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CREATED:20131028T181525Z
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: In his best known wo
 rk, Servitude and Grandeur of Arms (1835),  Alfred de Vigny stated that 
 'regiment life is a bit like college life.' It is  not inappropriate to co
 mpare the university to the military, as they are the  only two human ins
 titutions to have survived nearly intact throughout the  centuries and to 
 have been part of nearly every civilization, drawing on both  the highest
  ideas and inevitable self-sacrifice. In her Big Thinking  presentation, 
 Lise Bissonnette draws on lessons from her recent experience as  co-Chair 
 of the working group on framework legislation for Quebec  universities. Sh
 e discusses the present-day tension between the age-old  values of the uni
 versity (autonomy, academic freedom and collegiality) and  the constraint
 s imposed on it by public and government expectations that now  view it as
  a guarantee of collective economic security. Whether by choice or  necess
 ity, academic servitude is increasing. The question is whether the  grand
 eur can still manage to keep it in check and maintain a balance. Writer, 
 journalist, editor, analyst and administrator, Lise Bissonnette has  de
 voted her time to personal research projects since 2009 after having heade
 d  major Quebec institutions such as the daily newspaper Le Devoir  and  B
 ibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. She has been awarded nine  h
 onorary doctorates by universities in Quebec, Canada and the United State
 s.  She is also a member of the Académie des Lettres du Québec, and in 20
 10  received the Prix du Québec for her contribution to culture. A doctora
 l  student in French literature at Université de Montréal where she is wri
 ting  a dissertation on literary history, Ms. Bissonnette has chaired the
   Université du Québec à Montréal board of directors since February 2013. 
  The report of the working group on framework legislation for Quebec  univ
 ersities, which she prepared with co-chair Mr. John R. Porter, was  subm
 itted to the government of Quebec in September 2013. See here for addition
 al information about Lise Bissonnette, compiled by Brock  University Libr
 ary. In French. Simultaneous interpretation available via cell phone. The 
 video of this Big Thinking lecture is now available below:\n\nBig Thinking
  supporting sponsors:\n\n\n\n	Big Thinking The Big Thinking lecture series 
 is held throughout Congress and is open to  all attendees and members of t
 he public. This series brings together leading  scholars and public figure
 s 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 the Humanities and  Social Scien
 ces and Brock University. See the complete list of Big Thinking lectures..
 .
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LOCATION:Welch Hall - David S. Howes Theatre
SUMMARY:“Servitude and Grandeur” of the University (Lise Bissonnette)
URL;TYPE=URI:http://congress2014.ca/program/events/servitude-and-grandeur-u
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