The College of Arts at the University of Guelph is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kimberly Francis for a five-year term as Director, School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) beginning July 1, 2024.
Dr. Mariam Thalos, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville will be visiting Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities in the College of Arts (Sept. 3 to Jan. 3) Dr. Thalos has many philosophical interests, including Philosophy of Data Science and Digital Humanities.
The Arts Research Centre Auditorium in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph was abuzz with energy as the Three Minute Thesis Finals unfolded last week. The many impressive presentations included talks by COA graduate students April Torkopoulos (School of Languages and Literatures) and Andrew Vowles (School of Fine Art and Music.)
Congratulations to Art Gallery of Guelph Director Dr. Shauna McCabe and the FIELD+ team who have been shortlisted for the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture, announced in March by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Can technology cast theatre in a new light? Peter Kuling, assistant professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph, believes so.
Earlier this month, faculty, staff, and students from the College of Arts and the University of Guelph community took part in the Decolonizing the Humanities Workshop at the Arboretum Auditorium. This workshop was funded by the College of Arts’ Dean’s Office, the Diversity and Human Rights Office, the Department of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Programs, the School of Languages and Literatures, and the School of English and Theatre Studies.
Three current grad students in Philosophy have won external scholarships! Greg Cote OGS, Alexander Grigggs-Burr OGS, Bruce Homer CGS-MA. Be sure to congratulate them if you see them in the Dept.!
The University of Guelph's School of Languages and Literatures recently hosted the French for the Future event aimed at fostering French language and culture education among secondary school students. Over 200 French-speaking high school students from Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo gathered on March 19 at the University Centre for a day of enriching activities.
Dr. Amanda Boetzkes is a professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory within the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph. In addition to her roles as a researcher and educator, she serves as the Art History curriculum chair within SOFAM.
Catherine Bush is an associate professor of Creative Writing in the School of English and Theatre Studies in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph. For the past two years, she has principally taught in the College’s Undergraduate Creative Writing Minor as well as in its new Creative Writing Major and she was the coordinator of the University of Guelph’s Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts for 14 years.