Past Events

The History Dept. of the College of Arts presents: Dr. Gabriel Piterberg, from UCLA , speaking on: "Comparative settler colonialism and comparative literature in conversation" This talk is a close, yet contextual, reading of two pairs of literary texts: autobiographical novels by Albert Camus and S. Yizhar; and short stories by Camus and Amos Oz. On this basis a conversation is created between the field of comparative settler colonialism on the one hand, and comparative literature on the other. Reciprocal insight is gained: the

Tri-University Graduate Program in History student Amir Locker-Biletzki will defend his PhD dissertation on December 18th: "The Holidays of the Revolution in Israel." Get the abstract: .pdf The defence takes place in 132 MacKinnon on the main Guelph campus. All welcome!  

Private Event. Second Cup closes at 10:30am.

 Elizabeth Gagnon will defend her Masters Degree Major Research Paper on December 17th: "'Looking Good, Looking Canadian': Nature, Region and Sport in Miss Chatelaine in the 1970s" Get the abstract: .pdf  2020 MacKinnon Extension at 2pm. All welcome!  

Sara Smith, M.A. Major Research Paper Defence: "New Frontiers of Science and Empire: A Comparative Study of Scientific Voyages of the Nineteenth Century Within their Institutional Contexts," December 14, 2012. Get the abstract: .pdf

Melissa Segeren, M.A. Major Research Paper Defence: "'But in those days we did everything': The Labour of Indentured and Family-Born Adolescent Males on Twentieth-Century Ontario Farms," December 11, 2012. Get the abstract: .pdf 

Kevin Woodger, M.A. Major Research Paper Defence: "'Be Kind to Animals - You're One Yourself': Gender, Class and Race and the Toronto Humane Society, 1887-1939," December 11, 2012. Get the abstract: .pdf

$5 cover charge. Everyone Welcome. For more information, visi t www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events