Brock programming - "Congress Plus"
Message from Jane Koustas, Academic Convenor Congress 2014
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Brock University and to the Niagara region to explore borders without boundaries. I am pleased to be able to share with you some of Brock’s Academic and Cultural programming taking place during Congress 2014.
On behalf of the entire Brock planning team, we encourage you as representatives of the participating associations, not only to promote the events and sessions listed below, but to include them in your own conference programming.
For complete up-to-date information on all available programming please visit the calendar of events:
Friday May 23
19:00 – 21:00 Fragmentos (details coming soon)
Saturday May 24
17:00 – 18:00 Canada/US Connections Interdisciplinary Panel: Mobility of Global Talent and Networking
18:00 – 19:00 Sipping Ontario Wines with the Stars
20:00 – 22:00 Performance of neXT Company Theatre's "Khalida"
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Sunday May 25
13:00 – 14:30 Copyright and the Modern Academic Debate Series: The “Copyright Pentalogy”: Its Effect on Fair Dealing and Canadian Academia
16:30 – 17:30 Poetry Beyond Boundaries: Adam Dickinson reads from “The Polymers”
20:00 – 22:00 Soirée des Refusés
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Monday May 26
12:00 – 14:00 Visite guidée et conversation (en français) Galerie d’art Rodman Hall (details coming soon)
16:30 – 17:30 Poetry Beyond Boundaries: Paul Savoie reads from his "Bleu bémol" anthology
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Tuesday May 27
12:00 – 13:30 Canada/US Connections Interdisciplinary Panel: Screening of WNED-TV Buffalo-Toronto’s “The War of 1812” Documentary and panel
18:00 – 19:00 Meet the Shaw Festival
19:30 – 21:30 Revered and Reviled: Dirty Plötz — A Conference Cabaret
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Wednesday May 28
16:30 – 18:30 Copyright and the Modern Academic Debate Series: Open Access and the Future of Academic Publishing
17:00 – 18:00 Sipping Ontario Wines with the Stars
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Thursday May 29
10:00 – 11:30 Panel discussion; Benjamin Barber's “If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities”
14:00 – 15:30 Copyright and the Modern Academic Debate Series: Access Copyright: Friend or Foe?
14:30 – 15:00 Forum – Lawrence Hill’s “Blood: the Stuff of Life”
17:00 – 18:00 Canada/US Connections Interdisciplinary Panel: Roundtable on Cross Border Research Collaboration
20:00 – 22:00 Contemporary composers concert
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 – 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
Friday May 30
12:00 – 13:00 Momentum Choir
May 24 - 30 The Source: Rethinking water through contemporary art; Installation
May 24 - 30 A loft; Installation
May 24 - 30 And all watched over by machines of loving grace; Installation
May 24 - 30 Augmented Reality; Installation
May 24 - 30 Inspiring Images: Landscapes, objects, people; Installation
May 24 - 30 Plaything; Installation
