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Second Term
It’s second term again. I know this because the -20 degree weather is charitably distributing free botox to the scarf-less. Most English majors are experiencing a relaxing calm. We’re past the weird behavior instigated by cramming for first term exams-My habits being to binge on Dr. Pepper and Chicken McNuggets (a food toward which I ... more
Resuming the Debate on Resumption – Ash Asudeh
Ash Asudeh’s path to becoming a professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at Carleton University was rather unique. Born in Iran, he spent his young childhood years living in Cambridge, England. From England, his family moved to Norway. It wasn’t until the early eighties that Asudeh and his family took the trip across the Atlantic ... more
Annual Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship Lecture
Topic: “What the Meek Shall Inherit: The Development of Shyness in Childhood” Speaker: Robert Coplan, Department of Psychology Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Location: College of the Humanities Auditorium, 303 Paterson Hall LECTURE ABSTRACT It is a common experience for many children to feel somewhat wary or nervous when meeting unfamiliar people ... more
Carleton Welcomes Wajdi Mouawad
On Wednesday February 8th, 2012 at 3:00pm, the Carleton Community will have the chance to hear internationally known literary award winner, playwright and current director of the French theater at the National Art Center,Wajdi Mouawad. Wajdi Mouawad will be discussing the city of Ottawa as a stage to perform and create in French. In March ... more
Events
Canadian Studies and the Department of French Le theatre institutionnel dans la cite Wajdi Mouawad, Director of NAC French Theatre Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 3:00 p.m. 2017 Dunton Tower For more information please contact: anne_trepanier@carleton.ca Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Jewish Studies, “Jewish Spaces, Jewish Places” Thursday, February 9, 2012, ... more