by launk | Aug 28, 2023 | Faculty
The fall 2023 session of the Canisius Adult Lifelong Learning Institute (CALLI) Book Club will meet at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, in OM 219.
This semester, we will examine Adrienne Mayor’s The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Mayor’s book examines how the discovery of prehistoric fossils affected ancient Mediterranean culture and society. Bring your lunch and join the conversation.
Submitted by: Kristina Laun, social media & website administrator, CALLI
by launk | Mar 10, 2023 | Faculty
Join the Lifelong Learners Institute for a friendly discussion of the German epic The Nibelungenlied. Our spring 2023 meeting will be Tuesday, March 14th, in Old Main 219 at 1:30 p.m. Bring your lunch and join the conversation. No prior reading or knowledge of the book or topic is required.
Submitted by: Kristina Laun, Social Media & Website Administrator, CALLI
by launk | Feb 27, 2023 | Faculty
The Book Club for Canisius Adult Lifelong Learners’ Institute (CALLI) will hold its next meeting Tuesday, March 14, in OM 219, at 1:30 p.m.
We will be looking at the medieval German saga “The Nibelungenlied.” Bring your lunch and join the discussion. No prior academic knowledge of the book or the era is required. The CALLI Book Club meets once a semester and is free and open to the public. Won’t you join us?
Submitted by: Kristina Laun, Social Media & Website Administrator, CALLI
by launk | Mar 2, 2022 | Faculty
The Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) at Canisius College will hold its Spring 2022 Book Club on Thursday, March 3, at 1:30 p.m. in OM 418.
As part of its lunchtime Brown Bag Seminar series, we will look at Sharon Kay Penman’s When Christ and His Saints Slept (1995). This historical fiction novel is about the period of English history known as The Anarchy.
These sessions are non-scholarly, informal and relaxed, and are free and open to the public. No prior reading of the book is required. No prior knowledge of the subject is needed. Masks are required for in-person attendees or join us over Facebook Live: @LLICanisius. Bring your lunch and join the conversation.
In-person attendees must fill out a health screening, here.
Submitted by: Kristina Laun, administrator, Social Media & Website LLC
by launk | Nov 15, 2021 | Faculty
The faculty and staff of the Institute for Classical and Medieval Studies will showcase some favorite items from their personal collections in a one-day mini-exhibition. These items hold personal meaning to the donors and we want to share them with the Canisius community.
Visit our display in the library, next to the reception desk, on Tuesday, November 16th, between 10:00 a.m and 2:00 p.m.
Submitted by: Kristina Laun, social media & website administrator, ICMS