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The 2015 Tri-University History Conference takes place March 7 at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario. Our theme this year: War, Memory, and Commemoration.

The conference features a keynote address by Sir Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls College, Oxford, UK.

Paper proposals from graduate students, emerging and established scholars welcome. Please send inquiries or proposals (200 - 300 words) to Darren Mulloy at dmulloy@wlu.ca by Nov. 7, 2014. All proposals should be accompanied by a brief (50 words) biographical note.

Some suggested topics, although papers will not be limited to these: the centenary of World War I; the politics of remembrance; technology and commemoration; the culture of warfare; education and nationalism; home fronts; transnational perspectives 

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One-minute silent film "JUMP " by second year Guelph Studio Art student, Theo Bakker, selected for TUFF, the Toronto Urban Film Festival!

   Join us in welcoming the new crop of MFA grad candidates with their first collective show "So it goes". Works will be on display from...

Karen Houle is the inaugural Eastern Comma Writer-in-Residence Fall 2014.  From the announcement by the Musagetes Foundation:

Karen Houle is the inaugural Eastern Comma Writer-in-Residence Fall 2014.  From the announcement by the Musagetes Foundation:

The School of Languages and Literatures (formerly the Department of Languages and Literatures and Département d’études françaises) invites you to the annual 'homecoming.' Let's celebrate 50 years of languages and literatures at the University of Guelph!

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Time: 5 pm - 7 pm
Location: Faculty Club, 5th Floor, University Centre, North Elevator

Toronto’s reggae roots are explored this weekend with Harbourfront’s Island Soul festivities and the Irie Music Festival (with a ceremonial opening at Nathan Phillips Square on Friday with appearances by acts from the Queen Street West reggae scene in the 1970s and ’80s). We spoke with Juno-nominated reggae-jazz keyboardist and historian Jason Wilson about the city’s Jamaican dance music past.

Read the interview at the Globe and Mail

Toronto’s reggae roots are explored this weekend with Harbourfront’s Island Soul festivities and the Irie Music Festival (with a ceremonial opening at Nathan Phillips Square on Friday with appearances by acts from the Queen Street West reggae scene in the 1970s and ’80s). We spoke with Juno-nominated reggae-jazz keyboardist and historian Jason Wilson about the city’s Jamaican dance music past.

Read the interview at the Globe and Mail