Professor Emeritus, Dr. Richard Reid has completed new book on the African Canadians who volunteered to fight during the American Civil War: African Canadians in Union Blue: Volunteering for the Cause in America's Civil War. The book is published by University of British Columbia Press this May. Congratulations from all of us!
Our own Dr. Ian Mosby tells us he has officially achieved the dubious distinction of having one of his family recipes featured on the well-known Caker Cooking Blog. The dish in question: the "glistening, jiggling and milky-green caker classic,” Lime Cheese Salad (see photo!). The blog celebrates Canadian cuisine constructed of convenience foods and homey ingredients. Bon Appétit!
This year's College Royal will be featuring 7 display cases dedicated to showing 90 years of the history of College Royal, put together by some of our agricultural history students. The launch and display will be on Monday, March 10th, at 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in McLaughlin Library, Academic Town Square (by William's coffee). See you there! Get the flyer .pdf
A University of Guelph history professor and director of Guelph’s first-year seminars program has been awarded a 2014 3M National Teaching Fellowship, considered Canada’s top teaching honour. Jacqueline Murray is U of G’s 15th 3M Fellow. Sponsored by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), the awards recognize exceptional contributions to teaching and learning. ...
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Thanks again to editor Dr. Femi Kolapo (and everyone who contributed to our very productive Fall semester) the January 2014 edition of the Newsletter of the Department is now available!
(by Deidre Healey for @guelph)
Recent graduate Wade Cormack garnered international media attention when he was selected by Scottish golf experts to research the origins of their culturally sacred sport. The 25-year-old is the recipient of the Royal Dornoch Ph.D. Studentship, a unique one-time doctoral research program funded by Royal Dornoch Golf Club and the University of the Highlands and Islands in Inverness.
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This year's Tri-University History Conference is on Saturday March 22 at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo. The conference provides an opportunity for students and faculty at the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier and University of Waterloo. This year's theme is Histories and Communities in celebration of the conference's 20th anniversary.
Call for Papers: the online submission form due February 7, 2014 - we invite individual submissions or panels - or you may indicate your availability to participate as Chair. Please apply and register at: www.triuhistory.ca/conference/
We look forward to your submission and registration and to seeing you in March! Please direct questions to susan.roy@uwaterloo.ca
Professor Emerita Dr. Donna Andrew has just published a new book: Aristocratic Vice: The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England. The book is published by Yale University Press. Congratulations from all of us!
This week, History and Economics Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dr. J. Andrew Ross is featured on a New York Times panel investigating "Should Democracies Have Monarchs?" Dr. Ross weighs the pros and cons to explain how the monarchy works in Canada. Read the rest of the story at the New York Times.
Dr. Norman Smith's latest book, Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China’s Northeast, has won the 2013 Gourmand Wine Books Award – Best Drink History Book, Canada (English).
For more on the award visit Gourmand International.
Congratulations from all of us!