[English] Conference 18-19 March

[Guðrún Guðsteinsdóttir]

This is to remind you that you are all cordially invited to attend the Fourth Partnership Conference of the University
of Iceland and the University of Manitoba, entitled "Culture and Science: Mutually Reinforcing."
There is no conference fee and no sign-up; you can simply show up when you
please.

Items in the program that may be of special interest:
Friday 18 March

15:45-16:30   Readings: Room 132, Natural Sciences Building, Askja

U. of M. writers David Arnason, Dennis Cooley and Alison Calder read from their works. 
Saturday 19 March 

11:40-12:40   Session 5: Room 132, Natural Sciences Building, Askja

Chair: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, U. of I. 

"The Social Conscience of Margaret Benedictsson: From Iceland to Manitoba"

Carolyn Crippen, Assistant Professor, Dept. Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology, Faculty of Education, U. of M.

Panel discussion: Carolyn Crippen & Kristín Ástgeirsdóttir, Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir, Auður Styrkársdóttir, Centre for Women's and Gender Studies, U. of I. 

12:40-13:40            Lunch


13:40-15:10   Room 132, Natural Sciences Building, Askja          

Chair: Guðrún Björk Guðsteinsdóttir, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, U. of I.

"Technical Change and the Democratization of Literature in Canada"  

David Arnason, Head, Dept. of English; Acting Head, Dept. of Icelandic, Faculty of Arts, U. of M.

"Literary Ecology: The Structure of the Deep Map Text as Ecological 'Borrowing'"

Alison Calder, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, U. of M.

Scientific Discourse in David Arnason's Long Poem Marsh Burning.  

Dennis Cooley, Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, U. of M. 

15:10-15:20          Coffee break 

15:20-16:50             Session 7: Room 132, Askja

Chair: Úlfar Bragason, Director, the Sigurður Nordal Institute, U. of I.

"The New World in the Minds of Two European Writers"  

Birna Bjarnadóttir, Chair, Department of Icelandic, Faculty of Arts, U. of M.

"Icelandic Legal Transplants to Manitoba: Current Research Strategies at Manitoba's Law School"

DeLloyd J. Guth, Professor, Faculty of Law, U. of M.

"Mobilizing Culture and Science in Racial Discourses: 'White' and First Nations People in Upper Canadian Newspapers"

Robin Jarvis Brownlie, Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, U. of M.

 

See full program at http://www.hi.is/Apps/WebObjects/HI.woa/wa/dp?detail=1003652&name=frettasida
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