Past Events

MA student: Jeannette Hicks Time: 12:00 - 2:30 p.m. Thesis title: Reversibility and the Genesis of Sense in                       Merleau-Ponty's Ontology of Art ALL ARE WELCOME

SOLAL INTERNATIONAL  CINEMA SERIES

This workshop is designed to introduce history students (both new recruits and seasoned veterans, 1st to 4th Year) to some of the principles of writing papers and book reviews in history. We'll discuss: * avoiding common grammatical and structural errors that tend to appear in history papers; * planning and constructing introductions and conclusions; * paraphrasing; and incorporating direct quotations from primary and secondary material.

Free entrance. Light refreshments served. Spanish with English subtitles. Spanish Academy Award Nominee - Best Actress Award

Nathalie Cooke, a professor of English at McGill University, is a Visiting Professor in the History Department this month. Dr. Cooke is the founder and editor of CuiZine: The Canadian Journal of Food Culture, and is will speak on October 21st from 1:00 - 2:30: "Stirring the Pot: Food Studies in the Digital Age." Part of the Digcafe Series, the talk accounts for the intersection of on-line journals, the digital humanities and Canadian food culture. All Welcome!

All Welcome! Email khannoso@uoguelph.ca for more information.

Private Event. 3pm-10pm.

Short Abstract: Dr. Black is presenting a talk that will take us through a number of theories on the consciousness of humans and animals. Starting with an Aristotelian background, Dr. Black will then discuss the Mtakallimun, also called kalam theologians, and Avicenna, a writer of treatises during Islam's Golden Age.

Free Event, everyone welcome.