History: 5 Broken Cameras: MESS at Docurama
For the rest of the Winter 2013 MESS schedule, visit www.uoguelph.ca/history/mess
For the rest of the Winter 2013 MESS schedule, visit www.uoguelph.ca/history/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
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from the jacket: Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior—drawing on the scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications—to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species.
Deadline: January 18, 2013
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 University of Guelph. The theme is “New Approaches to History” and to this end, we are featuring a keynote panel with three fantastic historians from the Tri-University.
From the jacket: The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of The Wayne and Shuster Hour and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences.
Art history professor Christina Smylitopoulos knows. “It originally was a name for a Muslim official or leader, but it became a derogatory term used for British men who traveled to India in the hope of making a fortune and then returned to Britain fabulously wealthy and ready to climb into elite spheres of power and influence,” she explains.
Thursday, November 22nd at 530 pm in MACK 313 the Middle East Scholars Society welcomes:
Omar Al-Ghabra, Syrian-Canadian community activist and former MP from Mississauga, who will speak about the situation in Syria and prospects for the future. All welcome!
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Inspired by her memories, Jodey Nurse has completed her MA thesis on the Peel County Fall Fair (now the Brampton Fall Fair) and is doing her PhD research on the history of women’s involvement in fall fairs. Her work has attracted attention from CBC Radio; she was interviewed in early September for the Fresh Air program to share what she learned about the history and importance of these annual gatherings in Ontario. Nurse completed her undergrad degree in history at Queen’s University and is now studying at U of G. Today, there are 230 fall fairs. Some, Nurse admits, are struggling, especially those close to large cities where there is more competition. While the first fairs were basically livestock shows organized by gentlemen farmers, politicians and others who wanted to improve farming by better breeding of animals and plants, over time they began to aim for a broader audience.
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HIST*3240 "Food History" (Dr. Mosby)
HIST*3330 "The Scottish Diaspora" (Dr. Morton)
HIST*3450 "The Vikings" (Dr. Ekholst)
HIST*4170 "Exploring Digital Humanities" (Dr. Ross)
For course descriptions visit our undergraduate programs page.