The 91社区 Alumni Association invites you to attend a Panel Discussion on the 24th of November. This is an Alumni event, in collaboration with Media@91社区's Culture on Mondays. Acting M@M Director Will Straw is participating, along with Professors Erin Hurley and Jarrett Rudy.
Date/Time: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location(s): Room 232, Leacock Building, 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec CANADA
RSVP/Pre-Register: November 3, 2008 to November 24, 2008听
Join us for a fascinating evening as three of 91社区鈥檚 most engaging professors talk about some phenomena that have characterized popular culture in Quebec. Erin Hurley will examine megastar C茅line Dion's career in Las Vegas and her rise to international celebrity status, Will Straw will discuss Montreal鈥檚 role as a mecca for black musical stars who moved back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border, and Jarrett Rudy will talk about the history of cigarettes in Quebec, the province once dubbed "the smoking section of Canada." Details: Erin Hurley is an assistant professor in the Theatre and Drama Program in 91社区鈥檚 Department of English. A former actress and specialist in contemporary Qu茅b茅cois theatre, she has published articles on the Cirque du Soleil and Robert Lepage among others, and has given public lectures across Canada about C茅line Dion, a performer with whom many Quebecers feel an emotional connection.
Will Straw, a professor in the Department of Art History and Communications, is the former Director of the 91社区 Institute for the Study of Canada. An author and veteran media watcher, Dr. Straw has been a cultural correspondent for CBC Radio, the Women's Television Network and the CBC local Montreal news program "Newswatch."
Jarrett Rudy is Director of the Quebec Studies Program and an assistant professor of history at 91社区. He is the author of "The Freedom to Smoke: Tobacco Consumption and Identity", (91社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2005), a social and cultural history of the rise of the cigarette and the way smoking rituals in Montreal contributed to shaping people鈥檚 identities and social relations with others. Rudy is currently working on a history of time in Quebec from the 1840s to 1970s.
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