Upcoming Events
1. HSS On Our Worlds
2. Bring Your Mug
3. Research Tips
4. Other activities
Interested in hosting your with us? Explore the Nexus Centre Handbook for tips and guidelines to ensure your event is a success!
HSS On Our Worlds
Tuesday, February 4th from 3-4pm: A Roundtable on the Bente Cloth (SN4022 and online)
Co-Sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President Research, with visiting scholar Osei-Bonsu Safo-Kantanka and respondents Paul Adjei (Interim Associate Vice-President, Indigenous), Jessica Quaw (Folklore), and Felicia Somulu (Folklore)
Upcoming sessions:
- Friday, February 7th at 4pm: On the new non-Christian Majority in Canada (and Newfoundland and Labrador?) (SN4022 and online)
- Featuring: Father Paul Lundrigan (Holy Trinity Parish, Torbay), Michelle Rebidoux (Religious Studies), Barry Stephenson (Religious Studies), & Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (U Waterloo)
- Friday, March 14th at 4pm: On Mario Blaser’s On Emplacement: Political Ontology in Two Acts(Duke UP, 2025; Open Access link) (SN4022 and online)
- Featuring: Mario Blaser (Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography), Charlie Mathers (Geography), Óscar Moro-Abadía (Archaeology), & Robin Whitaker (Anthropology)
- Friday, March 21st at 4pm: On the After Church Project (SN4022 and online)
- Featuring: Nicholas Lynch (Geography), Barry Stephenson (Religious Studies) & others
- Friday, April 4th featuring the work of Drs. Charlie Mathers (Geography) and Sarah Martin (Political Science): details TBA
Bring Your Mug
Why wait in line for coffee in the Arts building?! Pop by an HSS Department for a free coffee or tea to go!
Research Tips
Hot-wiring Research Methods
Wednesday, February 19th from 1-1:50pm | SN4022 | Online
In this session, Max Liboiron (Geography), Megan MacKinnon (ID, PhD), and Mark Stoddart (Sociology) share their “hot-wired” research methods.
Writing Retreat in the Nexus Centre
Monday, February 24th & Tuesday, February 25th | 9:00 AM - 4"00 PM | SN4022 and online
Join Jennifer Selby and Yiyin Liu (Nexus Centre GA) for this two-day writing retreat. Lunch provided for the first 12 registrants (register here).
Advances in Generative AI in Library Research
Wednesday, March 19th | 1:00 - 1:50 PM | SN4022 and Online (register here)
Wendy Rodgers, Humanities Research Liaison Library at the QEII Library will lead this session, sharing the latest tricks and tools available through MUNL’s online library.
Priorities and Productivity Bootcamp
Monday, April 28th | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | SN4022 (with limited spaces, please register in advance)
Join us for this session in person with Dr. Amanda Bittner (Political Science). Dr. Bittner will lead this session designed to clarify and mobilize a research plan for the spring/summer semester and within a broader five-year plan. Coffee/tea and light snacks.