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Faculty of Humanities

Departments

Applied Linguistics
Classics
English Language and Literature
History
Interactive Arts and Science
Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Philosophy
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
    Dramatic Arts
    Music
    Visual Arts

Students in Humanities

 

Contacts

Dean
Rosemary Hale

Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Curriculum
John Lye

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Jane Koustas

Assistant to the Dean
Sharon Meguerian

Senior Major Gifts Officer
Norman Bradshaw

Director, Rodman Hall
Shirley Madill

Academic Advisers
Liz Kaethler
Adam Durrant

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Centres

Centre for Canadian Studies
Centre for Intercultural Studies
Centre for Liberal Arts
Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Centre for Digital Humanities

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Centre for Digital Humanities

Interactive Arts and Science

Videoconference with American McGee, video game designer of the games "Alice" and "Grimm," among others.
Welch Hall, Videoconference Room 137; 8:00 pm
March 18, 2010

Classics

AIA, Niagara Public Lecture Series (Academic South Room 215):

Pharaoh at the Bat: Ancient Egyptian Bat and Ball, the Earliest Archetype of American Baseball
Prof. Peter Piccione, History Department, College of Charleston, University of Charleston, SC
March 7, 2010

Conquering Nature: Herod the Great and the Building of Caesarea
Dr. Barbara Burrell, Dept. of Classics, Brock University
April 11, 2010

History

Colloquium:

Murder Most Russian
Louise McReynolds, University of North Carolina
March 5, 2010

Brock/Royal Niagara Military Institute Lecture
HCol Neville Poy, OC, “For Queen and Country” (documentary screening)
March 10, 2010

The Theatre of War:  The Case of Bunker Hill, George Washington, and the Aesthetic Problems of Massachusetts in the British and American Empires, 1775-1840
Barry Levy, UMASS Amherst
March 12, 2010

The St Catharines Womens’ Literary Club
(tentative)
Jody Barnet
Alexander Addison and the Politics of Nation Building, 1790-1803
Janet Baines
March 19, 2010

The Politics of Things: Urban Planning and Material Culture in the Chilean Road to Socialism
Camilio Trumper, University of Buffalo
March 26, 2010

Book launch jointly sponsored with HRI
Russian Orientalism
Dave Schimmelpenninck

In GL 201
April 9, 2010

Feeding the Dominion
Monika Pries-Klassen
Masculinity and the Vietnam War
Mike Snow
April 16, 2010

Charles Sankey Lecture in Masonic Studies
Perceptions of Freemasonry from the Eighteenth Century to the Internet

Andreas Önnerfors, University of Sheffield
3:00 pm, Pond Inlet
April 17, 2010


Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

Showcase
A multi-disciplinary celebration of the fine and performing arts at Brock University, featuring students from Dramatic Arts, Music and Visual Arts.
A free community event.
Sean O'Sullivan Theatre; 2:00 pm
March 21, 2010

Dramatic Arts

Gimme 2 Festival
ST107 (Studio Theatre); 7:00 pm
A free community event
March 12, 2010

One Act Play Festival (3P54)
ST103 (Black) & ST107 (Studio Theatre)
Admission: donation of non-perishable food item
Performances: March 19 at 7:00 pm; March 20 at 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Music

Music @ Noon
October 2009 - April 2010

Professional Concert Series Encore!
Nexus

March 19, 2010

Viva Voce Choral Series
Vox Femina: Festival of Women's Choirs,
Siren (University of Guelph), Brock University Women's Chorus,
and Niagara Vocal Ensemble

St. Thomas Anglican Church, St. Catharines
March 13, 2010

Viva Voce Choral Series
Brock University Choirs,
Sing into Spring

St. Thomas Anglican Church, St. Catharines
March 27, 2010

The University Wind Ensemble
Zoltan Kalman, conductor

Sean O'Sullivan Theatre
7:30 pm
April 6, 2010

Viva Voce Choral Series
Avanti Chamber Singers and Niagara Vocal Ensemble

Guest artists: John Sherwood
Some Enchanted Evening: Selections from the Great American Songbook
First Grantham United Church, 415 Linwell Road, St. Catharines
April 17, 2010

Visual Arts

Amy Friend ~ Transpierce: a photographic exhibition
Sean O'Sullivan Lobby
March 1 to 14, 2010

Scott Sawtell ~ The Complete History of Civilization (abbr.)
Le Gallery, Toronto, ON
Reception: March 5, 7 - 10 pm
March 3 to March 28, 2010

Jean Bridge ~ Livelihood
Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Reception Saturday Marchy 6, 2 - 5 pm
March 5 to 27, 2010

The Great Canadian Beaver Ball
Rodman Hall Arts Centre; 8 – 11 pm
March 12, 2010

Assorted Flavours: Brock University Department of Visual Arts Juried Student Exhibition
Rodman Hall Arts Centre
Reception: Friday, March 26; 7 pm.
March 27 to April 11, 2010


Modern Languages Literatures and Cultures

Film night
Ridicule 
(French with English subtitles)
AS 203; 7:30 pm
Admission: free
March 11, 2010

A la rencontre d'un poète...
Paul Savoie

TH 247; 12:30 - 1:30 pm
March 16, 2010

Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky's interpretation of the paintings.
Robert Silverman,  illustrated lecture/performance
Sean O'Sullivan Theatre
Admission: free
March 17th, 2010

 

 

 
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