Rural History Roundtable

Photograph: Large group eating meal after raising barn, Stephen Sylvester Main collection, University of Guelph Library, Archives, and Special Collections, Agricultural History (XA1 MS A230 #214)

The Rural History Roundtable is a speaker series that has been in operation since 2002. It hosts scholars of international repute and provides a venue for graduate students to present their latest research. It is vertically intergrated drawing into its fold undergraduates, graduates, post-docs, faculty, archivists, alumni, and other members of the public. 

Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 3:30pm EST for the book launch by Rebecca Beausaert, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Guelph: "'Tea Meetings, Concerts, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention: Women's Leisure in Small Town Ontario, 1874-1914." This hybrid talk will take place at in the Whitelaw Room - 246B in the main Library at University of Guelph.

To attend virtually: Eventbrite link for the talk: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tea-meetings-concerts-and-other-things-womens-leisure-in-small-town-ontario-1870-1914-tickets-1015686715307

Once registered, you will receive a ticket via email. You do not need to click 'sign into the event' or create an Eventbrite account. Instead, closer to the talk date you will receive an email containing the details of the Zoom meeting and a Zoom link. We encourage you to register no later than 30 minutes before the presentation. 

The last three speakers of the Winter 2020 Roundtable were cancelled due to Covid-19 

All welcome! Roundtables this Winter take place in MacKinnon 132 and Robert Whitelaw Room 246B.

Visit the Rural History Roundtable Facebook Page for all announcements

For a list of past Rural History Roundtable speakers, see here.