Past events – The Socrates Project

Scientists are from Saturn; Media are from Mars

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Jul 19, 2019
2:00PM to 3:00PM

How to bridge those worlds and effectively communicate your research. Featured speaker Jim Handman is Executive Director of the Science Media Centre of Canada (SMCC). Before joining the SMCC in 2017, he spent 17 years as Executive Producer of the award-winning CBC Radio science program, Quirks & Quarks.

The Statue Wars with Steve Paikin

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Jul 4, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Is the global movement to tear down problematic memorials erasing history? Or correcting it? Join Steve Paikin, the host of TVO’s flagship The Agenda and stellar panel for what is certain to be a powerful debate on this compelling issue.

Global Trumpism and the Future of the Global Political Economy

Convocation Hall, University Hall at McMaster University

Jun 26, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Mark Blyth, Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at Brown University is a renowned author, teacher, political commentator and self-described rabble rouser.

Why Canada needs a National Autism Strategy

Great Hall, McMaster University Club

May 21, 2019
12:30PM to 1:30PM

A conversation with Senator Munson. A vocal advocate for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, Senator Munson’s leadership in Parliament led to the adoption of An Act respecting World Autism Awareness Day and a landmark Senate Report Pay Now or Pay Later: Autism Families in Crisis.

Enchaining Democracy: The Now-Transnational Project of the Radical Libertarian Right

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

May 1, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Nancy Maclean is William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains. This prize-winning book is widely regarded as the “must-read” book about libertarianism in today’s world and its dire implications for democracy.

Fryderyk Chopin: A Life And Times

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Apr 14, 2019
2:00PM to 4:00PM

Join the McMaster University Library for a special literary concert, featuring a Q&A with author and McMaster Professor Emeritus, Dr. Alan Walker. Dr. Walker will speak about his acclaimed new biography on the life and times of Poland’s most famous musician and composer, Fryderyk Chopin. The afternoon will include a musical performance of selected works by Chopin.

Why Democracy is in Crisis: James Kloppenberg

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Apr 1, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

James Kloppenberg is the Charles Warren Professor of American University, Harvard University. Kloppenberg’s book, Toward Democracy, has won international acclaim as one of the most insightful explorations of the idea of democracy in Europe and North America.

Visualizing Science

Waller Family Lobby, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Mar 19, 2019 to Mar 29, 2019
4:30PM to 6:00PM

An interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and scientists, the exhibition draws on research to portrays scientific concepts and theories in an artistic format.

Resisting Hate with Free Speech

Great Hall, McMaster University Club

Mar 28, 2019
1:00PM to 2:30PM

In this talk, Dr. Strossen draws on her most recent book Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech not Censorship to address misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about “hate speech vs. free speech” and to argue that non-censorial countermeasures are more effective than censorship in advancing the causes of equality and societal harmony.

Art of Time Ensemble: I Send You This Cadmium Red

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Mar 21, 2019 to Mar 22, 2019
8:00PM to 9:30PM

The script in this performance piece is based on letters about colour between writer/painter John Berger and his painter/filmmaker friend John Christie.

Persimmon Blackbridge: Constructed Identities

Waller Family Lobby, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Jan 16, 2019 to Mar 15, 2019
8:00AM to 10:00PM

Persimmon Blackbridge has worked as a sculptor, writer, curator, performer, fiction editor, cleaning lady and server. In this fully accessible exhibition, she uses hand-crafted wood figures, metal and found objects to confront and complicate notions of disability.

who we are in the dark: Peggy Baker Dance Projects

FirstOntario Concert Hall

Mar 6, 2019
8:00PM to 10:00PM

who we are in the dark fuses daring contemporary dance with supercharged live music and sophisticated design elements from artists working with pigment, projection, and light.

David Johnston: TRUST: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Feb 27, 2019
7:30PM to 9:00PM

One of Canada's most revered governors general, David Johnston draws on his long life and varied career to give Canadians twenty ways to make themselves, their institutions, and their country more worthy of trust.

Feature documentary: SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Feb 13, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Art, activism and disability are the starting point for what unfolds as a funny and intimate portrait of five artists with diverse (dis)abilities.

move by Peggy Baker Dance Projects

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Feb 2, 2019
2:00PM to 4:00PM

Renowned dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker employs sixteen performers, working in pairs, to explore the dualities of caregiving and dance practice: “touching and being touched, watching and being witnessed, movement through the body and that same body’s movement through space.”

Paradise Revisited: MacMarsh Art Projects

Togo Salmon Hall, McMaster University

Jan 17, 2019 to Jan 30, 2019
8:30AM to 4:30PM

Students in several art courses will be showcasing work that was made in response to the MacMarsh initiative on campus that proposes to restore a wetland on the west side of campus.

My World’s on Fire, How ‘bout Yours?

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Jan 30, 2019
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Join us for a discussion about how accelerating climate change is shaping and being shaped by politics and culture.

Paradise Revisited: Public Reading - Yardwork

Togo Salmon Hall, McMaster University

Jan 17, 2019
1:00PM to 2:00PM

Hear from Dr. Daniel Coleman, from the department of English, who will be reading an excerpt from his book, Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place

Film Screening: Clara

LIVELab (in Psychology Building (#34), McMaster University

Nov 22, 2018
7:00PM to 9:30PM

Fresh from its premiere at TIFF, we're pleased partner with Faculty of Science to present a pre-release screening of Clara.

In Conversation with: Cindy Blackstock

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Nov 21, 2018
5:15PM to 7:00PM

In this candid and personal conversation with acclaimed documentary film director Alanis Obomsawin, Dr. Cindy Blackstock will share her experiences and reflections as Canada’s foremost advocate for First Nations children. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Mush Hole

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Nov 16, 2018 to Nov 17, 2018
7:00PM to 8:00PM

Conceived and directed by award-winning Six Nations artist, Santee Smith, this Indigenous-led production explores and honours the lives and resilience of Mohawk Residential School survivors.

Trump Talks II: Trump 3.0

McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Nov 14, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Featured Speaker: Dr. George Breckenridge, McMaster University, Political Science. Dr. Breckenridge is the author of a recently-published textbook called United States Government and Politics.

Gathering of Art, Gentrification, and Economic Development (GAGED): A Public Forum for Hamilton

Spice Factory

Nov 9, 2018 to Nov 10, 2018
10:00AM to 4:00PM

This two-day forum, including speakers, discussions and working groups, convened by McMaster doctoral student Angela Orasch, will bring together stakeholders from across different sectors to share views and grapple with these challenges.

Fall Major Production: Demos Kratos

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Nov 1, 2018 to Nov 10, 2018
8:00PM to 9:45PM

Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, this original production by playwright-in-residence and Hamilton Arts Award recipient Marilo Nuñez imagines a dark future that could be just around the corner. The play follows Libertad Cortez, who confronts oppressive forces challenging notions of freedom as she searches for her missing ancient grandmother.

Call for participants: move by Peggy Baker Dance Projects

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Nov 10, 2018
10:00AM to 12:00PM

We are looking for a group of 16 individuals to participate in a workshop culminating in the performance of move – a 70-minute dance/installation under the direction of celebrated Canadian dance artist, Peggy Baker.

Reflections on social change advocacy, activism and agency: In conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

Council Chambers GH 111, McMaster University

Nov 9, 2018
2:00PM to 3:00PM

Join us for an honest and engaging conversation about advancing equity-focused and anti-racist organizational change work.

Paradise Revisited: Bus Trip to Mac Forest

Togo Salmon Hall, McMaster University

Nov 7, 2018
9:00AM to 12:00PM

Participants will travel by bus to the McMaster Forest on Lower Lions Club Road to hike trails and hear about restoration, research and history of the old growth forest. All participants will receive a sketchbook to record observations, reflections, sketches and photographs of their experience. Location: Depart at Togo Salmon Hall, Stearn Drive at 9…

Trump Talks II: The Collapse of the American Empire

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Nov 7, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Following up on last spring’s sold out lecture series, we continue to explore political climate in the U.S. and its impact for Canada. Each week brings fresh insights, analyses and opinions. Featuring renowned American journalist Chris Hedges who authored The Collapse of the American Empire.

Sequence: Reading of play

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Nov 7, 2018
2:30PM to 4:30PM

A stem-cell-researcher, while seeking a cure for her impending blindness, confronts a student who has defied probability with zero correct answers on a midterm exam. The “Luckiest Man Alive” wins successive Super Bowl bets without fail for 20 years, only to be called out by a woman who says she’s deciphered his secret formula.

Paradise Revisited: Panel Presentation MacMarsh - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 25, 2018
10:00AM to 12:30PM

Faculty members and community experts connected with the MacMarsh initiative will present views on the challenges and benefits of restoring a wetland marsh on west campus Parking Lot M. This three-part panel will reflect on the past, present and future of the wetland marsh.

Paradise Revisited: Sketchbook Showcase

Waller Family Lobby, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 25, 2018
10:00AM to 1:00PM

Participants who have been exploring McMaster Natural Lands as part of the Paradise Revisited project will showcase reflections, observations, drawings, and photos contained in their sketchbooks. Open to the public. No registration required. This event is a part of Paradise Revisited series. McMaster University’s natural lands and environs are the setting for an ambitious, multi-facted,…

Paradise Revisited: Coldwater Creek Valley Tour #2

McMaster University

Oct 24, 2018
9:00AM to 10:30AM

Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to participate in this short walking tour at the west end of campus to hear about the history, ecological significance, current research and future initiatives of Coldwater Creek Valley.

Trump Talks II: Questioning Health Policy Retrenchment in the Era of Trump

McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Oct 24, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Featured Speaker: Dr. Katie Boothe, McMaster University, Political Science. Dr. Boothe studies comparative public policy in advanced industrial democracies, with a focus on health and social policy.

Paradise Revisited: Public Talk ft. Patricia Johanson

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 23, 2018
3:00PM to 4:30PM

Patricia Johanson is a Hooker Distinguished Scholar, landscape architect and environmental artist.

Biidaaban: First Light VR

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 20, 2018
11:00AM to 3:00PM

Award-winning media creator, Lisa Jackson's immersive virtual reality installation presents a future Toronto reclaimed by nature.

ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

Lincoln Alexander Centre

Oct 20, 2018
3:00PM to 4:30PM

Join us for a film screening of documentary ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, moderated by Aisha Jamal, Canadian Film Programmer at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival.

Shifting Ground Lines: Pluralist Perspectives on Canadian Landscapes

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Sep 12, 2018 to Oct 19, 2018
7:30PM to 8:30PM

From Carl Ray to Lawren Harris and Annie Pootoogook to Pudlo Pudlat, Canada’s diverse landscape is constantly shifting. Get to know some of Canada’s most prolific artists and see how their perceptions of Canadian landscape differ.

Trump Talks II: Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Oct 17, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Following up on last spring’s sold out lecture series, we continue to explore political climate in the U.S. and its impact for Canada. Each week brings fresh insights, analyses and opinions. This series launches on October 17 with Environics Institute President Michael Adams, author of "Could it Happen Here? Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit"

Trump Talks II: What did Trump get from revamping NAFTA?

McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Oct 15, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Dr. Kubursi is Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, and has also lectured and consulted at Purdue, Cambridge and Harvard. He has worked extensively with the United Nations Industrial Organization, serving as Senior Development Officer and as team leader of UNIDO missions to several countries.

Art of Time Ensemble... Hosted by Glenn Gould

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 14, 2018
2:00PM to 4:00PM

Andrew Burashko's acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble performs Shastakovich and Beethoven with video punctuations and musings by Glenn Gould.

ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

Lincoln Alexander Centre

Oct 12, 2018
9:00PM to 11:15PM

Gift Giving and the Violence of white Backlash

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Oct 3, 2018
7:00PM to 9:00PM

Join George Yancy –professor of philosophy at Emory University, author and New York Times contributor – for his talk, Gift Giving and the Violence of white Backlash.

Gender-bending Shakespeare

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Sep 24, 2018
7:00PM to 8:30PM

Writer and CBC broadcaster (Writers & Company) Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with Canadian stage icons Martha Henry and Seana McKenna

Settler Colonialism: A Conversation

Outdoor Teaching Circle, McMaster University

Sep 20, 2018
4:00PM to 5:00PM

The speakers are Dr. Lorenzo Veracini, a specialist on colonial systems and settler colonialism from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia; and Dr. Allyson Stevenson, a Métis Professor of International Studies at the University of Regina.

Paradise Revisited: Princess Point Hike and Canoe Trip

Togo Salmon Hall, McMaster University

Sep 20, 2018
1:30PM to 5:20PM

McMaster University’s natural lands and environs are the setting for an ambitious, multi-faceted, six-month-long initiative which welcomes faculty, staff, students and community members to re-acquaint themselves with our rich landscape.

Socrates at Supercrawl

McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education

Sep 14, 2018 to Sep 16, 2018
5:00PM to 4:00PM

Come chill with us at McMaster's Centre for Continuing Education at One James Street North. Make art, have your photo taken, check out award-winning NFB animations and pick up some cool swag.

Early Silk Road Textiles

Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Sep 16, 2018
1:00PM to 4:00PM

Even the plainest “tabby” weave can reveal stories from as far away in place and time as the Silk Road that first connected Asia with the Middle East and southern Europe over 2,000 years ago, as we learn in this series of events.

Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Concert Hall, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University

Sep 12, 2018
7:30PM to 9:00PM

There couldn’t be a more fitting event to launch The Socrates Project’s fall season than one which sets out to disrupt “… the bilingual Anglo-centric Canadian music narrative”!

Paradise Revisited: Coldwater Creek Valley Tour #1

Lot M parking lot, McMaster University

Sep 11, 2018
12:00AM to 3:00PM

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Scientists are from Saturn; Media are from Mars

The Statue Wars with Steve Paikin

Global Trumpism and the Future of the Global Political Economy

Why Canada needs a National Autism Strategy

Enchaining Democracy: The Now-Transnational Project of the Radical Libertarian Right

Fryderyk Chopin: A Life And Times

Why Democracy is in Crisis: James Kloppenberg

Visualizing Science

Resisting Hate with Free Speech

Art of Time Ensemble: I Send You This Cadmium Red

Persimmon Blackbridge: Constructed Identities

who we are in the dark: Peggy Baker Dance Projects

David Johnston: TRUST: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country

Feature documentary: SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

move by Peggy Baker Dance Projects

Paradise Revisited: MacMarsh Art Projects

My World’s on Fire, How ‘bout Yours?

Paradise Revisited: Public Reading - Yardwork

Film Screening: Clara

In Conversation with: Cindy Blackstock

The Mush Hole

Trump Talks II: Trump 3.0

Gathering of Art, Gentrification, and Economic Development (GAGED): A Public Forum for Hamilton

Fall Major Production: Demos Kratos

Call for participants: move by Peggy Baker Dance Projects

Reflections on social change advocacy, activism and agency: In conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

Paradise Revisited: Bus Trip to Mac Forest

Trump Talks II: The Collapse of the American Empire

Sequence: Reading of play

Paradise Revisited: Panel Presentation MacMarsh - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Paradise Revisited: Sketchbook Showcase

Paradise Revisited: Coldwater Creek Valley Tour #2

Trump Talks II: Questioning Health Policy Retrenchment in the Era of Trump

Paradise Revisited: Public Talk ft. Patricia Johanson

Biidaaban: First Light VR

ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

Shifting Ground Lines: Pluralist Perspectives on Canadian Landscapes

Trump Talks II: Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit

Trump Talks II: What did Trump get from revamping NAFTA?

Art of Time Ensemble... Hosted by Glenn Gould

ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

Gift Giving and the Violence of white Backlash

Gender-bending Shakespeare

Settler Colonialism: A Conversation

Paradise Revisited: Princess Point Hike and Canoe Trip

Socrates at Supercrawl

Early Silk Road Textiles

Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Paradise Revisited: Coldwater Creek Valley Tour #1