UVSS Students: $5.60

SPECIAL FOR UVSS STUDENTS - 9pm shows (or later): $2.75

Seniors (65 & over), Children (12 & under): $5.60

Other Students: $6.50

Cinemagic Members: $6.50

Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff & their guests (1 only): $6.50

Non-members: $7.75

MATINEES (all seats): $4.75

CSRS Special Lecture

Trickster's Children: Jewish Anthropologists and Their Non-Jewish Subjects
Jonathan Boyarin, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

It is at best an open secret that an astonishing number of early North American professional ethnographers–and especially those who studied First Nations–were of European Jewish extraction. This is all the more remarkable given the general failure of cultural anthropology, well into the 20th century, to study living Jewish culture and communities. In this presentation, I propose a scholarly genealogy linking contemporary anthropologists back through the generations to “Papa” Franz Boas, his students, and the disciples of Boas’s students who were our teachers, and begin to open the question of how Native Americans might have served as the figure of a displaced and spectral Jewishness.

Jonathan Boyarin is the Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Thought in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Trained in cultural anthropology and Yiddish studies, he has published widely in the areas of Jewish ethnography, critical theory and cultural history. His most recent book is Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul: A Lower East Side Summer (Fordham University Press, 2011). When not in Chapel Hill, he can usually be found on the Lower East Side with his spouse, cultural geographer Elissa Sampson. 

The University of Victoria's Retirees Association and the Centre on Aging—with support from the university—presents Masterminds 2012, a free lecture series running each Wednesday evening in April.

Are our students science and math literate? This presentation will describe the successes of Canadian and British Columbia schools in promoting reading, mathematics and science literacy for all students, according to the results from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment. Recommendations will be provided to students, parents, grandparents, teachers and school districts about policies, programs, practices and leadership.

Larry Yore is distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Contributions to Science Education through Research Award presented by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). He is the former co-director of the Pacific Centre for Science and Technology Literacy (2005-2011), former member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and consultant to the BC Ministry of Education. Dr. Yore has been involved in research on teaching and learning science with a focus on literacy and language for over 40 years and has presented over 300 conference papers, invited talks and guest lectures.

Please register by calling 250-721-6369 and plan to arrive early, as seating is limited. There is a $2.25 charge in all campus parking lots during evenings.

Take this opportunity to connect with the faculty and staff of the MBA program at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business.  Join us at the upcoming MBA online information session and discover how our MBA program will prepare you to be a global leader.

During the webinar we will discuss the program features and structure of the Gustavson MBA. You will also have the opportunity to ask any question you may have about the program.

Round 1 application Deadline:  March 31 for International students, April 30 for Domestic students.

We will start allocating entrance awards in round 1! 

Open to the general public