Dr. Filiz Çakýr Phillip, Associate Curator at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, and author of Enchanted Lines: Drawing from the Aga Khan Museum Collection, will deliver a talk on the famous artists in Iran, India, and Central Asia, from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – the golden age of the art of the book. […]
Bird's-eye view of Toronto, 1893. For description click here. Open in full size Introduction: The explosion of maps on the internet has been made possible, in part, by advances in Geographic information systems, or GIS: the set of tools that capture, store, analyze, manage, and present data that are linked to locations (definition adapted from […]
Congratulations! You've finally finished writing the Great Canadian Novel, or short story collection, or poem, or children's book. Now what? You want to see it in print, of course, with a beautifully designed jacket, displayed face out on the "New and Recommended" shelf in your local bookstore and in your local library branch! Photo by […]
What's your vision of the ideal place to do your writing? Historically, writers have created masterpieces under all kinds of unusual circumstances and in a bewildering variety of spaces. I was interested to learn that many writers had a hut or shed where they could retreat and enjoy a quiet, private refuge. Photo: Creative […]
One World. One Game. The expression "One World. One Game" pretty much sums up soccer's true meaning. As Toronto now prepares for the Pan Am Games, the city is about to become the World in One City. John Doyle, author of The World is a Ball: the Joy, Madness, and Meaning of Soccer, will examine […]
Isfahan, Iran: dome of Lutfallah Mosque, c. 1610 Who has not heard of some of the great architectural monuments built in the Islamic world—the Alhambra, the Dome of the Rock, Shalimar Gardens, and the Taj Mahal? There are many more. What role did these masterpieces play in the life of the pre-modern Islamic world? As […]
The Treehouse Talks are free public lectures that operate on the guiding principle that three people, times three talks, equals a thousand new ideas. This formula is not just encapsulated by their motto – "3 People X 3 Topics = 1,000 Ideas"; it is also demonstrated by the list of speakers recruited by Nicolas Rouleau, the […]
This thrilling evening is just what every book lover needs to make their blood run cold. With authors Craig Davidson (aka Nick Cutter) (The Troop); Jennifer Hillier (Freak); Andrew Pyper (The Demonologist); and Brad Smith (Shoot the Dog). Thursday, April 17, 7 PM Toronto Reference Library Atrium Stage
HISTORY MATTERSConnect with working historians and discover the surpising ways in which the past shapes the present. Join us Wednesday April 2nd for a panel of distinguished researchers to explore the latest archaeological insights into the lives of Indigenous people in Southern Ontario prior to contact with Europeans (event details are listed below). At […]
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Ontario Museum, Dr. Steven Blake Shubert will trace the story and meaning behind the ancient Egyptian domestic scenes depicted in the University of Toronto’s Lillian Massey Building’s beautiful stained glass windows (see below for event details). Lillian Massey provided money to the University to establish the Department […]