BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260805T162046EDT-500920m0s8@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260805T202046Z DESCRIPTION: \n \nSteven Pinker\, Johnstone Family Professor in the Departm ent of\nPsychology at Harvard University\, celebrated author\, and 91˿Ƶ \nalumnus\, will be speaking on his new book\, The Better Angels of\nOur N ature: Why Violence has Declined\, at New Residence Hall\nat 91˿Ƶ Univer sity on 17 Nov. 2011. A book signing will\nfollow the lecture.\n \n\nWhere : New Residence Hall\, 91˿Ƶ\,\n3625 Avenue du Parc\nWhen: 17 November 2011\; 7:00 pm (doors\nopen at 6:30 pm)\nCost: Tickets are $2 for students\, $5 for the\ngeneral public\, and $40 for a ticket plus a copy of The Better\nAngels of Our Nature.\nTickets are on sale at the 91˿Ƶ Un iversity Bookstore\, 3420\nMcTavish Street. Please purchase tickets in adv ance as seating is\nlimited.\n \n“Steven Pinker is Harvard College Profess or and Johnstone Family\nProfessor of Psychology at Harvard University. He has also taught\nat Stanford and MIT. His research on visual cognition an d the\npsychology of language has won prizes from the National Academy of \nSciences\, the Royal Institution of Great Britain\, the Cognitive\nNeuro science Society\, and the American Psychological Association.\nHe has also received six honorary doctorates\, several teaching\nawards\, and numerou s prizes for his books The Language\nInstinct\, How the Mind Works\, and T he Blank\nSlate. He is the Chair of the Usage Panel of the American\nHerit age Dictionary\, and writes frequently for The New\nRepublic\, The New Yor k Times\, and other publications.\nHe has been named Humanist of the Year\ , and is listed in\nForeign Policy and Prospect magazine's 'The World's To p\n100 Public Intellectuals' and in Time magazine's 'The 100 Most\nInfluen tial People in the World Today.' His latest book is The\nBetter Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.”\n\n— http://www.stevenpinker.com\n DTSTART:20111118T000000Z DTEND:20111118T000000Z LOCATION:New Residence Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H2X 3P8\, 3625 avenue du Parc SUMMARY:Steven Pinker Lecture and Book Signing URL:/channels/event/steven-pinker-lecture-and-book-sig ning-211513 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR