October 30, 2009
By
Alison
If you are, we'd encourage you to participate in
this. Samara co-founder,
Michael MacMillan, is this year's
Brockington Visitor at Queen's, where he will participate in a number of public lectures, including the revisitation of a controversial film he made while a student in the 1970s.
While the student orientation chair, Michael made a movie called The Academic Cloister that raised a number of provocative questions about Queen's specifically and the role of a university education more generally. Incoming students were made to watch and discuss the movie before registering.
This "educational opportunity" was viewed, shall we say, in a less-than-positive light by the university administration at the time. The film was not screened on the campus again... until now, over 30 years later.
If you're in Kingston, please join us on Tuesday November 3 at 7:30 in Ellis Auditorium to see the movie and join in a discussion on the role of the university in the 21st century. Information on other public events is available here, including Michael's "last lecture," to be delivered on Thursday November 5.
LABELS:
Queen's University, Michael MacMillan, political leadership, Academic Cloister
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