Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky

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Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky

Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21^st听颁别苍迟耻谤测听is a one-day symposium hosted by the 香蕉视频 Library taking place on听March 20, 2013 at the Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 McTavish. The event will bring together scholars and librarians to discuss the full and complex potential of special collections and rare books. The event includes a keynote lecture on curiosity by author听Alberto Manguel.

Published: 1 March 2013

The symposium will also pay homage to Raymond Klibansky, leading 20th-century thinker and late McGill professor who bequeathed his extraordinary collection of more than 7,000 works to the university. Part of his collection is now on exhibit at听Biblioth猫que et Archives nationales du Qu茅bec (BAnQ),听Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005) 鈥� La biblioth猫que d'un philosophe听in the Grande Biblioth猫que's main exhibition hall until August 25, 2013.

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* The symposium will be presented in English

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Panels and lectures include:

鈥淩emembering Raymond Klibansky鈥�

Moderated by Isabelle Robitaille, BAnQ

Speakers: Georges Leroux, philosophy professor, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al; curator of the exhibit听Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005) 鈥� La biblioth猫que d'un philosophe, presented as part ofBAnQ鈥檚 Philosophy Year

Gerald Beasley, (University Librarian, Concordia University); D茅sir茅e Park (Concordia University)

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"It is all on the Web, so why bother?听Special Collections in the Digital Age"听Moderated by Prof. Ellen Aitken, Dean, Faculty of Religious Studies (香蕉视频)

Speakers: Stefan Sinclair (香蕉视频); Fiona Black (Dalhousie University); Leslie Howsam (University of Windsor); Lindsay Eckert (University of Toronto)

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Keynote lecture by author Alberto Manguel: 鈥淭he Uses of Curiosity鈥�

Curiosity has an ambiguous reputation: on the one hand, it is viewed as a sinful emotion that leads into forbidden territories; on the other, as the necessary drive for discovery and learning. This talk will explore the roots of the paradox in Western thought and look at libraries鈥� special collections as one of the fruits of this double-edged desire.

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Alberto Manguel听is one of the world's great writers and readers. He is a member of PEN, a Guggenheim Fellow, and an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous prizes, including the Prix M茅dicis in essays for听A History of Reading, and the McKitterick Prize for his novel听News from a Foreign Country Came. His most recent books include听The Library at Night听(Yale University Press). His work has been translated into more than 30 languages. 听

For more details and the full program of the conference, visit:听

For more details about the exhibit听Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005) 鈥� La biblioth猫que d'un philosophe听at the BAnQ, visit:听

Attendance is free but reservations are required:听; 514-398-4681