Past Events

Thesis Title: Hegel and the Problem of Language ALL ARE WELCOME   

17, Institute of Critical Studies sustains research, academic and editorial endeavours in a wide array of areas. Conceived as a post-University, its practice of critique as concept and praxis, but primarily as social bond, has found echoes in the wider Spanish-, Portuguese- and English-speaking worlds. Mayer-Foulkes’s talk will account for the structural part played by improvisation in the overall performance of this growing, “silence-producing machine,” as he first imagined it.

The School of Fine Art and Music in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Guelph presents Sara Angelucci in the upcoming Visiting Artists & Speakers Talk.  Sara is a Toronto-based artist working in photography, video, audio, and installation.

Artist Talk:  Oct 7, 6:00pm at the Art Gallery of Guelph Opening Night: Oct 7, 8:00-10:00pm at Boarding House Gallery

Join us at this one-day conference as The Centre for Scottish Studies hosts its annual Fall Colloquium on Saturday, October 5.  This year's theme is "Representing the Scottish Past in Film, Text, and Media." Registration begins at 9:00 AM. 

Come hear about new ways of tackling art theft through the combination of advanced technology and close international cooperation!  Dr Susan Douglas is an international lecturer who teaches Cultural Heritage and Art Crimes, 21st-Century Museums, and Digital Art History in the School of Fine Art and Music. All are welcome, Admission is free.

This year, the Gryphons Read book is Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster published by Penguin Random House Canada.  On October 1st and 2nd, 2019, Robinson will visit the University of Guelph to meet with groups of students and give a public talk and reading as the third featured writer for Gryphons Read. She will also visit the University of Guelph Humber Creative Writing MFA students on October 3rd in Toronto.

Showcasing research and lessons learned from the Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.  This presentation features participants from IICSI's Summer Institute held in Percé, Quebic in August 2019. Click here to see the poster. Free and Open to the public!