Past Events

On January 12, Jessica Lees will defend her Master's Major Research Paper: "Conjuring the Devil: Accusations of Witchcraft and the Reclamation of Masculinity in Early Modern Scotland" The defence takes place in 2020 MacKinnon Extension at 12:30pm. All Welcome! Get the abstract .pdf attached below.

On December 15, 2016 Matthew Robertshaw will defend his MA Thesis: "Pawòl Gen Zèl: Language Legitimation in Haiti's Second Century."  The defence takes place in 2020 MacKinnon Extension at 9:30 am. All welcome! See attached abstract below.

Thesis Title: The Familiar and Unfamiliar: An Examination                              of Home and Anxiety ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

On December 7, Nancy Winkelmann will defend her MA thesis: Challenging Assumptions of Autonomy: The Agency and Social Capital of English Medieval Noblewomen during the Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries The defence takes place in MacKinnon 132 at 10:00am. All welcome!  Get the abstract .pdf

The Chamber Ensemble performs classic chamber music at their end of fall semester recital.

The CME performs contemporary and improvisational music.  There is a $5.00 cover charge.  Doors open at 1:00 pm.

Rural History Roundtable: Speaker Series Fall 2016 Roy Loewen, History Professor & Chair of Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg: "Horse and Buggy Genius: An Oral History"

ABSTRACT It's common to talk of morality as issuing in reasons for action, or to understand morality as "essentially action-guiding". However, to the extent that aesthetics gives us genuine reasons of any kind, they are typically seen as something like reasons for appreciation. In this talk, I will defend the view that there are aesthetic reasons for action, so that aesthetics, too, can be and is sometimes action-guiding.