Join alumni, faculty, and staff of the PhD Humanities program during Homecoming 2024!
This special event features a panel showcasing the accomplishments and experiences of our distinguished alumni, Sandra Huber, Phd 22, Craig Morrison, PhD 00, and Natalie Doonan, PhD 16.
About the Speakers:
- Sandra Huber, Phd 22
Educator, researcher, and writer. She holds an extended-term appointment in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University where she is Area Head of Interdisciplinary Studies and Practices in Fine Arts (FFAR 248 + 249). She holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Concordia, where she joined Media Studies, Anthropology, and Fine Arts to look at the methods and epistemologies of contemporary witchcraft. She has published and presented on witchcraft, magic, sleep, and dreams in the area of poetics, cinema, media histories, and contemporary art. You can find her at sandrahuber.com.
- Craig Morrison, PhD 00
Ethnomusicologist, author, teacher, and musician. A graduate of the Humanities PhD program in 2000, his thesis was entitled “Psychedelic Music in San Francisco: Style, Context, and Evolution.” From Victoria BC, Morrison settled in Montreal in 1984. He taught courses on popular music and culture at Concordia for more than two decades. Now retired from university teaching, he remains active as a lecturer, performer with the band Vintage Wine, and writing his third book, an expansion of his PhD research on the folk revival foundations of folk rock, garage rock and psychedelic music. Craig Morrison, nicknamed “The Rocking Professor,” has produced and performed his annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert 24 times at Concordia’s Oscar Peterson Concert Hall.
- Natalie Doonan, PhD 16
New media and performance artist, writer and educator. She works at the intersection of visual art, sensory studies, performance studies and cultural geography. Her research focuses on food and the senses, technology, and the vitality of places. Natalie’s work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals across Canada and internationally. Her writing has appeared in professional and peer reviewed art and food culture publications. She serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the Université de Montréal.
