Wednesday Talks
One of the College’s most popular activities has been the series of weekly talks during the academic year, and often into the summer. These are currently presented in a hybrid format–both in person at the Faculty Club and simultaneously online via Zoom. The presenters are both Fellows reporting on their recent work and outside academic speakers from the local area. The topics are wide-ranging and cover a broad spectrum of disciplines and subjects. The format calls for an approximately 50-minute talk followed by a coffee break and then a discussion period. The talks are usually recorded and made available on the College’s YouTube channel. (The discussion sessions, which are often very lively, are not recorded.) These talks are so popular that in-person seating is limited, and Fellows and Faculty Club members are given priority, although others are welcome if space permits.
Videos of previous talks can be found here: https://www.seniorcollege.utoronto.ca/previous-talks-on-youtube/ .
Wednesday Talk: Sept. 11, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Marlene Shore, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar, Department of History/York University Title: “Down from the Mountain: Reckoning with Unrest, Risk, and Charlatanism in the Canadian University, 1919-1939” Abstract: In […]
Wednesday Talk: Sept. 18, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Kent Roach, Law, University of Toronto Topic: “Wrongfully Convicted: Lessons from the Canadian Registry” Abstract: This talk will discuss some of the findings from the Canadian Registry of Wrongful […]
Wednesday Talk: Sept. 25, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Lissa Paul, Professor of English, Brock University Title: “Children’s Literature and Literary History: From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf and from The Big Bad Wolf to Tom Wolfe” Abstract: Not […]
Wednesday Talk: Oct. 9, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Kenneth Bartlett, History and Renaissance Studies, U of T Title: “Raphael and the Mystery of the Frame: Art, Science and History in Search of an Answer” Abstract: A copy […]
Wednesday Talk: Oct. 16, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director, Population Balance Title: “Connecting the Dots between Reproductive Autonomy and Environmental Sustainability” Abstract: Human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately […]