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Gordon Trenbeth's PhD thesis defence

Thesis Title: "Posthuman Labour Solidarity and the Dialectics of Animal Community:                     Confronting the Contradictions of Anthropocentrism Through Cinematic Imaginaries"   ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND (IN PERSON)

The Scottish Inn: Historical and Comparative Perspectives: Prof. Daniel Maudlin, Dr. Vaughn Scribner and Theresa Mackay (moderated by Prof. Kevin James) - Scottish Studies virtual talk

Join the Centre for Scottish Studies online this fall for a series of fascinating lectures focused on Historical Travels in Scotland & Scottish Travellers Abroad, featuring international experts sharing their insights. Registration is free! Voyages to Scotland and Scots Voyaging Abroad: Histories of Travel Featured Speaker:

Gryphons Read 2023: Public Talk - What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad

What Strange Paradise Omar El Akkad U of G’s annual common reading project – Gryphons Read – celebrates its seventh iteration. This year’s novel is What Strange Paradise, by Egyptian-Canadian author and journalist, Omar El Akkad. It is the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. But it is also a story of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair – and about the way each of those things can blind us to reality.

Remember Bristol and French Cheese: Canadian Cheese in Britain, 1880-1914 - Dr. Colin Coates at Rural History Roundtable

The History Department presents RURAL HISTORY ROUNDTABLE: SPEAKER SERIES FALL 2023 SPONSORED BY The Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professorship in Rural History Events are in a hybrid format this fall, unless noted otherwise. To register to attend online, visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/roundtable or contact: bmendonc@uoguelph.ca

Enchantment at the Edge: Phantom Islands and Mythical Lands at the Atlantic Periphery: Dr. Gareth Roddy - Scottish Studies Virtual Talk

Join the Centre for Scottish Studies online this fall for a series of fascinating lectures focused on Historical Travels in Scotland & Scottish Travellers Abroad, featuring international experts sharing their insights. Registration is free! Voyages to Scotland and Scots Voyaging Abroad: Histories of Travel Featured Speakers:

Jeremy Wiens MA Thesis Defence

MA Thesis Title: "Doing Development Justice:                             Corruption, Non-ideal Theory, and Global Justice"   ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND (in person)

Thomas Smith - MA Thesis Defence

MA thesis title "Reimagining the Lord Mayor's Shows: Constructing a 3-D Model of Bower's Tomb from Anthony Munday's Chrysanaleia (1616)"

Gennady McCracken's PhD thesis defence

Thesis Title: "Strangers in NeoAristotelian Ethics,                         Metaethics and Politics" ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

Rui Li - MA Thesis Defence

MA thesis title "Nationalist and Feminist Propaganda in Manchukuo’s Early Period and the Response: Focus on the Educational System, Mass Media, and Literary Works"
Truth or Treason Exhibit launch poster

Truth or Treason? Sources for the Study of the Jacobites: Leith Davis speaks at Scottish Studies

Please join us for the exhibit launch of Truth or Treason? Sources for the Study of the Jacobites featuring special guest speaker, Dr. Leith Davis. The University of Guelph’s renowned Scottish Studies Collection boasts an outstanding array of Jacobite-related materials that speak to the complexity of the Jacobite movement, the deep divisions it generated, and broad alliances in which it was implicated. Details and registration are available on Eventbrite:

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