Past Events

As part of Black History / Black Culture in Canada, guest speaker Matthew Robershaw presents “Linguistic Revolutions: The Popular Language Movement in Twentieth Century Haiti.” Matthew Robertshaw is a PhD candidate at York University and a graduate of the M.A. in History at Guelph. His talk is sponsored by SOLAL. All are welcome and admission is free!

 Many people claim they have no rhythm, and yet they can walk around without a thought. Join us for Thinking Spaces: Plastic Time, Optimistic Criticism with musician James Wood to explore your innate musical rhythm and how it can change the way you think about time, energy and life itself. All are welcome and admission is free.

Dr. Jennifer Henke's presentation deals with a specific field of medicine from the perspective of literary and cultural history. It addresses the spheres of midwifery and obstetrics and asks how cultural artefacts such as novels as well as illustrations negotiated discourses of reproduction during the Enlightenment in Britain.

Future students are welcomed to campus to audition for the University’s Applied Music program. Those interested in auditioning on February 20th or in the future are encouraged to contact the Applied Music Coordinator, Dr. Alyssa Woods at awoods08@uoguelph.ca.

Free admission, all are welcome

Drop by the Thinc Lab to attend our first virtual seminar of W20. Geoffrey Rockwell, of Texas A & M, will present Communities of Words: Categories, Lists and Text Analysis. All are welcome and admission is free.

As part of Black History / Black Culture in Canada, join us in our visiting speaker lecture with Sandra Brewster.

A mixed media art installation by University of Guelph students documenting the history of the Guelph Black Heritage Society and the renovation & transfomation of Heritage Hall. "AFTERSHOCK" featuring youth art will be displayed at Capacity 3 gallery.