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Screen/Society--Women in the Americas film series--"Clean" |
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| Date: | 10/25/2006 |
| Time: | 8pm |
| Location: | Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus |
| Details: | (dir. Olivier Assayas, 2004, 90 min, Canada, in French, English and Cantonese with English subtitles, Color, 35mm) Sponsored by the Department of English |
Québec Cinema Week, Nov. 6-10, 2006
Québec Cinema Week is co-organized by the Center for Canadian Studies at Duke University and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at UNC Chapel Hill, and with support from the Center for French and Francophone Studies at Duke University.
For maps to the screening locations, please follow these links:
Teer Engineering Library
Griffith Theater, Bryan Center
Visitor parking available in Bryan Center metered lot and in PG IV (parking structure off of the metered lot).
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Monday, Nov. 6 - 7:00 pm Léolo Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds - the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional (and largely insane) family, and the imaginative world that he constructs for himself through his writings, where he's Leolo Lozone, son of a Sicilian peasant (conceived in a bizarre act involving a tomato). And his experiences of growing up (especially his sexual development) affect his response to both these worlds... |
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Tuesday, Nov. 7 - 7:00 pm Black Robe (Robe Noire) In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief's beautiful daughter underneath the imposing and magnificent mountains. Dread and death follows them upriver. |
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Wednesday, Nov. 8 - 2:00 pm Les États Nordiques Q&A with the director will follow the screening. Determined to start life anew following a devastating act of mercy, a Montreal man drives north in hopes of escaping his painful past in the debut feature from emerging filmmaker Denis Côté. Christian (Christian LeBlanc) is a devoted son who caters to his comatose mother with a loving hand. Knowing that his failing mother has no hope of recovery, Christian carries a pillow into her room and the continuous beep of her life support system stretch into an endless, piercing tone. Setting his sights north and shaving his head and beard, Christian travels to the town of James Bay and finds a job as a garbage collector. Though his new surroundings are at first somewhat intimidating in their unfamiliarity, the kindly citizens of James Bay soon accept the conscientious newcomer as one of their own, and Christian discovers a newfound appreciation for life in the rural community after being surrounded by death for so long. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide "Leopard d'or" at the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival. |
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Wednesday, Nov. 8 - 8:00 pm Souvenirs Intimes Max has lost his legs in a tragic accident, but that hasn't stopped him from living his life as an artist full of pride, passion, and vitality. He has many friends who feed off of his energy and many admirers of his work, except for Lucie. She is the ghostly survivor of a past shared with Max who returns to haunt him with late night phone calls. Finally she appears in the flesh in a window across the street from Max's apartment, determined to resurrect their painful past and destroy his comfortable present. Monique Proulx, author of the novel, will be present. |
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Thursday, Nov. 9 - 7:00 pm C.R.A.Z.Y. It's a story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is. A mystical fable about a modern-day Christ-like figure, "C.R.A.Z.Y" exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions. |
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Friday, Nov. 10 - 7:00 pm Le Confessionnal The year is 1952, in Quebec City. Rachel, 16, unmarried, and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young priest, under the confidentiality of the confessional. In the present year of 1989, Pierre Lamontagne has returned to Quebec to attend his father's funeral. He meets up with his adopted brother, Marc, who has begun questioning his identity and has embarked on a quest for his roots that would lead them to the Quebec of the 1950s. Past and present converge in a complex web of intrinque where the answer to the mystery lies. |
Welcome
The Honorable Murray Smith
Minister-Counsellor
Government of Alberta
embassy of Canada
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
12:00 Noon
Room 130/132 John Hope Franklin Center
Boxed lunches & cold beverages available.
Available parking at *Hospital lot.
Entrances off Erwin Road and Elba Street.
go to: www.jhfc.duke.edu for map/driving directions.
*limited number of complimentary parking coupons available upon request.
Did you know ...
* Canada is the largest supplier of energy to the United
States: including oil, crude oil natural gas, electricity and uranium.
* Canada has the world's 2nd largest oil reserve. The oil
sands in Alberta, Canada contain 175 billion barrels of oil covering an area the size of New York State.
* Canada has been the world's second largest investor in
U.S. based industries since 2000; 51,000 North Carolina jobs are
supported by Canada-U.S. Trade.
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GEOFFREY HALE, Ph.D.
FulbrIGHT VISITING RESEARCH CHAIR IN CANADIAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF LETHbrIDGE
DEPARTMENT OF POliTICAL SCIENCE
"'So Near and Yet So Far': Canada-U.S. Relations and the Politics of North American Integration"
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2006
4:30 PM
BREEDLOVE ROOM
PERKINS LIBRARY
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Canadian Studies is pleased to support the 2006 HOPE (History of Political Economy)conference. The uses of biography and autobiography in understanding the history of economics will be explored. Over twenty scholars from North America, Europe, and Australia will participate in the conference, which will take place at the Millennium Hotel in Durham, NC, on April 7-9, 2006. The conference is under the co-direction of Professor Evelyn L. Forget of the University of Manitoba and will feature papers by Professor Russell S. Boyer of the University of Western Ontario, Professor Robert W. Diamond of brock University (St. Catharine's, Ontario), Professor Robert Leonard of the University of Quebec at Montreal, Professor Susan Howson of the University of Toronto, and Professor D. E. Moggridge of the University of Toronto.
For more information contact:
Paul Dudenhefer, Managing Editor
History of Political Economy
213 Social Science Building
Box 90097
Duke University
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John Herd Thompson, Professor of History and former Director for Canadian Studies spoke about "Writing the History of the Canadian West" at the annual meeting of the Canadian Studies Association / Association des Études canadiennes , in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 29 October 2005.
He also presented the keynote address on the theme: ?The United States and Canada: Ambivalent Allies? to the 28th annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien [German Association for American Studies] in Tutzing, Germany, 10 February 2006.
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Thursday, March 23 - 5:00 pm
230/232 John Hope Franklin Center
Marie-Célie Agnant
Lecture/Reading
Lecture in English. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Marie-Célie Agnant has lived in Montreal for the past thirty years. She has published two novels, La Dot de Sara (1995, finalist for the Prix Desjardins ) and Le livre d'emma (2001), as well as several books for young readers, a volume of poetry, and a collection of short stories, Le Silence comme le sang (1997, finalist for the Prix du Gouverneur général ). In the last five years, Agnant has lectured in Africa, Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and the Caribbean.
This lecture is organized in collaboration with the Center for French and Francophone Studies.
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On Monday, January 23rd the Canadian Consulate in Raleigh hosted a night of election results and hockey at Sammy’s Tap and Grill in Raleigh.
Triangle Canadians and friends enjoyed some delicious food and drink. Along with the election results, the Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators games were available on widescreen TV.
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The Honorable Paul Frazer, former Minister (Public Affairs) with the Canadian embassy visited our campus on January 27, 2006. He is an excellent speaker who currently represents Canadian interests with The Robert livingston Group in Washington, DC. He appears regularly on CBC as a commentator. His visit presented a good opportunity to talk about the recent election results in Canada.
Nora Faires, Ph.D.
Department of History
Chair, Canadian Studies Initiative
Western Michigan University
Thursday, December 1, 2005
5:00 PM
Room 240
John Hope Franklin Center
Duke University
2204 Erwin Road
Durham, NC
"Going Across the River: Black Canadians and Detroit Before the Great Migration"
In the years before the Civil War, the border between the United States and Canada had tremendous salience for blacks. By crossing this divide they left a nation that upheld chattel slavery for a land where the dread institution had become illegal.
like this ante-bellum saga, the chronicle of the Great Migration—the massive movement of blacks out of the Jim Crow South beginning with World War I—is central to the narrative of African-American history. As portal to Ontario and destination for Southern migrants, Detroit figures prominently in both these freedom stories.
"Going Across the River" focuses on Detroit in the period between the Underground Railroad and the Great Migration, a half century during which African-descended peoples participated in a large-scale circulation of population between Canada and the United States. Drawing primarily on charity case records, the study traces poor blacks’ crossings and re-crossings of this "fluid frontier" in the late nineteenth century, when this boundary no longer was intensely politically charged. Examining migrants who experienced the full force of Detroit’s racially and gender segregated labor market, the research contributes to an understanding of black life in the transnational Great Lakes Basin.
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November 7-11, 2005
Québec Cinema Week at Duke
Six Canadian films were shown at Duke University during the week of Nov. 7-11, as part of Québec Cinema Week.
All films were free and open to the public.
The events were sponsored by the:
Center for Canadian Studies http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/canadianstudies
in collaboration with
the Center for French and Francophone Studies, http://www.duke.edu/web/cffs,
the Department of Romance Studies http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/,
African & African American Studies, http://www.duke.edu/web/africanameric/,
and the Film/Video/Digital Program http://www.duke.edu/web/film/about/index.html,
as well as the Department of Romance Languages and literature at UNC-Chapel Hill
http://roml.unc.edu/, and the Canadian and Québec governments.
FILMS:
Monday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Teer Engineering library:
Jésus de Montréal, 1989.
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed passion play that incites the opposition of the Catholic Church.
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m, Teer Engineering library:
Emporte-moi (Set Me Free), 2000.
Winner of the Grand Prize at The Toronto International Film Festival.
"Set Me Free" is a fresh and insightful coming-of-age story.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2 p.m., Griffith Theater, bryan Center:
L'ange de goudron (Tar Angel), 2001.
Followed by question-and-answer session and reception with the director Denis Chouinard.
Ahmed Kasmi fled Algeria with his family to settle in Montreal. A few weeks before he is to receive his prized Canadian citizenship, he discovers that his eldest son, Hafid, is involved with a group of political activists. Ahmed tries to save his son -– and their chances of obtaining Canadian citizenship.
and later that evening....
8 p.m., Griffith Theater, bryan Center:
Comment conquérir l'Amérique (How to Conquer America in One Night), 2004.
Followed by question-and-answer session with the director Dany Laférrière.
Newly arrived in Montreal, and determined to conquer North America by charming blond-haired women, Gégé, a Haitian in his thirties, lands up at Fanfan’s -- an unambitious uncle who has given up poetry for a good old taxicab. Over the course of one night filled with humor and friendship, the two fun-loving guys take stock of their lives, memories and fantasies.
Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Teer Engineering library:
Elles étaient cinq (The Five of Us), 2004.
Manon Cloutier is a 32-year-old woman who’s about to start a new relationship with a co-worker. A dramatic incident forces her to face up to the tragedy that changed her life forever 15 years before.
Friday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., Teer Engineering library:
La face cachée de la lune (The Far Side of the Moon), 2004.
After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother. Award-wining director Robert Lepage presents a
brilliant adaptation of his marvellous one-man show.
All films in French with English subtitles.
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The Center for Canadian Studies was pleased to co-sponsor an opening reception for Sarah Anne Johnson of Winnipeg at the John Hope Franklin Center on October 6, 2005 from 5:30-7:30 PM.
Her exhibit "Tree Planting" was on display at the Center's Gallery
A noon luncheon and panel discussion was held to talk about various perspectives on the acquisition of art.
Participants:
Kim Rorschach (The Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director, Nasher Museum)
Kathy Goncharov (Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum)
Julie Saul (Julie Saul Gallery, NYC)
Allen Thomas, Jr., Wilson, N.C. (collector)
Sarah's works are on display at the Saul Gallery in NYC. www.saulgallery.com.
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Canadian Studies was pleased to co-sponsor the screening of Shake Hands With The Devil: the Journey of Romeo Dellaire, documentary film by Peter Raymont on Monday, October 17th. at 7:00PM at Reynolds Industries Theater, in the bryan Center at Duke University.
The searing emotional journey of Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire, who commanded the U.N. peacekeeping mission to Rwanda will give you a better understanding of what happened. 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were slaughtered during the Rwandan genocide. This experience led Dallaire's own life tragedies as he dealt with the psychological fallout of witnessing a genocide he was powerless to stop.
Bouna Ndiaye, John Hope Franklin Center Program Coordinator was the moderator of a panel that follows the screening.
It was composed of :
Peter Raymond , the documentary filmmaker
Dr. emmanuel Katonge , Director of the Center for Reconciliation and Justice at Duke University divinity School
Louis Boisivert , Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner
Jean-Paul Samputu , Rwandan artist and activist
Joyce Kuipers , graduate student in Music at Duke University
This program is sponsored by Duke Performances, The Duke University Center for International Studies, The Center For Canadian Studies, The African and African-American Studies, The Consulate of Canada, Duke divinity School, The Center for Documentary Studies, The Kenan Ethics Institute, The Duke Human Rights Initiative, and the Department of Music
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CONGRATULATIONS TO....
David Massell, Duke Ph.D. (1997), is now tenured with the History Department and Canadian Studies Program, University of Vermont.
Mark Paul Richard, Ph.D. (Duke 2001), has just been appointed Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Canada at SUNY Plattsburgh. He is also tenured Associate Professor in their History Department.
Paige Raibmon, PhD. (Duke 2002) for her book entitled:
AUTHENTIC INDIANS: EPISODES OF ENCOUNTER FROM THE LATE-19TH CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST, Duke University Press.
Alexandria Gil has earned honors for her History BA thesis: HERE COME THE MOUNTIES: FRAMING ROSE MARIE IN 1930s HOLLYWOOD.
Duke History student, Mike Crotty, has won the International Council of Canadian Studies Fellowship to spend the 2005 fall semester at the University of Ottawa and the Canadian National Archives.
John Herd Thompson, Ph.D., History (and former Director, Canadian Studies)
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA: LAND OF PROMISES
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Promise and Perils: Governing Canada with a Parliamentary Minority, 2004-??
With the first minority government in more than 25 years, Canadians are dealing
with the implications of minority government for critical policy issues such as
maintaining the public health care system, implementing the Kyoto Protocol,
redefining Canada's role in the world, and reforming the electoral system. This
panel will discuss these policy implications and reflect on what we should
expect as 2005 unfolds…
TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH
1:00-2:30 PM
Room 240, Franklin CenterLunch Served at 12:45 pm
RSVP to Janice Engelhardt (jae4@duke.edu) by April 7th
Moderator:
Dr. Gil Merkx
Interim Director, Canadian Studies
Vice Provost for International Affairs
Duke University
Panelists:Dr. David Docherty
Chair, Department of Political Science
Wilfrid Laurier University
WaterlooDr.
Debora VanNijnatten
Fulbright Visiting Chair
Center for Canadian Studies
Duke University
Department of Political Science
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
Dr. Eunice Sahle
African Studies Visiting Scholar
University of North Carolina
Visiting Professor, Center for Canadian Studies
Duke University
Dr. Gerard Boychuk
Fulbright-MSU, Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies
Visiting Scholar, Duke University
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WELCOME!
GLEN WILLIAMS
Department of Political Science
Carleton University
Ottawa
"The Rising Tide of Canadian Nationalism with Respect to U.S. Foreign Policy in Recent Years"
Monday, April 11, 2005
5:30 PM
Room 130/132
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER
2204 Erwin Road
Durham, NC
A wine & cheese (and possibly a Canadian beer or two, eh?) reception immediately following. We hope to see you!
A graduate of York University (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), he is a specialist in Canadian foreign policy, North American political economy, as well as sovereignty and conflict in international relations. He is the author of Not For Export: The International Competitiveness of Canadian Manufacturing, (Third Edition); an editor of Canadian Politics in the 21st Century, (currently in its Sixth Edition, 2004); and an editor of The New Canadian Political Economy. He has also published numerous academic journal articles and book chapters. Williams has frequently appeared in the media in reference to his expertise in Canadian politics and Canada-U.S. relations.
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The Triangle Institute for Security Studies and Duke University's Canadian Studies cordially invites you to attend a January seminar.
Jack L. Granatstein will speak on "Can Canada Wage War or Keep the Peace" on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at the John Hope Franklin Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Desserts and Coffee/Tea will be served from 7:00 to 7:30 PM.
The presentation and discussion will take place between 7:30 - 9:00 PM.
PLEASE RESERVE A PLACE BY CALliNG CAROLYN PUMPHREY AT THE TISS OFFICE, (919) 684-5162, OR BY CONTACTING HER AT pumphrey@duke.edu no later than Thursday, January 6, 2005.
Jack Granatstein was born in Toronto in 1939. Graduate of both le College Militaire Royal de St-Jean (Grad. Dipl., 1959) and the Royal Military College, Kingston (Hons. B.A., 1961) as well as the University of Toronto (M.A. 1962) and Duke University (Ph.D., 1966), he served in the Canadian Army from 1956-66. He then joined the History Department at York University, Toronto, where he is now Distinguished Research Professor of History. Mr. Granatstein writes on 20th Century Canadian national history - - foreign and defense policy, Canadian-American relations, the military, the public service, and politics. He regularly comments on historical questions and public affairs through various media. His many scholarly and popular books include "The Politics of Survival: The Conservative Party of Canada 1939-1945" (1967), "Peacekeeping: International Challenge and Canadian Response" (1968), "Canada's War: The Politics of the Mackenzie King Government 1939-1945" (1975-1990). And more recently "Dictionary of Canadian Military History" (1992), "The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War" (1993, 1995) and "The Good Fight: Canadians and World War II" (1995).
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Canadian Studies was pleased to host a recent visit by a delegation of officials from the Foreign Ministry, some of whom came from Ottawa and others from the embassy in Washington and the Consulates in Atlanta and Raleigh. This group included Judith M. Costello, Political, Economic and Academic Relations Office, Canadian Consulate General, Atlanta; Christine Pappas, Consul and Program Manager, Canadian Consulate General, Atlanta; Louis Boisvert, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate, Raleigh; Dan Abele, Academic Relations, Canadian embassy, Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Hector, Senior Program Advisor, Academic Relations division, Foreign Affairs, Ottawa. They visited Duke campus and met with Provost Lange, Vice Provost for International Affairs Gil Merkx, and faculty in the Canadian Studies program. They came to familiarize themselves with current developments in Canadian Studies at Duke and to offer the assistance of the Foreign Ministry in bringing Canadian visitors and programming to Duke.
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Happy holidays!
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate SEAN MITTON, Canadian transplant and local businessman in the Triangle for his tremendously successful effort in spearheading a growing network of Canadians who have relocated to the Triangle area. Our Canadian Studies staff was invited to share in their first holiday event on Sunday, December 4, 2004. It was held at the Crabtree Valley Marriott in Raleigh, NC. We mingled among 121 Canadians and their families. The event was co-sponsored by RBC and the Canadian Consulate of Raleigh. Their very first event occurred in April at the Carolina Ale House where approximately 20 Canadians gathered to watch the Maple Leafs lose (sorry!) a playoff game. They had a super time and agreed to have another event. Through word of mouth and a few sporting events later, they now have over 200 members registered!
If you like more information about the group, email Sean Mitton at s.mitton@verizon.net.
Holiday event at the Crabtree Marriott. Santa has arrived!
A good time being had by all!
Janice Engelhardt, Program Coordinator for Canadian Studies with Louis Boisvert, Senior Consul, Canadian Consulate of Raleigh.
Sean Mitton, himself!
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Coming on February 9th!
Jane Moss
Robert E. Diamond Professor of Women's Studies and French
Colby College, Waterville, Maine 04901
will speak on: An introduction to the literature of Francophone Canada and how it represents histories, ideologies, and identities.Join us in Room 240 of the John Hope Franklin Center on 2204 Erwin Road, at 12:00 noon
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Recent article from the NY Times.
Duke is mentioned.
Welcome...André Gaudreault
Professor, Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques,
Université de Montréal
Director, GRAFICS (Research Group on the Inception and Formation of
Cinematographic & Theatrical Institutions)
Author , Du littéraire au filmique, Système du récit
(Armand Colin, Paris) 
Danse Indienne (Lumière, 1898) shot in Québec
les amérindiens de Kahnawake "posent" pour Gabriel Veyre THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2004
5:00 PM - Room 230/232
Discussion "The Work of GRAFICS at Université de Montréal" FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2004
10:00 AM - Room 130/132
Coffee and discussion "Writing the History of Editing in Cinema: Starting Anew" (in French)
("Fragmentation et assemblage dans le cinéma des premiers temps") FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2004
4:00 PM - Room 240
Lecture "A Tension between Attraction and Narration: Towards a Genealogy of a New 'Cultural Series,' the Animated Picture" (in English)
Reception following We gratefully acknowledge the following co-sponsors: Center for European Studies
Center for French & Francophone Studies
Department of Romance Studies
Program in literature All events to be held in the John Hope Franklin Center
2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC (Duke University)
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We were thrilled to welcome GEORGE ELliOTT CLARKE* back to Duke on September 23, 2004 where he gave selected readings from his poetry at the John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Room 240. 4:00 PM.
Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1960, a seventh-generation Canadian of African-American and Mi'kmaq Amerindian heritage, he earned a B.A. honours in English from the University of Waterloo (1984), an M.A. in English from Dalhousie University (1989) and a Ph.D. in English from Queen's University (1993). In addition to being a poet, playwright and literary critic Clarke is also a professor of English at the University of Toronto (1999). In 2003, he was named the E.J. Pratt Professor in Canadian literature. He is the winner of numerous awards including the 2001 Governor General's Award for Poetry.
*Taught English and Canadian Studies at Duke University 1994-1999.
"George Elliott Clarke writes from the heart as well as from the head. No one else has his voice nor his literary fingerprints. He is unique and we should all be grateful."
-ALISTAIR MACLEOD
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The Center for Canadian Studies kicked off the new academic year by hosting a reception at the John Hope Franklin Center to introduce newly appointed Director, Michael Byers, Professor of Law. We also had the pleasure of welcoming, Acting Consul General Denis Langlois who spoke about the Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia and the services they provide.
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Stanley L. Winer, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration and Department of Economics, Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario) was a visiting Fulbright Scholar in the Center for Canadian Studies during the fall 2003 semester. Dr. Winer gave two faculty seminars at Duke, and was an active participant in the intellectual community.
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Michael Byers, and Scott Silliman (Professor of the Practice of Law), lectured at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto on October 14. The topic for discussion was the "friendly fire" incident that killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan on April 18, 2002. The event was hosted by Duke alumnus Professor Neil Nevitte, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.
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On October 29, Michael Byers accompanied President Nan Keohane to Toronto, Ontario for a meeting with the Duke Alumni Club of Canada.
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Professor Allan Maslove, an economist in the School of Public Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario traveled to Duke on November 6 to give a lecture entitled: "Financing Canadian Medicare: Options and Dead-ends".
Dr. Maslove was the first Dean of The Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University, former Research Director for the Fair Tax Commission of the Province of Ontario, Professor of Public Administration at Carleton, and consultant to many government departments. -
James Tully, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, spoke at Duke on November 7 as part of a symposium on political and moral theory.
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The Honorable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons visited Duke on November 10 to speak on the library on the Canadian political system (as compared to that of the United States.)
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On November 17, Canadian Studies and the Department of Political Science co-sponsored a visit by Dr. André Blais. Blais is professor of political science at the Université de Montréal, researcher at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en Économie quantitative (CIREQ), researcher at the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO) and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His research interests are elections and voting, public opinion and methodology.
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THE HONOURABLE JAMES SCOTT PETERSON, new Canadian Minister of International Trade visited Duke on January 13, 2004 as he made his way across the Triangle in conjunction with the grand opening of the new Canadian Consulate Office in Raleigh, N.C. A luncheon was held at the Washington Duke Inn in his honor. President Nan Keohane presided over the occasion.
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On January 16, 2004, the Center for Canadian Studies co-sponsored a workshop on "NAFTA at 10 Years" held at the liu Institute for Global Issues in Vancouver. Participants included: Lloyd Axworthy, Michael Byers, Colin Campbell, Stephen Clarkson, Marjorie Griffin Cohen, George Haynal and Alejandro Posadas. Time Magazine's Stephen Handelman was also in attendance.
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Naomi Klein, Toronto-based globally syndicated journalist and best selling author, spoke on January 18, 2004 to an audience of approximate 250 people in Reynolds Theater, Duke University. The title of her talk was "Bomb Before You Buy: The Economics of War."
Lisa Young, professor of political science at the University of Calgary, spoke at Duke on February 11, 2004. The title of her lecture was "Attitudes of Party Members in Canada". (Interestingly, three of her colleagues in political science at Calgary are Duke alums: Tom Flanagan, Keith Archer and Barry Cooper.)
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Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, delivered his first major speech on foreign policy in the Rare Book Room of Perkins library, Duke University on February 12, 2004.
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Thomas d'Aquino, President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives, gave a lecture entitled "North Amerian Security and Prosperity: A Blueprint for Action" on February 25, 2004. The event was co-sponsored with the Duke Global Capital Markets Center.
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Johanne Lamoureux, Dean of the Department of Art History and Cinema Studies at the Universite de Montreal gave a lecture entitled "Meat, Photography, Modernity" on February 24, 2004. The event was co-sponsored with the Departments of Art & Art History, Romance Studies, and Women's Studies.
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David Basskin, President of CMRRA, the Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency (www.cmrra.ca), an expert on and proponent of the blank media levy, participated in a panel discussion on the policy and practice of international music publishing and enforcing the rights of composers and artists on April 6-7, 2004. The event was co-sponsored with the School of Law, Fuqua School of Business and the Center for Canadian Studies.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (below)
Alejandro Posadas, Duke Law 2003, now Professor of Law, CIDE, Mexico, has published a report on Canada and NAFTA after 10 years.
Research Report
(PDF)
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