Smaro Kamboureli - Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature

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Events (2012-13)

Upcoming

Kim Echlin
Canada Council for the Arts Sponsored Literary Reading through the Writers’ Union of Canada
Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 12:00pm.
Light luncheon.

Transmissions
A full day graduate student colloquium focusing on the intersections of creative and critical practices
Friday, February 1, 2013
Details TBA

Suzette Mayr
Canada Council for the Arts Sponsored Literary Reading
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
12:00 pm
Light luncheon.

Brian Massumi, University of Montreal
TransCanada Institute and the School of English and Theatre Studies
Distinguished Lecture Series
“Beyond Interest: The Power at the End of the Economy”
Date: Wednesday March 6, 2013
4:30-5:30pm
Place: Rozanski Hall Room 102
University of Guelph
Reception to follow at TransCanada Institute
9 University Ave. E., Guelph, ON

TransCanada Institute Graduate Seminar with Dr. Massumi
Topic: “Envisioning the Virtual” (unpublished essay by Dr. Massumi). The paper will be distributed to the students who register in advance.
Date: Thursday March 7, 2013
9:30-11:00am
TransCanada Institute, 9 University Ave. E Guelph, ON
Seminar followed by a light luncheon. Open to all graduate students on a first come basis. Limited seating. Please register at transcan@uoguelph.ca
Once registered, you will be emailed a copy of the essay.

George Bowering
Canada Council for the Arts Sponsored Literary Reading
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
12:00 pm

Professor Jerrard Smith
TransCanada Institute and the School of English and Theatre Studies Faculty Lecture Series
“Asterion: A Journey Through the Labyrinth”
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
4:30 pm

Past

Thomas Wharton
Reading at TransCanada Institute
Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 12:00pm

Christopher Dewdney
Reading at TransCanada Institute
Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 11:30am

Dr. Christopher Norris
Sponsored by the University of Guelph Department of Philosopy and TransCanada Institute
Lecture: “William Empson as Critic-Philosopher” Monday, October 29, 5:30 PM
Seminar: “Literary Theory & Deconstruction” Tuesday, October 30, 10:30 -12:00 PM

Eleanor Wachtel
Featured Author at The Guelph Lecture on Being Canadian
TransCanada Institute in collaboration with The Eramosa Institute
Friday, November 9, 2012, 7:00 pm.
River Run Centre, Guelph, ON
For tickets: www.riverrun.ca or call 519 763-3000
For more information please click here.

The Poetics and Politics of Sincerity
A colloquium featuring lectures and readings by poets/critics
Jeff Derksen (Simon Fraser U) and Mark Nowak (Manhattanville College, NY)
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Reception to follow.

For further information and to register for our events, please contact Karen Bygden, transcan@uoguelph.ca or 519-824-4120 x 56825

All events at TransCanada Institute are open to the public.

Because seating is limited, please register for the event you are interested in by contacting TCI.

We regret that TransCanada Institute is not wheelchair accessible. However, we would be happy to change the venue of an event to a wheelchair accessible building on campus provided we get advance notice.

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