The Halifax Humanities Society is excited to share that Dr. Peter Adamson of King’s College London and the LMU in Munich will be giving the 2nd Humanities Today Lecture. On Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30 PM in the Terry Symonds Room of the North Memorial Library, Dr. Adamson will present “Philosophy from Everywhere, for Everyone: Podcasting Global Philosophy”, and will reflect on …
On February 25 at the North Memorial Library, we opened up our classroom and invited the public to join us for a special lecture and Q&A with Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield as a collaboration with African Heritage Month at Halifax Public Libraries. Dr. Whitfield shared about his research on the life of Statia Hopefield and the historical context of slavery …
The Humanities Today Lecture Series examines the role the humanities play in our lives and the lives of communities on the periphery of or excluded from the traditional avenues of humanities education. This series is supported by funds donated in the memory of Renate Usmiani, a professor of the Department of English at Mount St. Vincent University, remembered and beloved …
In memory of its very first student, The Halifax Humanities Society is pleased to name its University Access Program in honour of Bonita Shepherd. Bonita Shepherd was a groundbreaker, not only in being the first to apply to the Halifax Humanities full-year class, but also in taking up the possibility of continuing on to university classes. The Bonita Shepherd University …
