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History: Fighting Fat: Canadian Obesity History - Wendy Mitchinson Talk

As part of the History and Sociology/Anthropology Food Series, on Thursday January 24th, Dr. Catherine Carstairs, the Department of History and the College of Arts are proud to present a talk by Dr.Wendy Mitchenson, Canada Research Chair in Gender and Medical History at the University of Waterloo:

"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
 

 

Fighting Fat: Canadian Obesity History - Wendy Mitchinson Talk

As part of the History and Sociology/Anthropology Food Series, on Thursday January 24th, Dr. Catherine Carstairs, the Department of History and the College of Arts are proud to present a talk by Dr.Wendy Mitchenson, Canada Research Chair in Gender and Medical History at the University of Waterloo:

"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
 

 

Visiting Artists & Speakers presents: Luis Jacob

   

6pm Alexander Hall Rm.100 (NEW LOCATION!)

ALL WELCOME - FREE ADMISSION

Working as artist, curator, and writer, Luis Jacob's diverse practice addresses issues of social interaction and the subjectivity of aesthetic experience.

History: Entertaining Elephants: Susan Nance's New Book is Here!

Dr. Susan Nance has just published her latest book documenting the history of animal management in the American circus, Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).

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.

Entertaining Elephants: Susan Nance's New Book is Here!

Dr. Susan Nance has just published her latest book documenting the history of animal management in the American circus, Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).

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.

TCI Reading Series - KIM ECHLIN

 WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 23, 2013 - 12:00PM reading

 A world-renown author, Kim Echlin lives in Toronto where she teaches at the University of Toronto and works as a freelance writer of film/television documentary. Her novel, The Disappeared (2009, was the winner of the 2011 Barnes and Noble Discovery award, long listed for the Dublin IMPAC award, and 2009 nominee for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was translated and released in 16 foreign territories. 

TRANSACANADA INSTITUTE

 

History: CFP: Tri-University Program in History Annual Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS  Tri-University Conference:

New Approaches to History

March 23, 2013

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.

CFP: Tri-University Program in History Annual Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS  Tri-University Conference:

New Approaches to History

March 23, 2013

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.

History: Jason Wilson's New Book on Canadian Concert Parties of WWI is Out!

The Department congratulates Ph.D. candidate Jason Wilson on the release of his new book from Wilfrid Laurier University Press: Soldiers of Song The Dumbells and Other Canadian Concert Parties of the First World War

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.