Humanities and Public Life Conference 2024

Express Yourself: The Arts and Humanities Alive at Dawson College!

Every year the Humanities Department at Dawson College hosts the Humanities & Public Life Conference. This year, the conference is happening Monday, Oct. 21 to Friday, Oct. 25 and the theme will be aesthetics: theories of art, beauty, and performance. All events will take place at Dawson in 5B.16; exceptionally the last event on Oct. 25 will take place in 3F.43 (CoLab).

Express Yourself: The Arts and Humanities Alive at Dawson College! will feature discussions and performances, in addition to highlighting the creative work of students. We are excited and proud to feature a conference that will unite the disciplines of the college and showcase the creativity of our faculty and students. We can look forward to performances and talks about flamenco dancing, tango dancing, blues dancing, Restoration period vocal performance and Celtic music. Artists will elaborate on the ‘philosophy’ behind their work and performances. We also feature talks about the visual arts and poetry. For example. groundbreaking research on Montreal’s black visual artists pre-internet will be shared by eminent scholars in art history. Most talks will be interactive, giving audience members a chance to participate in the concepts and ideas being presented.

Bring your dancing shoes and notepads!