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History Students Making Radio Waves This Summer Tune in to Radio 93.3 FM for Professor Wilson’s MA History students on CFRU this July and August.  Students of “Rural History HIST6550” have created half-hour shows in collaboration with Chris Currie from CFRU, the University of Guelph’s radio station.  Each show features a nineteenth-century diarist from the Rural Diary Archive website. 

Thesis proposal title: The Ethics of Water: From Commodification                                               to Common Ownership ALL ARE WELCOME  

Thesis Title: Norval Morrisseau's Legacy or The Sini                     Who Dreamt About Amik and Maanameg   ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND  

This thesis will argue that the lived religion of young Methodist men in rural Ontario from 1866 to 1874 contributed to the creation of a particular ideal of rural masculinity known as the “Christian Gentleman.” The existing historical literature on this topic has focused on the urban-centred middle-class Christianity of the 1880s and 1890s and has tended to ignore alternative visions of Christian manliness that arose in rural communities much earlier. This thesis will make use of the farm diaries of three young Methodist men in mid-Victorian Ontario: Samuel Johnson (b.

Title of the paper: Nostalgia, Lament, and Freedom: The Rise of Philhellenism In Europe, 1755-1824  

The University of Guelph is again hosting a series of 4-day workshops on topics related to digital humanities research and teaching, welcoming a wonderful, diverse group of instructors from a variety of disciplines and institutions. All are welcome! Please see the menu on the right for details on the workshops, instructors, and visiting Guelph.

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Title of his paper: Anarchy, Power, and Perception: Thucydides and Political Realism on the Causes of Past and Contemporary Conflict  

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