April 25, 2008
(4:00-6:00pm)
Scarfe 310 |
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Book Launch: Shirin and Salt Man by Nilofar Shidmehr
Organized by the Centre for Culture, Identity and Education and the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education
Shirin and Salt Man is a novella in verse, which tells the story of a young modern day Iranian woman, Shirin. She is an ordinary girl from Kermanshah born before the Islamic Revolution, who imagines herself to be an incarnation of princess Shirin, depicted in the ancient Persian classic Shirin and Khosro. More information... |
June 3rd , 2008
(8:30-5:45pm)
Scarfe Building, Room 1211 |
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Rethinking Youth Culture and Identity
Organized by Dr. Yvonne Hébert (University of Calgary) and Dr. Handel Wright (UBC)
Even in these postmodern times identity continues to be the site of intense work on the part of youth and scholars. This symposium explores new ways of looking at youth as phenomenon, thinking about youth activity and identity formation, examining linkages with cultural policies and/or other forms of civic pluralism, so as to better understand contemporary realities of young peoples lives and future directions of youth studies. |