Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Ann V. Murphy (New Mexico)

Date

Friday January 28, 2022
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the next meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Ann V. Murphy (New Mexico), whose paper is titled, “Kindred Spirits: Intercorporeity, Sense, and Dementia".

Ann's paper and Zoom details have been distributed via email. The Zoom link is also available on the poster linked below. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive the paper and further information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group.

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Ann V. Murphy (New Mexico) | Poster (PDF 287KB)

Political Philosophy Reading Group: Avia Pasternak (University College London)

Date

Thursday January 20, 2022
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a chapter by guest Avia Pasternak (University College London), titled, "The Proportionality Test and Harm to State Officers".

Further details, as well as Avia's chapter, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Movement class for all Queen's philosophers

Date

Thursday February 17, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

The Department of Philosophy is sponsoring movement classes from 1PM-2PM on Thursdays Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, and Feb 17. The classes will be live on Zoom. The Zoom link will be shared via email. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience!

This will be a mid-week dance-based body refresh — no dance or movement experience required. Together (with a sense of humour about it all) we’ll move through easy-to-follow sequences set to energetic music. Throughout this session you’ll increase your range of motion, challenge your stamina, build strength and learn a couple humility-affirming dance moves along the way. You’ll be encouraged to customize your workout with modifications offered to amp up or tone down any exercise to suit your personal needs. Make this class a routine and you’ll feel energized, toned, bright and connected to your body! 

Our instructor, Alyssa Martin, is an award winning choreographer, director and educator. She is the Artistic Director of surrealist dance theatre company, Rock Bottom Movement, a creative home she founded in 2012. Her creations blur the lines of theatre, dance and comedy in mischievous conversation with her modern dance antecedents. She has toured her work internationally, working in residence at art centres including The Banff Centre, Stratford Festival Lab, The National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Stage. She most recently premiered a feature length experimental film, Bin Chicken, a commission for Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition to choreography, Alyssa works as a movement educator with people of all ages and experiences. She teaches Pilates and Dance Synergy at Mindful Movement Centre, Dance and Musical Theatre in the Performance Department at Ryerson University, Creative Composition at George Brown College’s Dance Program and has guest taught within Laurier University’s Opera Department. She also leads “NONDance” workshops for the Rock Bottom community. She holds her Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification (earned under the mentorship of Leslie Parker) as well as her BFA in Performance Dance from Ryerson University. She has supplemented her training with workshops in dance, movement and creative process in Montreal, New York, Berlin and Vienna. She approaches all that she does with a sense of play and places priority on the wellbeing of the individuals she is moving alongside!  Alyssa’s very excited to be leading these classes for Queen’s philosophers!

About Alyssa (JPEG 411KB)

Movement class for all Queen's philosophers

Date

Thursday February 3, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

The Department of Philosophy is sponsoring movement classes from 1PM-2PM on Thursdays Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, and Feb 17. The classes will be live on Zoom. The Zoom link will be shared via email. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience!

This will be a mid-week dance-based body refresh — no dance or movement experience required. Together (with a sense of humour about it all) we’ll move through easy-to-follow sequences set to energetic music. Throughout this session you’ll increase your range of motion, challenge your stamina, build strength and learn a couple humility-affirming dance moves along the way. You’ll be encouraged to customize your workout with modifications offered to amp up or tone down any exercise to suit your personal needs. Make this class a routine and you’ll feel energized, toned, bright and connected to your body! 

Our instructor, Alyssa Martin, is an award winning choreographer, director and educator. She is the Artistic Director of surrealist dance theatre company, Rock Bottom Movement, a creative home she founded in 2012. Her creations blur the lines of theatre, dance and comedy in mischievous conversation with her modern dance antecedents. She has toured her work internationally, working in residence at art centres including The Banff Centre, Stratford Festival Lab, The National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Stage. She most recently premiered a feature length experimental film, Bin Chicken, a commission for Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition to choreography, Alyssa works as a movement educator with people of all ages and experiences. She teaches Pilates and Dance Synergy at Mindful Movement Centre, Dance and Musical Theatre in the Performance Department at Ryerson University, Creative Composition at George Brown College’s Dance Program and has guest taught within Laurier University’s Opera Department. She also leads “NONDance” workshops for the Rock Bottom community. She holds her Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification (earned under the mentorship of Leslie Parker) as well as her BFA in Performance Dance from Ryerson University. She has supplemented her training with workshops in dance, movement and creative process in Montreal, New York, Berlin and Vienna. She approaches all that she does with a sense of play and places priority on the wellbeing of the individuals she is moving alongside!  Alyssa’s very excited to be leading these classes for Queen’s philosophers!

About Alyssa (JPEG 411KB)

Movement class for all Queen's philosophers

Date

Thursday January 27, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

The Department of Philosophy is sponsoring movement classes from 1PM-2PM on Thursdays Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, and Feb 17. The classes will be live on Zoom. The Zoom link will be shared via email. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience!

This will be a mid-week dance-based body refresh — no dance or movement experience required. Together (with a sense of humour about it all) we’ll move through easy-to-follow sequences set to energetic music. Throughout this session you’ll increase your range of motion, challenge your stamina, build strength and learn a couple humility-affirming dance moves along the way. You’ll be encouraged to customize your workout with modifications offered to amp up or tone down any exercise to suit your personal needs. Make this class a routine and you’ll feel energized, toned, bright and connected to your body! 

Our instructor, Alyssa Martin, is an award winning choreographer, director and educator. She is the Artistic Director of surrealist dance theatre company, Rock Bottom Movement, a creative home she founded in 2012. Her creations blur the lines of theatre, dance and comedy in mischievous conversation with her modern dance antecedents. She has toured her work internationally, working in residence at art centres including The Banff Centre, Stratford Festival Lab, The National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Stage. She most recently premiered a feature length experimental film, Bin Chicken, a commission for Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition to choreography, Alyssa works as a movement educator with people of all ages and experiences. She teaches Pilates and Dance Synergy at Mindful Movement Centre, Dance and Musical Theatre in the Performance Department at Ryerson University, Creative Composition at George Brown College’s Dance Program and has guest taught within Laurier University’s Opera Department. She also leads “NONDance” workshops for the Rock Bottom community. She holds her Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification (earned under the mentorship of Leslie Parker) as well as her BFA in Performance Dance from Ryerson University. She has supplemented her training with workshops in dance, movement and creative process in Montreal, New York, Berlin and Vienna. She approaches all that she does with a sense of play and places priority on the wellbeing of the individuals she is moving alongside!  Alyssa’s very excited to be leading these classes for Queen’s philosophers!

About Alyssa (JPEG 411KB)

Movement class for all Queen's philosophers

Date

Thursday January 20, 2022
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

The Department of Philosophy is sponsoring movement classes from 1PM-2PM on Thursdays Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, and Feb 17. The classes will be live on Zoom. The Zoom link will be shared via email. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience!

This will be a mid-week dance-based body refresh — no dance or movement experience required. Together (with a sense of humour about it all) we’ll move through easy-to-follow sequences set to energetic music. Throughout this session you’ll increase your range of motion, challenge your stamina, build strength and learn a couple humility-affirming dance moves along the way. You’ll be encouraged to customize your workout with modifications offered to amp up or tone down any exercise to suit your personal needs. Make this class a routine and you’ll feel energized, toned, bright and connected to your body! 

Our instructor, Alyssa Martin, is an award winning choreographer, director and educator. She is the Artistic Director of surrealist dance theatre company, Rock Bottom Movement, a creative home she founded in 2012. Her creations blur the lines of theatre, dance and comedy in mischievous conversation with her modern dance antecedents. She has toured her work internationally, working in residence at art centres including The Banff Centre, Stratford Festival Lab, The National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Stage. She most recently premiered a feature length experimental film, Bin Chicken, a commission for Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition to choreography, Alyssa works as a movement educator with people of all ages and experiences. She teaches Pilates and Dance Synergy at Mindful Movement Centre, Dance and Musical Theatre in the Performance Department at Ryerson University, Creative Composition at George Brown College’s Dance Program and has guest taught within Laurier University’s Opera Department. She also leads “NONDance” workshops for the Rock Bottom community. She holds her Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification (earned under the mentorship of Leslie Parker) as well as her BFA in Performance Dance from Ryerson University. She has supplemented her training with workshops in dance, movement and creative process in Montreal, New York, Berlin and Vienna. She approaches all that she does with a sense of play and places priority on the wellbeing of the individuals she is moving alongside!  Alyssa’s very excited to be leading these classes for Queen’s philosophers!

About Alyssa (JPEG 411KB)

Political Philosophy Reading Group: Poulomi Chakrabarti (Queen’s / Harvard)

Date

Tuesday December 7, 2021
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Poulomi Chakrabarti (Queen’s and Harvard), titled, "Status and Development: How Social Hierarchy Undermines Public Goods Provision".

Further details, as well as Poulomi's, paper, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Critical Phenomenology Reading Group: Kris Sealey (Fairfield)

Date

Friday December 10, 2021
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Zoom

Members of the Queen's community are invited to join, over Zoom, the final meeting of the 2021-22 Critical Phenomenology Reading Group (CPRG), which will welcome Kris Sealey (Fairfield), whose paper is titled, “‘Then’ and ‘Now’ of Mangrove Time: The Temporality of Lived Blackness in Octavia Butler’s Kindred”.

Kris's paper and Zoom details have been distributed via email. If you are not on the mailing list but wish to receive this information, please contact either Adam Schipper or Alisha Sharma, conveners of the Critical Phenomenology Reading Group.

Josh Mosley, M.A. Student, named as an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Second-Team All-Star

Josh Mosley, M.A. Student and Gaels Football Offensive Lineman, was named as an Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Second-Team All-Star. Josh was part of the Gaels' offensive line that helped the team finish first in the OUA East and third in the OUA in rushing, averaging 168 yards per game. Congratulations, Josh!