Halton Peel Humanist Community

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We live in uncertain times. Between geo-political and economic instabilities, an irreversible climate emergency and widespread biodiversity collapse, and the mass consolidation of wealth breeding even further inequities and forced displacements, simply reading the news or engaging with current events can feel overwhelming.

Anger and division and fear of the other seem to underpin these uncertainties. Dr. Michael Egan, a specialist in catastrophic history, reflects on the origins of alienation as cultural current, and the violence that accompanies it. He invites a crash-course tour of the modern world since the Enlightenment to identify the locus points for our contemporary malaise, and ends with an argument for a renewed sense of (and need for) hope.
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About the Speaker
𝘿𝙧. 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙀𝙜𝙖𝙣 is an Associate Professor at McMaster University and a contemporary historian who explores how we might reconcile hope for the future in a world rife with anger and violence.
His teaching has spanned a wide range of fascinating topics, including:

• 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿: 𝗔 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
• 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
• 𝗔 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
• 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

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𝗖𝗼-𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀
This event is co-sponsored by 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻 𝗡𝗔 and the 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗛𝗣𝗛𝗖).
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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻 𝗡𝗔
Ensaneyoun NA is a non-political, non-religious organization that provides safe and open spaces for Arabic-language speakers and friends to gather, exchange ideas, discuss, and organize—without restrictions on opinions or points of view, as long as they do not advocate violence, discrimination, or hate.
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