tess logo The English Students’ Society (TESS) formed in the Fall of 2008 with the aim to enrich the social and academic experience of undergraduate English students at the University of Guelph. TESS forms an outlet for students to meet, interact, share, discuss and get the most out of their English program experience.
TESS...
MAPS (http://maps-sets.blogspot.ca) is the Masters and PhD Society for the School of English and Theatre Studies. Administered by an executive of MA and PhD representatives for the department, as well as Professional Development and Socialization coordinators, MAPS represents every graduate student in SETS. Responsibilities include electing representatives to sit on Graduate Committee and Department meetings, organizing both professionalization and social events for the graduate student body, facilitating community between MA and PhD students, and providing support and resources...
oneactsF2012Nov 27 - Dec 1 7:30 pm
Massey Hall
Tickets $5
Outlines for Fall 2013 courses are now online. Click on the top right menu item to consult them. Happy pre-registration!
Guelph's new digital humanities group meets about once a month to discuss readings and digital objects. All are welcome. To find out the readings please email Emily Robins Sharpe (e.robins.sharpe/at/ uoguelph.ca).Note also Professor Bill Turkel's talk "Doing History in Real Time," part of the new DigiCafé series. The talk is on Friday, Oct. 12 at 1:30 p.m. Florence Partridge Room, McLaughlin Library.The readings for week one are below.
DigiRead meetings are...
Congratulations! Judith Thompson has just been awarded the Herbert Whittaker Award for distinguished contributions to Canadian theatre by the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. This adds to her many other awards. See profile
Parkdale is the “landing strip” for waves of immigrants and refugees arriving in Toronto; it’s also home to, or the near neighbour of, a number of MFA students in the University of Guelph’s Creative Writing Program and two SETS faculty members: Catherine Bush and Michelle Elleray.
Together, Catherine and Michelle came up with the Parkdale Project: a six-week series of workshops in creative writing for Grade 8 students at Parkdale Public School, taught...
Megan De RooverMegan De Roover is a SETS student whose MA thesis, “Internalizing Borderlands: the Performance of Borderlands Identity in selected Drama, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction,” focuses on the performance of borderlands identity. Her work is based on research she began in a graduate course...
Thomas Wharton, award-winning author of Icefields and a finalist in Canada Reads (2008), reads at TransCanada Insitute on Wed. October 3 @ 12pm. All are welcome.
Icefields is a story of adventure and discovery that unfolds amidst the stunning beauty of the Canadian Rockies. Presented within...
Jennie Hissa
Jennie Hissa is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in English in the School of English and Theatre Studies. In addition to being a full-time student, Jennie is also a Varsity and nationally ranked competitive cross-country skier. Jennie has represented the University of Guelph, her hometown of Kenora, Ontario, and the Cross-Country Ski Association of...
What’s in a name? That which we call an "app"… Four years ago, Prof. Daniel Fischlin envisioned an affordable, content-rich multimedia device delivering literary classics to the digital generation. Now that Romeo + Juliet: The Shakespeare App is available for iPads, iPhones and iPods, the University of Guelph professor can be satisfied that Shakespeare is but a click away.
“I wanted to create a unique teaching and learning tool that appeals to the tech-savvy among us, and I’m relieved that the app passed Apple’s rigorous review process,” Fischlin said. “I’m also...
College of Arts, University of Guelph
50 Stone Road, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
TEL: 519.824.4120 X:55301
