Concordia Philosophy Student Weekly Tabloid Vol. 38
We’re in the final month of the semester! Final exams and term papers are coming, and the last day of classes is April 17th, with April 18th as a potential make-up day for April 7 and 8.
Don’t wait too long to start those final assignments. Even just looking at the assignment instructions and making a tentative topic can help orient you and get you on the right path. Starting early and working on it consistently is a good tactic.
As I was once told by a professor, “write 300 words per day.” Three-hundred words is not a huge amount and can be done in 30 minutes daily. It has motivated me to consistently work on an term paper that feels like an overwhelming chore.
Without further ado, here’s the 38th Volume of the Concordia Philosophy Student Weekly Tabloid, which brings you all the hottest and best events and relevant philosophy news.
This week, we tell you about:
- Peer review and group study sessions
- End of year social events
- A philosophy speaker talk
- A Champlain College Speaker Series
- People’s Potato emergency food baskets
- Various Concordia events
Peer-review and group study sessions
SoPhiA will be hosting two peer-review and group study sessions for undergraduate students. These will be a casual space where you can drop in, study, find a study partner, or find someone to peer-review or give feedback on a draft of your term paper (or any other written assignment).
So drop by and find a friend to look over your work or study with.
These will take place on Thursday April 6th, and Friday April 14th.
The space will be open from 12pm-5pm on both days, will be drop-in, and light refreshments will be provided.
What: Group study & peer-review
When: April 6th and 14th from 12-5pm.
Where: S-Annex, room S-201
Why: Get some feedback on your final papers!
End of year social events!
SoPhiA will be hosting not just one, but two, yes two!!! End-of-year social events.
The first social event (Part A) will take place at N Bar on Thursday April 20th, 7-10pm (and onwards), with free drink tickets.
The second social event (Part B) will also take place at N Bar and will include this year’s journal launch, our The SoPhiA Review!
What: End of year social events
When: April 20th (part A) and May 11th (Part B)
Where: N sur Mackay (1244 Mackay St. )
Philosophy Speaker Series: Early Modern Theories of Racism
Dr. Julia Jorati, Professor of Philosophy in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will give a talk on Early Modern Theories of Racism on April 3rd from 3-5pm in LB 362.
“Early modern authors started theorizing about racism at around the same time when they started theorizing about race. Their theories are often surprisingly insightful and can help us gain a deeper understanding of racism’s origins. This talk will examine some of the most intriguing early modern analyses of racism from Britain and North America and reflect on the methodology of studying early modern racism.”
Who: Dr. Julia Jorati
What: Philosophy Speaker
When: April 3rd, 3-5pm
Where: R. Howard Webster Library (LB), room 362
Champlain College Speaker Series: Plato on Dialectic, Being, and The Good
Champlain College is hosting a speaker series of undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy. Many of these speakers are your own peers, including Ashkan Haghighat, Sarah Fortin, and Dean Joseph!
- April 5: Angelo Fata (Champlain College, St-Lambert, McGill, University of Montreal): A Moment with Plato’s Parmenides
Talks take place in the Champlain College Amphitheatre from 12:30-2:30pm.
What: Speaker Series: Plato on Dialectic, Being, and The Good
When: Every second Wednesday of February and April
Where: Champlain College Amphitheatre (Champlain College of Saint-Lambert)
People’s Potato Emergency Food Baskets
Are you low on food or money? Don’t despair, People’s Potato is here!
People’s Potato is a nonprofit organization within Concordia that provides food for students and they are serving emergency food baskets throughout the term. (They also serve meals on the daily).
The emergency food baskets are on specific dates and they ask you to bring your own bags. First come, first serve.
Dates:
- Apr 14, 1pm
- Apr 21, 1pm
- Apr 28, 1pm
Check out their website for more information
Follow them on Facebook
Who: People’s Potato
What: Emergency food baskets
Where: Hall 7th floor
When: Various dates
Various Concordia Events
There are several events in the next week that may be interesting to philosophy students.
- University Choir and Chamber Choir Concert: April 4, 7:30pm
- Like music? Join Concordia University’s choir and chamber orchestra concert.
- Big Fight in Little Chinatown — screening and discussion: April 6, 5pm
- “Like music? Join Concordia University’s choir and chamber orchestra concert. “Join the CSU’s Off-Campus Housing and Job Resource Center (HOJO) and the Campaigns department for a screening of Big Fight in Little Chinatown, followed by a panel discussion with guest speakers on the subjects of gentrification, community resistance and resilience.”
See more of Concordia’s events.
SoPhiA Book Library: Book Recommendation
Current highlighted book:
L’existentialisme est un Humanisme by Jean-Paul Sartre
This is a classic eclectic paperback of Sartre’s essay. If you read French, we definitely encourage you to pick this one up! This is the original language JP Sartre wrote in.
“The unstated objective of his lecture (“Existentialism Is a Humanism”) was to expound his philosophy as a form of “existentialism,” a term much bandied about at the time. Sartre asserted that existentialism was essentially a doctrine for philosophers, though, ironically, he was about to make it accessible to a general audience. The published text of his lecture quickly became one of the bibles of existentialism and made Sartre an international celebrity.”
If you didn’t know, SoPhiA has a library of over 650 books! We have books from different domains of philosophy and some outside philosophy (psychology, business, political science, and even novels). We even have textbooks for some of your courses! (e.g., PHIL-210, 235, 260, 266, and more)
You can borrow a book for an hour, or even the whole semester. Just drop by our office or send us an email.
You can see our complete library of books online on our Librarika virtual library.
What: Books!
Where: The SoPhiA library (in our office space)
Do you know of any cool philosophy-related events in Montreal or the Concordia Community? Please let us know and we will advertise them here!
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