Congress of The Humanities and Social Sciences
Organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest annual academic gathering in Canada and its multidisciplinary character marks it as unique in the world.
Since 1931, it has been an important meeting place for new and established academics and researchers working in such diverse areas as anthropology, bibliotherapy, communication and disability studies, English language and literature, French language and literature, geography, the history and philosophy of science, international development, Jacques Maritain studies, political science, social work, theatre research, Ukrainian studies, women's studies and many more.
In 2013, from June 1 to June 8, approximately 7,000 attendees representing nearly 70 scholarly associations will go to the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia Canada from all over North America, Europe, Africa and Asia to present their research and to debate some of the most important social and cultural questions of the day.
Upcoming locations:
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, May 24 to May 31, 2014
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May 30 to June 6, 2015
Read more about this topic: Canadian Federation For The Humanities And Social Sciences
Famous quotes containing the words congress, humanities, social and/or sciences:
“This habit of free speaking at ladies’ lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital unhappiness. Could society be deaf and dumb and Congress abolished for a season, what a happy and peaceful life one could lead!”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“There is no true expertise in the humanities without knowing all of the humanities. Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Overconcentration on any one point is a distortion.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
“I’m not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.”
—Derek Jarman (b. 1942)
“The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.”
—Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)