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Look Younger, Live Longer: 1950s Health and Beauty Advice - Catherine Carstairs ASTRA Seminar
On January 29, Dr. Catherine Carstairs will speak on her research into the work of the famous, but now forgotten, food, beauty and health writer Gayelord Hauser: "Look Younger, Live Longer: Health and Beauty Advice in the 1950s." The talk is part of the ASTRA Seminar Series and takes place in MacKInnon 132 at 12 noon. All Welcome! Get the flyer: .pdf
Guelph Tech Showcase 2012 (SOCS Career Fair)
Lower Atrium Closed to public.
SETS presents a Poetry Reading by John B. Lee
Free Event, everyone welcome.
ASTRA Talk with Catherine Carstairs - Look Younger, Live Longer: He alth and Beauty Advice in the 1950s
Free talk, everyone welcome.
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Writing the History of Alcohol: Dr. Rod Phillips visiting speaker
The Department of History presents Dr. Rod Phillips of Carleton University: “Writing the History of Alcohol”. Dr. Phillips is an international authority on the history of the French Revolution, the history of the family, and the history of food and drink. His publications include: Putting Asunder: A History of Divorce in Western Society (Cambridge University Press, 1988); Society, State and Nation in Twentieth-Century Europe (Prentice Hall, 1996); A Short History of Wine (Penguin, 2000)
SOFAM Visiting Artists & Speakers Presents Kitty Scott "I Dont Want No Retro Spective"
Free Admission, all are welcome!
Jewish Divorces as Causes Célèbres in 1790s France: Suzette Blom PhD Defence
Suzette Blom, Ph.D. Dissertation defence: "Implications of Jewish Divorces That Became Causes Célèbres: The Reform of Jewish Status and Juridical Centralization," January 28, 2013 in MacKinnon 132 on the University of Guelph main campus. All welcome! Get the abstract: .pdf