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"Local Meets Global" - Tri-University History call for papers
The organizing committee for the 2026 Tri-University History Conference invites your submissions to present at the conference on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of W
How English and Biology Are Best Friends
If you had told me in my first year that studying English and Biology would eventually feel like doing the same thing, I probably would have laughed, cried or dropped the course outline. Honestly, I might have done all three at once. But here we are, three years later, and I’m having the time of my life! The Bachelor of Arts and Sciences program at the University of Guelph allows me to split my time between English, Creative Writing and Biology and somehow these fields keep running into each other like they have assigned seating together in a crowded lecture hall (maybe Rozanski).
Alan McDougall's 'Dreams & Songs to Sing' Named Sports Book of the Year
Dr. Alan McDougall's recent history of Liverpool FC, Dreams and Songs to Sing, has been selected as one of the Sports Books of the Year by the Financial Times.
PhD Candidate Bharathan Chandrasekaran writes on "The Invisible Michael Jordan: Why Sports Films Eschew Sports"
History Department PhD Candidate and specialist in the history of sport, Bharathan Chandrasekaran, writes today in Animus: "The Invisible Michael Jordan: Why Sports Films Eschew Sports."
Dr. Matthew Hayday Speaks to the Toronto Star about the Critical Expertise of Historians in the Age of AI
Today, Dr. Matthew Hayday is quoted by Tom Spears of the Toronto Star regarding the recent proliferation of historically inaccurate, AI-generated images and videos about World War II.
It Happened in History
Welcome back to school Gryphons! A new semester has started and the summer is now ancient History, as they say! Speaking of History…
Cinéma Francophone curated by Eric Fillion
The Bookshelf in Guelph is excited to bring you a new curated series featuring French-language films (with English subtitles) that push the boundaries of cinematic convention to explore urgent, timely topics.