Past Events

Elizabeth Ewan, Scottish studies scholar and University Research Chair in History will appear at the CommUnity Conversation event on April 22: "Why the Humanities?" Five of Canada's leading researchers in the humanities discuss their roles in creating and exploring the surprising - and often challenging - discoveries the humanities can offer. All welcome! Get the flyer: .pdf

The humanities lie at the very heart of our community, provid ing inspiration, critical thought, and nourishment of the spirit. Five o f Canada's leading researchers in the humanities discuss their roles in crea ting and exploring the surprising - and often challenging - discoveries the humanities can offer. A panel discussion moderated by Robert Enright, Uni versity Research Chair, Art Theory and Criticisim University Research Cha irs: Dionne Brand, Poet, Novelist and Essayist Daniel Fishlin, Early

On Tuesday, April 16 the Department of History Rural History Roundtable presents Jonathan McQuarrie: "Finding a Fair Price: Canadian Tobacco Cooperatives during the Interwar Years." Jonathan McQuarrie is a PhD Candidate at the Department of History, University of Toronto. We meet from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 132 MacKinnon on the main University of Guelph campus. All Welcome!!

On April 16, Kate Zubczyk defends her Masters Degree Major Research Paper: "'In Tymes Bygane': Navigating Between Norse Tradition and Scottish Authority in Sixteenth-Century Shetland" The defence takes place in 2020 MacKinnon Extension on the University of Guelph main campus. All welcome! Get the abstract: .pdf

Everyone is welcome.

All are Welcome!

Please join us for the final 2012/13 meeting of the Thinking Spa ces Reading Group on April 12, 2013 at the public library at 100 Norfolk at3-5pm. Our last guest presenter for the year will be internationally acclai med cellist and educator, Matt Brubeck. Mystery Cello Presentation?! Matt Brubeck will be leading a discussion about an unusual cello recording . There will be no advance distribution of this musical offering, so bring your ears and join the improvised dialogue.

PhD student: David Brooke Struck Time: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Thesis Title: Substantial and Structural Revisions:                      On Ernst Cassirer and scientific structural realism   ALL ARE WELCOME 

On April 11, 2013 Rachel Gilmore will defend her Master of Arts Major Research Paper: “'Talk to me, so you can see, what’s going on': The Cultural Politics of Marvin Gaye’s Album What’s Going On." The defence takes place in MacKinnon Extension 2020 from 1 to 3 pm on the University of Guelph main campus. All welcome! Get the abstract: .pdf