Past Events

The first Scottish Studies Roundtable of 2012 will be held January 25, from 2:30 - 3:30 in Mackinnon Extension 2020. We are very excited to have Dr. Rebecca Lenihan, a post-doctoral fellow at Guelph, speak about her project, "From Alba to Aotearoa: A precis of a profile of New Zealand's Scots, 1840-1920." More information may be found on the attached flyer (.pdf). We hope you'll be able to join us! Jodi Campbell and Caitlin Holton Centre for Scottish Studies

"Dress, Display, and Dispossession: Indianness and Visual Cu lture in 19th Century Ontario" Free Admission - Everyone Welcome Recepti on to follow talk

Paul Thompson was director general of the National Theatre Schoo l of Canada and in 2011 received a Governor General's Award for Lifetime Ach ievement in the Performing Arts. This talk is part of Judith Thompson's Ac ting Studio Class - All are welcome to attend all or part of this session. n

Event runs from 4pm-10pm.

Dr. Catharine Wilson speaks at the Rural History Roundtable, Monday, Jan. 23, 2:30-4:30pm: “'Bees-Gone-Wrong': The Untold Story about Neighbourhoods and the Good Old Days of Threshing and Barn Raising Bees in Ontario" 

"Bees-Gone-Wrong: The Untold Story about Neighbourhoods and th e Good Old Days of Threshing and Barn Raising Bees in Ontario" Dr. Catheri ne Wilson is Professor of History at the University of Guelph and Co-ordinat or of the Rural History Roundtable Admission is free - everyone is welcome .

Private Event - Atrium Closed to Public . Event runs from 8a m-7pm.

"OCCUPY THIS! An Exploration of the Occupy Movement" Moderatedby Tamara Small, PhD, Department of Political Science Free event. More info contact citizen@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Diana Taylor, Professor of Performance Studies and Span ish at NYU "Taking to the Streets: Mass Mobilization Online and Off " Rece ption to follow at TransCanada Institute, 9 University Ave East - All Welco me www.transcanadas.ca