Rural History Roundtable: Speaker Series
Pioneer Mother Monuments and US Cultural Memory
Cynthia Prescott, Associate Professor of History
University of North Dakota
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DIGIcafe Lecture Series Presents: Ariel Beaujot
Ariel Beaujot is presenting "The Fight to Take Down 'The Big Indian’: Digital Humanities and its use in social justice work." Ariel will discuss how public history and digital humanities can help change municipal policy.
Ariel Beaujot is an Associate Professor of Public History at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse and the Executive Director of the Digital Humanities project Hear, Here.
Free admission and all are welcome!
Visiting Artists & Speakers Talk: Matthew Robertshaw
As part of Black History / Black Culture in Canada, guest speaker Matthew Robershaw presents “Linguistic Revolutions: The Popular Language Movement in Twentieth Century Haiti.”
Matthew Robertshaw is a PhD candidate at York University and a graduate of the M.A. in History at Guelph. His talk is sponsored by SOLAL.
All are welcome and admission is free!
Thinking Spaces Presents: Plastic Time, Optimistic Criticism, an Interactive Talk with James Wood
Many people claim they have no rhythm, and yet they can walk around without a thought.
Join us for Thinking Spaces: Plastic Time, Optimistic Criticism with musician James Wood to explore your innate musical rhythm and how it can change the way you think about time, energy and life itself.
All are welcome and admission is free.
Visiting Speaker Series: Bodies of Knowledge: Reproduction & Science in Literature & Culture
Dr. Jennifer Henke's presentation deals with a specific field of medicine from the perspective of literary and cultural history. It addresses the spheres of midwifery and obstetrics and asks how cultural artefacts such as novels as well as illustrations negotiated discourses of reproduction during the Enlightenment in Britain.
Applied Music Audtions
Future students are welcomed to campus to audition for the University’s Applied Music program. Those interested in auditioning on February 20th or in the future are encouraged to contact the Applied Music Coordinator, Dr. Alyssa Woods at awoods08@uoguelph.ca.
"In Remembrance of Me" Opening Night Reception
Free admission, all are welcome
Digital Humanities Lecture Series: Communities of Words: Categories, Lists and Text Analysis
Drop by the Thinc Lab to attend our first virtual seminar of W20. Geoffrey Rockwell, of Texas A & M, will present Communities of Words: Categories, Lists and Text Analysis.
All are welcome and admission is free.
Visiting Artists & Speakers Talk: Sandra Brewster
As part of Black History / Black Culture in Canada, join us in our visiting speaker lecture with Sandra Brewster.