Alan McDougall's new book on Liverpool FC, Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp is coming out with Cambridge University Press this summer (7 Aug in the UK and Europe; 28 Aug in North America).
Dr. Greg Klages, a long-time instructor in the History Department (and also a regular at University of Guelph-Humber), has just launched two publications, Vols.
What is Surzhyk and why is it important? How can we learn from past mistakes? How can the arts improve teaching in higher education?
All of these questions (and more) were recently answered by College of Arts (COA) competitors at the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT ®) College Heat on April 11, 2025, held in the Alumni and Heritage Centre in the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph.
How far would you go for success? Seymour, a shy plant owner, finds himself keeping a big, dark secret with his prized plant that only grows from feeding on human blood.
From February 28 through March 2, 2025, the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) and the School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing (SOTEC) in the College of Arts (COA) at the University of Guelph presented the College's first musical theatre performance of Little Shop of Horrors at War Memorial Hall to over 1,200 attendees.
On Saturday, April 5, the University of Guelph Choirs, in collaboration with the College of Arts and the School of Fine Art and Music, will present “Considering Matthew Shepard,” an oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson, at Harcourt Memorial United Church in Guelph. The performance, featuring U of G Choirs, Alumni soloists Lesley Bouza, soprano, and Jordan Scholl, bass, and the Guelph Chamber Players orchestra, will follow a pre-concert discussion at 7:45 p.m. that invites audience members to engage with the work's themes of justice, compassion and remembrance.
On Saturday, February 8, the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts at the University of Guelph hosted the Second Annual Guelph Regional High School Ethics Bowl, bringing together 13 high school teams from across the Greater Toronto Area for a day of thoughtful and animated ethical debate and discussion.
While our ever-growing 200+ alum makes it impossible to keep track of all of the MFA community achievements, here are some of the highlights from the last year or so. Many congratulations to those who’ve published books throughout the last half of 2023 and into 2024.
You can learn more and order books directly through the links provided here, in the author’s names.