
721-8365
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Description:University of Victoria Department of English English Department/Digital Humanities Visitors A presentation by Paul Stanwood, Professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia An early seventeenth-century scribal manuscript of Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) has just come to light, discovered in the summer of 2005. Containing sermons and lectures of 1598, this manuscript contains much material that has never been printed. It shows the development of Andrewes's theological ideas, and provides further evidence of the brilliant language and thought of one of the greatest thinkers and writers of the period. There will be discussion of the cultural and historical significance of the manuscript, as well as presentation about the details of its discovery and provenance, along with bibliographic description. The manuscript will be available for inspection. (A complete digital facsimile of the manuscript was carried out by the UVic Electronic Textual Cultures Lab in the summer of 2005.) Paul Stanwood was Professor of English at UBC since 1975, and Professor Emeritus since 1998. He has also taught at Tufts University (Boston), and the universities of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Cambridge, York (UK), and Wuerzburg (Germany). A specialist in the Renaissance and in seventeenth-century English literature, he has edited nine books, including Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and Holy Dying (2 vols. 1989), for Oxford English Texts (Clarendon Press), and written a critical study, The Sempiternal Season: Studies in Seventeenth-Century Devotional Writing (1992), and Izaak Walton: 1593-1683 (1998). He is the author of over eighty articles and reviews, including "Milton's Lycidas and Earlier Seventeenth-Century Opera," in Milton in Italy (1991); "Of Prelacy and Polity in Milton and Hooker," in Heirs of Fame: Milton and Writers of the English Renaissance (1995); and "Critical Directions in the Study of Early Modern Sermons," in Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-Century English Literature (2002). He is currently president of the International Association of University Professors of English, and a 2003 recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. Location:
Clearihue
A204
Times:3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Pricing:
Lecture is free and open to the public
Sponsor/Contact:
Puri-Pazo-Torres
721-7235
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Description:Christine St. Peter, CSRS Faculty Fellow (Women's Studies)
Feast or famine, gluttony or fasting, obesity or anorexia - these strange and troubling binaries share a long tradition in Christian Europe, but particularly in the lives and bodies of women. This study explores the ways women starve themselves in a complex spiritual discipline that combines another contradiction: salvation or (and?) suicide. For Irish women this starvation motif has particular resonance as it is grounded in the long famine memories of the whole culture. One finds illuminating reworkings of these strands in the fiction of Anna Burns () and Leanne O’Sullivan (the
Republic
of
Ireland
), young writers whose literary representations of anorexia embody location-specific responses to social and religious “troubles.”
Related Website:http://www.csrs.uvic.ca Location:
Harry Hickman Building
110
Times:4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Pricing:
No Charge; sponsored by the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, Wednesday Public Lecture Series
Sponsor/Contact:
Leslie Kenny
721-6325
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Description:In post-industrial society, the economy is no longer dominated by goods production but by services such as finance, communications, education, government, and health; the rise to pre-eminence of the professional and technical class; theoretical knowledge becomes central to innovation and to policy formation. These represent unique challenges for University departments who seek to educate and graduate competent practitioners for these service industries. The University is a fundamental instrument of our democracy. The mission of the University under these conditions and with these fundamental responsibilities will be the focus of this public lecture.
Dr. George Fallis is a professor in the Department of Economics and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at York University. Location:
David F. Strong Building
C103
Times:7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pricing:
Admission is Free
Sponsor/Contact:
Faculty of Human & Social Development
472-5031
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Under the Auspices of the World Federalist Movement - Victoria Branch and Faculty of Education of the University of Victoria*
Prof Arthur Clark M.D., Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and director of the residency training program in neuropathology at the University of Calgary.
A former Captain in the US Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam War and founder of CANDIL (Canada, Democracy and International Law), Dr. Clark will discuss "going beyond militant nationalism and choosing the future".
Dr. Clark believes that we are at a crossroads: militant nationalism has become a clear and present danger to our future. If we abandon nationalism for an emphasis on a healthy global community under a rule of law, we can reasonably expect to survive the twenty-first century. He has given numerous public presentations on the destruction of Iraq, in relation to contempt for international law and dysfunctional imperialism. His emphasis has been on the necessity for governments, and particularly the most powerful governments, to abide by and uphold international law; and on the fact that their abiding failure to meet this standard is jeopardizing human security, including the human security of their own citizens.
Everyone Welcome.
*The Faculty of Education is interested in promoting civic competency and balanced discussion concerning the vital issues of our times. Neither it, nor the University of Victoria, are officially endorsing what may be said, and are not responsible for its content.
Related Website:http://www.worldfederalistscanada.org/ Location:
Fraser Building
159
Times:7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Pricing:
Free Admission
Sponsor/Contact:
Sonya Kofler
472-2883
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Description:Lansdowne lecture with Professor John M. Beattie, University Professor Emeritus of History and Criminology, University of Toronto. John Beattie is Canada's most eminent historian of eighteenth-century Britain and a pioneer in the field of English criminal justice history. His Crime and the Courts in England, 1660-1800 (Princeton, 1986) remains the touchstone against which all other studies in the area are measured. His most recent book, Prosecution and Policing in London, 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror (Oxford, 2001), was described as a "masterpiece" by the late Roy Porter. Now embarked on the first full-length scholarly study or London's Bow Street police office, run by the novelist Henry Fielding and subsequently by his brother Sir John Fielding. Beattie's Distinguished Lansdowne History Visitor public lecture will discuss the activities of London's first group of paid police officers primarily devoted to the pursuit and detection of criminals.
Location:
Harry Hickman Building
110
Times:7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Pricing:
Free and open to the public
Sponsor/Contact:
Dr. Simon Devereaux
721-7390
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Description:Looking for a career at the forefront of national security? Choose a career with CSIS and join a place like no other. CSIS contributes to making Canada among the world's best countries in which to live. CSIS offers more than a job; it provides an environment where you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. Representatives from CSIS will be presenting two on-campus information sessions to talk about careers with CSIS. They will tell you how you can apply and will be available to answer your questions. CSIS will also be at the Career Fair on Feb. 8th and Feb. 9th in the Michel Pujol room in the Student Union Building. Date: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006 Time: 3:00 pm to 5 pm Location: Cornett Bldg. room A221 Location:
Cornett
A221
Times:3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Pricing:
n/a
Sponsor/Contact:
Laurelle Smith
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Description:With a mix of fantasy and reality, Top Girls explores climbing the corporate ladder while paying the price of success. Written by one of Britian's greatest living playwrights and already a classic of contemporary theatre, Caryl Churchill applauds the strength of women by celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women through the ages. This Event is part of a series:
Search for future dates Related Website:http://www.phoenixtheatres.ca/season/#topgirls Location:
Phoenix
Times:8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Pricing:
Weekday evenings and matinee: Adult: $18.75 Student: $10 Senior: $16
Sponsor/Contact:
Box Office
721-8000
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