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Writing the History of Alcohol: Dr. Rod Phillips visiting speaker

The Department of History presents Dr. Rod Phillips of Carleton University: “Writing the History of Alcohol”. Dr. Phillips is an international authority on the history of the French Revolution, the history of the family, and the history of food and drink. His publications include: Putting Asunder: A History of Divorce in Western Society (Cambridge University Press, 1988); Society, State and Nation in Twentieth-Century Europe (Prentice Hall, 1996); A Short History of Wine (Penguin, 2000)

Jewish Divorces as Causes Célèbres in 1790s France: Suzette Blom PhD Defence

Suzette Blom, Ph.D. Dissertation defence: "Implications of Jewish Divorces That Became Causes Célèbres: The Reform of Jewish Status and Juridical Centralization," January 28, 2013 in MacKinnon 132 on the University of Guelph main campus. All welcome! Get the abstract: .pdf 

Iranian Cinema and Limits of Internationalism: Paul Salmon at MESS

This week at MESS - Prof. Paul Salmon, University of Guelph English & Theatre Studies: “Under Western Eyes: Iranian Cinema and the Limits of Internationalism.” Middle East Scholars Society talks take place on Thursdays at 5pm in 310 MacKinnon. All welcome!!

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