FIMS Public Events
Events scheduled in Summer 2023
There are currently no public events scheduled.
Previous Winter 2023 Events
Thursday,
January 19
Jeremy Dutcher at Alumni Hall - Musical Performance
Tickets to attend Jeremy Dutcher at Alumni Hall are free-of-charge and available to the general public.
This event is supported by the Creative Arts and Production program (CAP), the Norman and Margaret Jewison Foundation and Western University.
7:30 p.m.
Alumni Hall
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This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
January 25
What Stage of Capitalism is This? On the Meaning of
Corporate Scandals
Presented by Professor Tom Streeter, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2022/23.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Register for Zoom link
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
February 8 Housing Experiences of American/Indian/Alaska Native People
Living in Urban Areas across the United States
Presented by Professor Sofia Locklear, Western University, and Abigail Feather, Aamjiwnaang First Nation.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2022/23.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom.
Register for Zoom link.
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 1
Hacking Online Virality
Featuring Professor Filippo Menczer, Luddy Distinguished Professor of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University.
Part of the 2022/2023 FIMS Rogers Chair event series.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom Webinar.
This is a public event.
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About the Rogers Chair.
Thursday,
March 2 Conversations on Access: Black Disability Activism
Featuring Dr. Sami Schalk (Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Vilissa Thompson (social worker, consultant, writer and activist).
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Attend online: Register
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 8 The Politics of Remembering through Civic Space: Examining and
Imagining the Urban Signs of Black History in London, Ontario
Presented by Professor Basil Chiasson, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2022/23.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Register for Zoom link
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 8 Global Conversations: Museum Diplomacy in Changing Times
Featuring Sabrina Lynn Motley (Smithsonian Folklife Festival), Anne Élisabeth Thibault (Pointe-à-Callière), and Ulrike Al-Khamis (Aga Khan Museum). Moderated by Sarah Smith (Western University).
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Attend in person: Reserve tickets
Attend online: Register for Zoom
This is a public event.
More information.
Presented by Juan Escobar-Lamanna, PhD candidate in Media Studies, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 15 Creativity Workshop with Beau Dixon
Featuring award-winning actor, musician, playwright, music director, and sound designer Beau Dixon.
Sponsored by the Creative Arts and Production program. Facilitated by Assistant Professor Basil Chiasson.
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
FNB Creative Commons
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Thursday,
March 16 The author and finisher of her craft: authentic creative control in
selected South African television series by Black women auteurs
Presented by Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele, PhD candidate in English, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
March 23 Using Panlex Swadesh Lists to Create a Phonosemantic
Writing System
Presented by John Kausch, PhD candidate in Library and Information Science, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 29 Smartphones and the datafication of the everyday in Africa
Presented by Professor Seyram Avle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
A guest speaker hosted by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Attend online: Register for Zoom link
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
March 30 Understanding Genre Through Journeying
Presented by Mark C. Ambrogio, PhD candidate in Library and Information Science, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
April 6 Necropolitics Illustrated: the Covid-19 pandemic and the
photojournalistic images related to Brazil's Bolsonaro
Presented by Andrew Melo, PhD candidate in Media Studies, Western University.
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
April 20 The Role of Influencers on Instagram and Twitter during the
2022/2023 women's rights protests in Iran: Preliminary findings
Presented by Jinman Zhang, Zahra Falahatpisheh, and Anabel Quan-Haase (all from Western University), and Molly-Gloria Patel (Okanagan College).
This event is part of the FIMS Mediations Lecture Series 2022/23.
4:30 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom Link
This is a public event.
More information.
