What's on
October 12 to october 26
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Starting with Hobbes
The second annual Political Theory Speakers Series begins Oct. 26 with a lecture called “We Must Agree to Agree: Hobbes on the Ideological Causes of War,” by Assistant Professor Arash Abizadeh, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 1220 of the Henry F. Hall Building
There will be two talks next month, Nov. 9 and Nov. 30 in the same time and place, and five speakers have been lined for next term. The series is sponsored by the Political Science Students Association, and the organizer is Professor Travis Smith, who welcomes students as discussants. He can be reached at tdsmith@alcor.concordia.ca or ext. 5604.
Same-sex marriage
Mark D. Jordan, Professor of Religion at Emory University and author of Blessing Same-Sex Unions, will speak Oct. 12 at 5:30 in Room 110 of the Hall Building. His topic is “Blessing Same-Sex Unions to Save Christian Marriage.” The talk is organized by the Department of Religion.
Theology symposium
A colloquium is in progress on “The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity” under the auspices of the Theology Department. It is taking place from Oct. 11 to 13 in Room 767 of the Hall Building, and is open to the public.
The idea grew out of the publication of the two-volume Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity (Brill, 2004) by Charles Kannengiesser and his collaborators.
Gut Girls onstage
The first production by Theatre students is a study of early feminism with a cast of 13 directed by Greg Kramer. The play, The Gut Girls, by Sarah Daniels, is set in a London meatpacking plant early in the last century. The Gut Girls plays Oct. 19 to 22, and 26 to 29 at the Cazalet Theatre on the Loyola Campus. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors. Curtain is at 8:00 pm, 2:00 pm on the Sunday Matinees.
CUT at Ellen Gallery
The latest show at the Bina & Leonard Ellen Art, called CUT, features three Quebec artists working in sound, installation and performance. “Each presents a project through which notions of suppression, penetration, interruption, separation and contact will be examined.” The exhibit runs from Oct. 19 to Nov. 25; walk-in tours begin Oct. 24. There are bilingual guides on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Film buffs alert
Student work will be part of the Festival du nouveau cinema (FNC) Oct. 18 to 29, and iconoclastic film director Kenneth Anger (Scorpio Rising) will give a master class on Oct. 19 from noon to 1 p.m. in the DeSève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. The FNC plans to show 189 films from 39 countries, including a number of premieres. For more, please go to www.nouveaucinema.ca
Vocal jazz, pumped
The Jazz Vocal Summit Invitational will come to a climax Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall.
Performers include Jeri Brown, John LaBelle, Madeleine Thériault, the Concordia Jazz Choir, the Jeri Brown Pumped Singers of Montreal, singers from Jeri’s Voice Studio, and many others. Free entry for students and summit participants, $5 for the general public. Summit information is available at 514-848-2424, ext. 4712.