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Week of Events
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“The Romantic Russians” with Prof. Michael Roeder
“The Romantic Russians” with Prof. Michael Roeder
A new 6-week courseMusic by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Forerunners. On Sundays 10a.m. – 12p.m. June 8, 15, 22, 29 & July 6 & 13 Russian composers often hold a special place in the history of western music. They joined the stream late and initially developed two contrasting approaches: one favoured the strong use of ...
$95
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“Mid-Century Canadian Voices” with Eileen Conway
“Mid-Century Canadian Voices” with Eileen Conway
“Mid-Century Canadian Voices” with Eileen Conway On Mondays 1p.m.-3p.m. May 5, 12 & 26 and June 2, 9 & 16 One generation into the twenty-first century, we’re going to revisit a period 50-70 years ago. Our guides, “ancestral voices,” are writers, journalists, academics — public intellectuals, in short— who had things to say about Canada ...
$75
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How Memories are Made in the Human Brain: Insights from Neuroimaging with Prof. Nikolai Malykhin, UofA
How Memories are Made in the Human Brain: Insights from Neuroimaging with Prof. Nikolai Malykhin, UofA
It is increasingly important to find clues to maintain cognitive function throughout aging. Our focus is on the hippocampus, the vital brain region dealing with memory. I will discuss recent findings from our research team on how different types of memory decline in healthy aging, how the hippocampus and its neural activity support memory function, ...