Past Events

Jeannette Hicks est doctorante en philosophie à l’Université de Guelph.  Ses recherches traitent de la philosophie française, surtout l’esthétique de Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, et Rancière.  Son projet de thèse porte sur l’agence critique dans la pensée esthétique de Michel Foucault.  Elle est aussi assistante de recherche avec L’Institut international pour les études critiques en improvisation [IIECI] et artiste visuel.  

Prof. Nieswandt works in moral philosophy with a focus on the foundations of moral normativity. 

Carlos Santana's participation in the US-American peace movement is just one of the chapters in the long life of the iconic sone Oye como Va. Moving from Havana to New York and Tijuana to San Francisco, in this lecture Dr. Sean Bellaviiti will trace the history of this song while following the overlapping migratory and musical circuits that were central to its production.  

Jason Wilson & The Perennials combine reggae with the improvisational sensibility of jazz,and layered with storytelling in the Scottish folk tradition. For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

Join Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, award-winning international journalist, and New York Times best selling author as she talks about the extraordinary movements that have shaped America. Tickets available through Ticketfly or at the Info Desk in the University Centre Courtyard.  More info at www.uoguelph.ca/arts/astra2017

Daniel Holman (Guelph): 'Fighting for freedom after independence in John Barbour's The Bruce' Devon Sherwood (Guelph): 'The Lives of Mary, Queen of Scots: Perspectives'

Dr. Jacqueline Broad (Monash University), "Undoing Bayle's Skepticism: Mary Astell's Critique of the Pensees Diverses (1682).