Past Events

Guelph's Rural History Roundtable Speakers' Series is proud to present another semester of original and engaging talks. All welcome! Thursday 6 February, 7:30 – 9:30pm Dr. Elizabeth Ritchie: “‘With a Woman and an Axe’: The Labour of Scottish Emigrant Women in Rural Canada, 1782-1851.” Elizabeth teaches at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland and researches education, popular religion, gender and the family in the early 19th-century Scottish Highlands, and women's emigration from Scotland to Canada.

The Middle East Scholars Society (MESS) is happy to sponsor a special screening of Jehane Noujaim's new documentary "The Square" followed by a discussion with Professors: Renée Worringer and Eid Moahmed. "The Square" takes a look behind the headlines of the Egyptian Revolution, exploring the uprisings through the personal stories of Egyptian youth struggling to create a society of conscience. DATE: Thursday, February 6, 2014 TIME: 5:00 pm LOCATION: MacKinnon Building, Room: 223 The event is free and open to the public. Get the flyer .pdf.

"'With a Woman and an Axe': The Labour of Scottish Emigrant Wome n in Rural Canada" Everyone Welcome.

Free admission and open to everyone.

Free concert, everyone welcome. For more information visit uogu elph.ca/sofam/events

Dr. James Harley will lead a discussion on the relation between creative musicianship and proficiency in the realms of academic and popular electronic music. Open to everyone.

Free concert, everyone welcome. For more information visit uogu elph.ca/sofam/events

History Education, Careers in Education and Business This Winter, our Gateway Seminar for History majors nearing completion of their degrees offers an informal presentation by Guelph graduates Andrew Brennan and Ian Keleher. Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. to 7:00p.m. in MACK 232 All History students welcome -- and there will be PIZZA!!!!

Free Registration, email digital.humanities@uoguelph.ca