Category: Lectures

  • Donna T. Orwin: Why Tolstoy War Writing Does Not Grow Old

    Dear colleagues and friends,

    AMCA Toronto invites its members and community at large, to an evening with prof. Donna Orwin from U of T, on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 8 pm, at the Faculty Club of U of T, at 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto.

    This interesting lecture, “Why Tolstoy War Writing Does Not Grow Old”, deals with writings of Russian classic Leo Tolstoy. The lecture will be in English.

    Admission, which will include hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine or beer, is $10 for members of AMCA Toronto and $20 for non-members. For students admission to the lecture will be free. Before the lecture coffee and tea will be served. After the lecture everybody is invited to mingle in the Pub of the Faculty Club which will be open only for us.

    Bio & Abstract: Click for download.

    Registration at lectureseries@amcatoronto.com is mandatory.

  • Mladen Vranic: 93 Years After Discovery of Insulin – Whom Should We Celebrate

    Dear colleagues and friends,
    AMCA Toronto invites its members and community at large, to an evening with AMCA Toronto honourary president Mladen Vranic on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 8 pm, at the Faculty Club of U of T, at 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto.

    This interesting lecture, “93 Years After Discovery of Insulin – Whom Should We Celebrate”, deals with controversies among scientists on who actually discovered insulin. The lecture will be in English.

    Admission, which will include hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine or beer, is $10 for members of AMCA Toronto and $20 for non-members. For students admission to the lecture will be free. Before the lecture coffee and tea will be served. After the lecture everybody is invited to mingle in the Pub of the Faculty Club which will be open only for us. For more information, please see the attachments.

    Bio & Abstract: Click for download.

    Registration at lectureseries@amcatoronto.com is mandatory.

  • Nino Raspudic: Political and Social Situation in Croatia Today

    Dear colleagues and friends,

    AMCA Toronto invites its members and community at large, to an evening with one of the leading young public intelectuals in Croatia Dr Nino Raspudic on Friday, November 8, 2013 at 8 pm, at the Faculty Club of U of T, at 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto.

    This interesting lecture “Political and Social Situation in Croatia Today“, will offer an anatomy of political power in Croatia, particularly in light of the case Lex Perkovic. The lecture will be in Croatian. An interview with Dr Nino Raspudic on Croatian TV may be seen here (Croatian).

    Admission, including tea/ coffee before the lecture and appetizers and glass of wine or beer after the lecture, is for members of AMCA Toronto $15 and for non-members $30. Before the lecture coffee and tea will be served. After the lecture everybody is invited to mingle in the Pub of the Faculty Club which will be open only for us. For more information, please see the attachments.

    Sazetak (Croatian): Click for download.

    Please register at lectureseries@amcatoronto.com.

  • Luka Misetic: Croatia After The Hague Tribunal: The Gotovina Effect

    Dear colleagues and friends,

    AMCA Toronto invites its members and community at large, to an evening with lawyer Luka Misetic on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 8 pm, at the Faculty Club of U of T, at 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto.

    This very intriguing lecture “Croatia After the Hague Tribunal: The Gotovina Effect”, will offer a view of general Gotovina’s lawyer, Luka Misetic, on an impact by the Hague Tribunal on Croatia’s present and future. The lecture will be in English.

    Admission is, as always, free for members of AMCA Toronto and $10 for non-members. Before the lecture coffee and tea will be served. After the lecture everybody is invited to mingle in the Pub of the Faculty Club which will be open only for us. For more information, please see the attachments.

    Bio & Abstract: Click for download.

    Please register at lectureseries@amcatoronto.com.