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DESCRIPTION:Note: Any updates to this event, such as changes to the date o
 r location,  will NOT be reflected in this calendar appointment. For the 
 most current  event information for the 2014 Congress of the Humanities an
 d Social  Sciences, please visit www.congress2014.ca/calendar.\n\nSeries:
  Big Thinking\n\nAssociation: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sci
 ences\n\nAccess Level: General public\n\nDescription: Is blood toxic or sa
 cred? Does it divide or unite us? How do our  ideas about blood, some tho
 usands of years old, continue to influence the way  we see each other and
  ourselves in the Year 2014? In this Big Thinking  lecture, Lawrence Hill
  will speak about the process of considering,  researching and writing hi
 s 2013 Massey Lectures and book entitled Blood: The  Stuff of Life. Lawren
 ce Hill is the author of nine books, including The Book of Negroes,  win
 ner of various awards including The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and  Canad
 a Reads. He travelled across Canada in the fall of 2013 to deliver the  20
 13 Massey Lectures, based on his new non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of
   Life. He is finishing a new novel and has co-written the adaptation for 
 a  television miniseries of The Book of Negroes , which is slated to air 
 in 2015  on CBC in Canada and on BET in the USA. He volunteers with Crossr
 oads  International and Book Clubs for Inmates, and lives in Hamilton, O
 ntario,  Canada. Visit him at: www.lawrencehill.com. See here for additio
 nal information about Lawrence Hill, compiled by Brock  University Librar
 y. In English. Simultaneous interpretation available via cell phone. The v
 ideo of the Big Thinking lecture is now available below:\n\n  Big Thinking
  event sponsor:\n\nBig Thinking supporting sponsors:\n\n\n\n	Big Thinking T
 he Big Thinking lecture series is held throughout Congress and is open to 
  all attendees and members of the public. This series brings together lead
 ing  scholars and public figures who can present forward-thinking research
 , ideas  and solutions to the critical questions and issues of our time. 
 The 2014 Big  Thinking lecture series is organized by the Federation for t
 he Humanities and  Social Sciences and Brock University. See the complete 
 list of Big Thinking lectures...
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LOCATION:Welch Hall - David S. Howes Theatre
SUMMARY:Blood: The Stuff of Life (Lawrence Hill)
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