Discounted early bird tickets go on sale today for the 2016 Massey Lectures in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Halifax and Toronto
For a limited period of one week (July 28-Aug 4), Canadians can get a five dollar discount on regular price tickets at all venues with the promo code "CBCRadio". Tickets are available at full price beginning August 5. This year's five Massey Lectures - The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the 21st Century - will be presented by Jennifer Welsh, former United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect.
Terrorism, war, inequality and mass migration are themes that have permeated the news of late. Jennifer Welsh's 2016 Massey Lectures explore the why's and the what-now's in the failure of liberal democracy. The five individual lectures will be presented in a cross-Canada tour, beginning in Winnipeg on September 21. The lectures will also travel to Vancouver, Saskatoon, Halifax and Toronto. For ticket details, please see below.
The CBC Massey Lectures are recorded in front of a live audience. The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the 21st Century, the five lectures in the 2016 Massey Lectures series will be broadcast on CBC Radio One's Ideas the week of Oct 31-Nov 4, 2016 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT). CBC Radio One's program of contemporary thought, Ideas is a wide-ranging program that explores how ideas shape every aspect of our lives.
The book of The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the 21st Century will be released by House of Anansi Press on September 17, 2016.
Jennifer Welsh is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and a Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. From 2013 until 2016, she was the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Responsibility to Protect. She was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and is of Metis descent.
CBC Massey Lectures 2016 venue and ticket information (including taxes and local charges)
Winnipeg, MB - September 21, 7 p.m.
Lecture one: The Return of History
Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Presale: $18 regular
Regular price: $23 regular, students/seniors $17
Box Office: 204-786-6641
Vancouver, BC - September 23, 7 p.m.
Lecture two: The Return of Barbarism
York Theatre
Presale: 30/$25 regular
Regular price: $35/$30 students/seniors $20
Box Office: 604-251-1363
Saskatoon, SK - September 24, 7 p.m.
Lecture three: The Return of Mass Flight
Broadway Theatre Presale: $24 regular
Regular price: $29 regular, students/seniors $19
Box Office: 306-652-6556
Halifax, NS - October 5, 7 p.m.
Lecture four: The Return of the Cold War
Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library
Presale: $27 regular
Regular price: $32 regular, students/seniors $20
Box Office: 902-422-6278 x500
in person: at the Ticket Halifax Box Office/The Coast, 2309 Maynard Street
Toronto, ON - October 7, 7 p.m.
Lecture five: The Return of Inequality
Koerner Hall Presale: $45/$35 regular
Regular price: $50/$40 regular, students, $20, seniors $28
Box Office: 416-408-0208
For more information on the CBC Massey Lectures series and to buy tickets online, please visit cbc.ca/masseys .
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The CBC Massey Lectures is a partnership between CBC, House of Anansi Press and Massey College in the University of Toronto. Named in honour of Vincent Massey, former governor general of Canada, since their creation in 1961 by the CBC, the Massey Lectures have established their place as a Canadian institution and become an annual highlight of our cultural life. The lectures provide a forum on radio where contemporary Canadian thinkers can explore crucial issues of our time. Former lecturers include Martin Luther King Jr., Margaret Atwood and Stephen Lewis.
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