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CafeLitt 234: Musical Gesture

Thu 10 May 2012, 19:00, by Dr. Farrokh Vahabzadeh, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
در مطا لعات مربوط به موسیقی تا به امروز جنبه های صوتی  این هنر (ملودی، هارمونی، فرم، ریتم، ...) بیش از سایر جنبه های دیگر آن مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. از میان ابعاد نه چندان مطالعه شده میتوان از  بعد حرکتی موسیقی نام برد.   به جز در مواردی  اندک، بیشترین میزان موسیقی تولید شده توسط  انسان ، حاصل اعمال مجموعه ای از حرکات بدن بر روی اشیاء مختلفی است که ساز های موسیقیایی مینامیمشان . این حرکات شامل... more >>

CafeLitt 233: The crisis of capitalism

Thu 3 May 2012, 19:00, by Dr. Mehran Ebrahimi, at Mekic: 4438 rue de la Roche, Montreal (Map)
 بحران های اقتصادی یکی پس از دیگری کشورهای صنعتی و کمتر صنعتی را در می نوردند و علاوه بر ایجاد ضایعات بیشمار زیست محیطی ردپایی از میلیون ها بیکار، بی خانمان و سرگردان از خود به جای می گذارند.با این حال اما، انسان در هیچ دوره ای از تاریخ خود تا این اندازه به تولید ثروت نپرداخته است. براستی ریشه این نا بسامانی های اقتصادی در کجاست؟ گفتنی است که این بحران ها تنها در کشورهای کمتر صنعتی اتفاق نمی... more >>

CafeLitt 232: کافه ادبی: طوطی مرده‌ی همسایه‌ی من

Thu 26 Apr 2012, 19:00, by CafeLitt, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
داستان‌خوانی و نقد و بررسی اثری از ابراهیم گلستان: هدف از برگزاری جلسات ماهانه‌ی کافه‌ادبی خواندن آثار ادبی و و هم‌نشینی و سخن‌گفتن درباره‌ی آن‌ها برای لذت بردن بیش‌تر از ادبیات است. کافه‌ادبی جماعتی علاقمند به آثار ادبی هستند که می‌‌خواهند نظرات‌شان درباره‌ی ادبیات را با دیگران مطرح کنند و نظرات دیگران را بشنوند.ابراهیم گلستان نویسنده و فیلم‌ساز ایرانی‌ صاحب‌سبک است که همیشه نظراتی جنجالی درباره‌ی هنرمندان و آثار هنری داشته. گلستان کم‌تر از انگشتان دودست مجموعه داستان منتشرشده و آن‌طور... more >>

CafeLitt 231: The Human Ape: An Evolutionary History of Human Cognitive Capacities 3/5

Wed 18 Apr 2012, 18:00, by Shahin Zangenehpour, at McGill Univeristy:3480 Rue McTavish, Montreal, QC H3A 0E7 (Map)
IN COLLABORATION WITH McGill Iranian Students Association: This is the third session of a five-part talk series based on the documentary entitled "The Human Ape" which will focus on the topics of problem solving, communication, planning and cooperation, amongst other topics. The overarching goal of the series is to provide a systematic overview of specific cognitive capacities which have enabled humans to achieve tremendous feats throughout their recorded history. More importantly, we will discover how a much older history of human... more >>

CafeLitt 230: La Chanson québécoise

Thu 12 Apr 2012, 19:30, by Paul Dumais, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
From the early French immigrants to Richard Desjardins, we will survey "La Chanson québécoise", Quebec songs, songwriters and singers.  We will try to understand how the evolution of Quebec songwriting mirrors the social, cultural and political aspirations of its people, first called "les Canadiens", and from the late sixties onwards, "les Québécois".  As we did in the previous talk "Every day culture of Quebec", for which this talk is a complement, we will explain who is who, and what are... more >>

CafeLitt 229: The history of western art II

Wed 4 Apr 2012, 19:00, by Shahdad Heydari, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
The history of western art presents a survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the stone age to the post impressionist world. The aim of this presentation is to bring some intelligible order into the wealth of names, periods and styles which crowd the art books. it will try to make us see the history of art as a continuous weaving and changing of traditions in which each work refers to the past and points to... more >>

CafeLitt 228: The history of western art I

Thu 29 Mar 2012, 19:00, by Dr Shahdad Heydari , at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
he history of western art presents a survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the stone age to the post impressionist world. The aim of this presentation is to bring some intelligible order into the wealth of names, periods and styles which crowd the art books. it will try to make us see the history of art as a continuous weaving and changing of traditions in which each work refers to the past and points to... more >>

CafeLitt 227: A Brief overview of feminist perspectives

Thu 8 Mar 2012, 19:00, by Atousa Kasirzadeh, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
Coincide with International Women's Day, the 8th of March, a brief overview of feminist perspectives in Western countries, from inception of modern feminism to today with critics by the related experts imposed on these views  will be presented.همزمان با روز جهانی زن ، هشتم مارس ، بررسی اجمالی دیدگاههای فمینیستی در غرب ، از آغاز پیدایش فمینیسم مدرن تا امروز به همراه نقدهای وارده بر هر دیدگاه از طرف کارشناسان صاحب نظر در این زمینه ارائه خواهد شد... more >>

CafeLitt 226: The Human Ape: An Evolutionary History of Human Cognitive Capacities 2/5

Thu 23 Feb 2012, 19:00, by Shahin Zangenehpour, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
This is the second session of a five-part talk series based on the documentary entitled "The Human Ape" which will focus on the topics of problem solving, communication, planning and cooperation, amongst other topics. The overarching goal of the series is to provide a systematic overview of specific cognitive capacities which have enabled humans to achieve tremendous feats throughout their recorded history. More importantly, we will discover how a much older history of human development, that is its evolutionary history,... more >>

CafeLitt 225: Role of central Bank in Iranian economy

Thu 9 Feb 2012, 19:00, by Vahid Namazi, at GSA House: 2030 Mackay,Montreal, QC (Map)
تغییرات شدید اخیر بهای سکه وارز در بازار ایران ابراز نظرات گوناگون در مورد عدم ایفای نقش بموقع بانک مرکزی را به دنبال داشته است. شرایط پیش آمده بهانه ایست جهت مرور وظایف این بانک و اینکه تا چه اندازه در برآورده نمودن آن موفق بوده است. بدین منظور، نخست نگاهی سریع به تاریخچه شکل گیری بانک های مرکزی و وظایف آنها انداخته و سپس به تاریخچه تشکیل این بانک در ایران پرداخته میشود. همچنین با برشمردن وظایف پیش... more >>

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Future Sessions:

10th May: Gesture in Music by Farrokh Vahabzadeh
24th May: Human Ape IV by Shahin Zangenehpour
7th June: Don Quixote by Shahdad Heydari
14th June: Legitimacy by Farhang Ganjedanesh

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About us

CaféLitt is not a place; it is a gathering of minds. We are a group of mostly Persian young students, scholars and professionals who gather every Thursday evening around 19h00 in a café to discuss various subjects and share different ideas, ranging vastly from history to science, from literature to fine arts. We started these gatherings on Jan 17th, 2006. Each week, one of us takes the responsibility of presenting a topic (in Persian, English or French) for about an hour in a subject s/he is intimately familiar with or has an expertise in... more...


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