All of the conferences are held in room C-306 from 4:30 – 6 p.m. To find the room, please click here.
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | |
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“Le travail indéfini de la liberté” : à partir de Michel Foucault Réal Fillion’s research interests include social and political philosophy and the philosophy of history. He is the author of Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History, published by University of Ottawa Press (2008). |
| Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | |
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Nietzschean Project of Creating a Superman: Vygotsky’s Integrative “Peak Psychology” of Cultural Development Anton Yasnitsky is a specialist of Vygotskian Studies and cultural-historical developmental psychology. He is a co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (to appear in 2012). |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2012 | |
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Les mathématiques ont une histoire et une géographie, l’exemple des mathématiques inuit Louise Poirier is dean of the Faculté des sciences de l’éducation de l’Université de Montréal. She is a specialist in ethnomathematics and has conducted research in Inuit communities. |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | |
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Self-Preservation Gone Wild Deborah Cook was a student of Foucault and Derrida. She has published extensively on Foucault and Adorno. Her latest book is Adorno: Key Concepts (Acumen Press, 2008). |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | |
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Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies Geoffrey Saxe’s research interests include the interplay between historical and economic changes, schooling and the concomitant shifts in individuals’ thinking. He has conducted field research in sites such as Papua New Guinea and Brazil. He is the author of Culture and Cognitive Development (Erlbaum, 1991). |