Catherine Carstairs on Canadian Portrayals of Children with Disabilities
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Presentations Include:
March 23, 2013 - Best Western Hotel, 716 Gordon Street, Guelph
The Tri-University Conference is a wonderful opportunity for students and faculty to get to know each other, to share ideas, and debate the latest developments in our field. This year, the Tri-University conference will take place at the Best Western Hotel in Guelph. Attached is the preliminary programme which will also be available on the Tri-U website shortly. The theme this year is “New Approaches to History” and our keynote panel features three fantastic historians from the Tri-University campuses:
- Ian Milligan, a recent hire at the University of Waterloo, who writes on youth and labour in the 1960s, and new digital technologies, will give a paper on “Preparing for the Infinite Archive: Social Historians and the Looming Digital Deluge.”
- Amy Milne-Smith, the author of London Clubland: A Cultural History of Gender and Class in late-Victoria Britain (2011) will be speak on “Queensberry’s Misrule: Exploring honour, duty, and the gentleman in late-Victorian Britain.”
- Norman Smith, the author of Resisting Manchukuo: Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation (2007) will speak on “Sources, Souses and the Writing of Manchurian History.”
Please register online to attend or email Laura Greaves directly lm2greav@uwaterloo.ca. There is no fee for registration. Get the conference program: .pdf
“So many people think that the Chinese don’t drink and that the only popular intoxicant in Chinese history has been opium,” says Smith. Having attended many social functions in China where alcohol was served, he found it strange that the role of alcohol in Chinese culture has not been the subject of much research. Smith says the Chinese are now consuming alcohol at unprecedented levels due to rising wealth among the middle and upper classes. “It’s front and centre, at least in the northeast,” says Smith. “It’s unthinkable to go to a banquet or many other social functions without people drinking. If you say that you don’t drink, they’ll say, ‘Have a beer.’”
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The Centre for Scottish Studies has a busy term planned! We've got lots of exciting events coming up and hope that you can join us. Flyer attached: .pdf
To assist with planning, and to help coordinate space and catering, please RSVP at your earliest convenience to scottish@uoguelph.ca or at www.facebook.com/scottishstudies/events. All events are free to attend unless otherwise noted. Hope to see you there!
Caitlin & Kate ---- Centre for Scottish Studies
www.uoguelph.ca/history/newsletterofthedepartment
Happy January!
- Susan Nance (editor)
For the rest of the Winter 2013 MESS schedule, visit www.uoguelph.ca/arts/mess
This year the Department is pleased to offer four undergraduate research assistant positions to qualified candidates:
Revisiting the Historiography of Nigeria-Biafra War 44 Years After
- Supervisor Dr. Femi Kolapo
Hitchhiking: Canadian Youth and Travel
- Supervisor Dr. Linda Mahood
The Crown, the Court and the Casa da India: Political Centralization in Portugal 1480-1520
- Supervisor Dr. Susanna Ferreira
Transatlantic Dimension of the Revolutionary Republic of East Florida, 1817-1818
- Supervisor Dr. Karen Racine
Applications due February 4. For more information on these projects and how to apply, visit our Job Postings.
"Fighting Fat: Canadian Obesity History"
The talk takes place in MacKInnon 132 from 12:00 to 1:30pm.
All welcome!
For more information contact Dr. Carstairs: ccarstai@uoguelph.ca
Get the flyer: .pdf