Margery Fee

In February 2010 I was a Canadian Visiting Lecture in India, sponsored by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.  I spent three weeks in Delhi and Kokata, giving lectures and attending a conference (see my cv for details).  Here I am with UBC Sanskrit scholar, Mandakranta Bose, on the steps of the Victoria Memorial, in Kolkata.

I am organizing a workshop at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies—“Connecting Academic Research with Aboriginal Wellness”—for October 23-25, 2009. If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please contact Margery Fee (margery.feeATubc.ca) A website for the workshop will appear in mid-summer at
http://www.pwias.ubc.ca/

The plenary speaker at the workshop, Sander Gilman (Emory), who is also a Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor at Green College, will be giving a lecture “Why Don’t We Trust Our Food: Obesity and Infection Today” to the Vancouver Institute on Saturday October 24, which is free and open to the public.

“What Can the Humanities Offer Science in Understanding Genetics and Social ‘Race’”? PWIAS, Faculty Associates Forum. 2008.

In April 2009, I taught 5 classes at the University of Pécs in postcolonial literature and delivered lectures at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and Gáspár Károli University, Budapest. Students at all these universities are keenly interested in Canadian literature and Canadian English; my hosts were wonderfully hospitable. Both cities are beautiful and full of wonderful architecture, amazing art museums, and delicious pastry. Pécs has been named the European Capital of Culture for 2010.