Summer is a great time to catch up on that reading list that eludes you the rest of the year – be it refreshing your memory of Kant or devouring the latest Stieg Larsson thriller. This final month of summer would also be a great time to catch up on the Big Thinking lectures you might have missed at this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. We’ve uploaded many of the lectures to the Experience Congress website. You can download the MP3 or listen directly from the website. While you’re there, why not poke around the other great video, audio and blog content we have live on http://experience.congress2010.ca. It’s like summer camp for Congress delegates!
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Catch up on your Big Thinking this summer
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010ASPP titles win big at Congress 2010
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Kel Morin-Parsons, Manager of ASPP
One of the many wonderful things about Congress is the awarding of a number of book prizes. With such a critical mass of scholars present, what better place to recognise scholarly accomplishment? The University of Toronto Press blogs here about a number of its authors who won or received honourable mentions for prizes at Congress 2010. I’m pleased to say that virtually all of the titles mentioned were supported by the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). Candida Rifkind, Sheryl Hamilton, Beatrice Craig (a double winner), Becki Ross, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen, Kristen Good, Eric Mills, Bryan Palmer and Lara Campbell all received ASPP grants in aid of publication for their distinguished books. Congratulations to all of them!
If you are the author, editor or publisher of an ASPP-supported book that wins or is short-listed for a prize, please let us know! We would love to spread the word.
Congress 2010 begins!
Friday, May 28th, 2010
The 79th Congress of the Humanities is underway at Concordia University in Montreal. Over the next 8 days, we look forward to welcoming over 9000 delegates from across Canada and around the world.
Be sure to visit our Experience Congress website to find out up-to-the-minute details about what’s happening downtown Montreal at this exciting event. Here you’ll find video and podcasts of recent lectures, in-depth blog posts, a calendar of all activities, and much more. Visit the site everyday for new and exciting content.
If you’re on Twitter, join the conversation with #congress10. If you’re in Montreal, stop by the Federation booth in the lobby of the EV Building – we’d be glad to say hello and chat about the week’s events!
Many thanks to the Concordia University community for your dedication and hard work around making this a memorable Congress.
Top Five Reasons to Register for Congress 2010
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Alison Faulknor, Director of Programs
Most of you reading this blog do not need convincing to attend Congress 2010 held at Concordia University in Montreal this spring (May 28th – June 4th). Just ask one of the 8,600 people who gathered in Ottawa last year at Carleton University.
With the theme of Connected Understanding/ le savoir branché as a jumping-off point, there are many reasons why scholars – at all stages in their careers, community members and policy-makers will choose to attend. Here are five:
1) Stimulate the Mind – In recent years, Congress has been declared a “meeting of the minds” and the “intellectual Olympics”. Between May 28 and June 4 2010, close to 9,000 delegates will gather in Montreal to present ideas, debate and enrich their research. What other conference would provide its delegates with such diverse colloquia from “The pleasure and anxiety of eating” to “Climate Change in Africa”? There is something for everyone at Congress.
