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Catherine Carstairs on Canadian Portrayals of Children with Disabilities

For U of G history professor Catherine Carstairs, writing her recently-published journal article about Guelph author Jean Little had some fringe benefits. “I got to re-read some much-beloved books from my childhood, and I got to meet and interview an author I had always admired,” she says. Carstairs had tucked away her memories of enjoying Little’s books when she was a child until she realized that some of Little’s papers were in the U of G archives. “Some of my students were using these resources for papers,” she says, “and I thought there might be more that could be done with them.” She used various archived documents to explore the roots and expression of Little’s ideas about those with disabilities and their treatment by the society around them. As Carstairs explains in her article, published by the journal Histoire sociale/Social History in November 2012, Little was born in Taiwan with scarred corneas and limited vision (she is legally blind).
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History: Scottish Studies Spring Colloquium

The 2013 Scottish Studies Spring Colloquium will be held on 6 April 2012 at Knox College, University of Toronto, from 10:30 am to 3 pm (doors open at 10 am)
Presentations Include:

    - Dr. Kevin James (University of Guelph, History), “The McAutocrat of the Victorian Highland Inn”
    - Dr. J. Andrew Ross (University of Guelph, History) and Melissa McAfee (University of Guelph, Archives & Special Collections), “Digitising Guelph’s Scottish Chapbook Collection”
    - Rachel Redshaw (Independent Scholar), “The Virtual Voice of the Past: The Use of Online Oral Accounts for a Holistic Understanding of History”
    - Movie Screening: Singing Against the Silence (2012) Directed by Dr. Michael Newton (St. Francis Xavier)

Scottish Studies Spring Colloquium

The 2013 Scottish Studies Spring Colloquium will be held on 6 April 2012 at Knox College, University of Toronto, from 10:30 am to 3 pm (doors open at 10 am)
Presentations Include:

    - Dr. Kevin James (University of Guelph, History), “The McAutocrat of the Victorian Highland Inn”
    - Dr. J. Andrew Ross (University of Guelph, History) and Melissa McAfee (University of Guelph, Archives & Special Collections), “Digitising Guelph’s Scottish Chapbook Collection”
    - Rachel Redshaw (Independent Scholar), “The Virtual Voice of the Past: The Use of Online Oral Accounts for a Holistic Understanding of History”
    - Movie Screening: Singing Against the Silence (2012) Directed by Dr. Michael Newton (St. Francis Xavier)

History: Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop 2013

The Department of History and Dr. Renee Worringer host this year's Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop (GLOW), a gathering of scholars of the Ottoman Empire from Canada, the US and beyond. The program is just out: .pdf  

Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop 2013

The Department of History and Dr. Renee Worringer host this year's Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop (GLOW), a gathering of scholars of the Ottoman Empire from Canada, the US and beyond. The program is just out: .pdf  

Tim Scanlon lecturing at University of Guelph

Tim Scanlon: "What is Morality?"

The 2013 Guelph Lecture in Philosophy was given by Dr. Thomas (Tim) Scanlon of Harvard University on March 21. His talk, "What is Morality?" was free and open to the public and drew a large audience.

Information on the Guelph Lecture in Philosophy.

Philosophy: MA seminar: Subjectivity, Identity and Language

At the 2013 MA Seminar, graduate students in the Department of Philosophy presented papers concerning a range of topics with conclusions relevant to various academic fields. Philosophy majors in their final year were involved as 'guest-commentators'. The conference provided a valuable learning experience for first-year graduate students, providing them an opportunity to engage ideas with both professors and peers in a professional setting. This event took place on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 in the Florence Partridge Room, McLaughlin Library.

MA seminar: Subjectivity, Identity and Language

At the 2013 MA Seminar, graduate students in the Department of Philosophy presented papers concerning a range of topics with conclusions relevant to various academic fields. Philosophy majors in their final year were involved as 'guest-commentators'. The conference provided a valuable learning experience for first-year graduate students, providing them an opportunity to engage ideas with both professors and peers in a professional setting. This event took place on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 in the Florence Partridge Room, McLaughlin Library.