Past Events

The world-renowned Penderecki String Quartet perform R. Murray Schafer's haunting "Rosalind" quartet and Edvard Grieg's soaring first quartet. For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events

Our annual History Grad School and Scholarship Information Session -featuring free pizza and pop- is: Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30 pm in MacKinnon 306 See attached flyers...

The Centre for Scottish Studies invites members of the public and university communities to join us in welcoming Dr Katie Barclay from The University of Adelaide. She will be speaking on "Emotion, Lower Order Scots and Connected Communities, 1660-1830".  This talk will be followed by questions and discussion around the content of Dr Barclay's presentation. Modest refreshments are provided and there are no fees associated with attendance.

All are welcome.   Lunch served

In Search of a Better World is a powerful survey of some of the major human rights struggles of our times — and what we can do about it. Join Payam Akhavan in conversation with Monique Deveaux, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Global Social Change.  Tickets available in advance at The Bookshelf, 41 Quebec St., or at the door starting at 6:15pm.  For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/arts/cafe

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.