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May 25/12
This is the fourth in a series of “Behind the Scenes at Congress” blogs By Eleanor Ty, Congress 2012 Academic Co-Convenor and professor, English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Over 150 Laurier faculty and graduate students will be presenting papers at Congress 2012, a higher-than-average participation rate at Congress. The largest group of scholars from Laurier (about 24) will present at the meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. About a dozen scholars will be presenting in each of the following associations: Film Studies; Communication Studies; English, Canadian, and Commonwealth Literatures. A number of our researchers are also presenting papers at the Canadian Philosophical Association, Canadian Historical Association, Canadian Association of Food Studies, Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Canadian Society of Medievalists, Canadian Sociological Association, Canadian Association for Social Work Education, and many others.
Below are some sample paper titles from our faculty, CAS, and graduate students, to show the range of scholarship taking place at Laurier:
- Sandra Annett (English and Film Studies), “Digital Dreams and Nostalgia for Cinema in Paprika and Hugo.”
- Katherine Spring, Jing Jing Chang, and Lisa Funnell (English and Film Studies). Workshop, “The Prophesy of 1997: Ruptures and Continuities in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema.”
- Cindy McMann (English & Film Studies), “Transforming the Occult in Helen Adam.”
- Anton Bergstrom (English & Film Studies), “The Origin Story and the Authorization of Batman.”
- Alma Santosuosso (Music), “Hymns in the Laurier Manuscript.”
- Chris Nighman (History), “The Manipulus florum, Johannes Nider's Formicarius, and late medieval misogyny in the construction of witchcraft prior to the Malleus maleficarum.”
- Joanne Benham Rennick (Brantford), “Religion in Canada.”
- Judith Nicholson (Communications), “Dark Side of the Mob.”
- Ian Roderick (Communications), “Military Hardware as Affective Objects.”
- Jeremy Hunsinger (Communications), “Hacking Together Globally: An Analysis of the Norms Surrounding Technology.”
- Christopher Lemieux (Geography), “Last Chance Tourism in Protected Areas: Management Implications and Emerging Ethical Considerations.”
- Alison Mountz (Geography), “The Island Detention Project.”
- Mohammad Monirussaman (Geography), “Transnational Migrants’ Remittances as a New Form of Development Finance in Crisis.”
- Michael Imort (Geography), “All Quiet on the Undergraduate Front? Teaching Environmental Discourses to Undergraduates.”
- James Overboe (Sociology), “Gimp Philosophy: A Paradigm Shift for Disability Studies.”
- Alex Damm (Religion), “Ghandhi in a Canadian Context.”
- Allan Downey (History), “Gendering Nationality: Haudenosaunee Nation Building, Sport, and the Lines of Gender.”
- Kevin Spooner (North American Studies), “Engaging ‘Black Africa’: Developing Early Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Newly Independent States.”
- Susan Neylan (History), “Prince Rupert Friendship House: Considering Protestant Churches and Aboriginal Peoples at the Crossroads, 1958-1997."
- Dana Sawchuk (Sociology), “Setting Expectations, Setting the Hook: The First Class of First Year Sociology.”
- Elaine Clark-Rapley (Sociology), “Recovering the Authority of Creative Action Through Physical-Sentient Social ‘Breaks’ with Disciplined Embodiment.”
- Peter Dunn (Social Work), “Schools of social work for sale: Can fundraising be tamed?”
- Lea Caragata (Social Work), “Contested Citizens.”
- Deena Mandell and Carol Stalker (Social Work), “Working in child welfare: Can finding satisfaction be taught?”
