Accolades
An article in the December issue of University Affairs called “So you want to become a dean” (“Le décanat vous intéresse”) featured David Graham, Dean of Arts and Science. He said being a dean is time-consuming — “like housework, it’s never done” — and fundraising now takes up about 25 per cent of his time. While he loves the job, he misses teaching.
Marc André Brouillette (Études françaises) has been awarded the Prix Louis Guillaume, named for a 20th-century French poet, in the “poème en prose” category. Brouillette’s recent collection, M’accompagne, was previously shortlisted for a Governor-General’s Literary Award (see Journal, Nov. 10).
Ira Robinson (Religion) is Acting Director of Concordia’s Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies. He recently gave several presentations. In Montreal, he presented “Yehuda Kaufman (Even Shemuel): The Montreal Years and Beyond,” a conference on 100 years of Poalei Zion in Canada. In Ottawa, at a conference sponsored by the embassies of France, Israel, and Spain in conjunction with Library and Archives Canada, he presented “Words of Wisdom: Rashi and Maimonides, Lights of the Middle Ages.” In Washington, D.C., for the Association for Jewish Studies, he presented “Halakha Adapts to Modern Technology: Rabbis Yudel Rosenberg and Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on Electricity.”
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Congratulations to the Concordia University Christmas Auction Committee. Their 16th annual auction, sponsored by the Concordia Libraries, raised over $4,000 for charitable organizations across the island of Montreal. Since its inception, this event has raised more than $40,000.
Jean Freed, an instructor in the John Molson School of Business, has become a regular commentator on CBC Radio One 88.5 FM. On the last Monday of every month, she’s on Radio Noon with host Anne Lagacé-Dowson, talking about financial topics such as charitable giving, RRSPs and home-buying.
Karin Doerr (Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics & Simone de Beauvoir Institute) presented “Women and the Holocaust and Feminist Ethics” at the Third International Conference on Women and the Holocaust: Gender Issues in Holocaust Studies, at Beit Berl College, Beit Teresin, and Beit Lochamei HaGeta’ot, in Israel, in September. She also chaired a session and conducted interviews with Holocaust survivors and survivors’ children.
Michel Despland (Religion) gave a series in lectures in late August in Brazil. The first lecture was on the work of French anthropologist Marcel Mauss and coincided with the publication in Portuguese of Mauss’ classic book on sacrifice. The lecture was reviewed in the Oct. 2 issue of the Folha de Sao Paulo, along with an interview on trends in the study of religion.
Elizabeth Saccá, Dean of Graduate Studies, has received the Alumni Award from the Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture. She was featured in the College of Arts and Architecture News.