College News

History professor Stuart McCook, the associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Arts, will be on CTV’s popular morning news show Canada AM Friday at 8:05 a.m. discussing coffee rust, which has caused more than $1 billion in damage across Latin America. McCook is conducting a 150-year history of coffee and its relationship with coffee rust, work that has taken him to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. He also writes a blog about coffee and its history. (from @Guelph)

How two of Latin America's greatest writers dramatized Nicaraguan nationhood before, during, and after the Sandinista Revolution.

By the beaches of Luanda, the Russians are building a grand mausoleum to honour the remains of the Comrade President. Granmas are whispering: houses, they say, will be dexploded, and everyone will have to leave. Can the children of Luanda steal the Russians' dynamite, decipher Comrade Gudafterov's letter, and save their homes? With the help of his friends Charlita and Pi (whom everyone calls 3.14), as well as assistance from Dr.

This past Thursday night our own Dr. Jacqueline Murray was named a Woman of Distinction. She received the education and training award. As a history professor and director of the first-year seminar program on campus, the award recognizes her creativity and innovation in teaching, and for being a mentor and role model for students.

Congratulations from all of us!

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Program features interdisciplinary approach to learning

We are sorry to announce that Jean Harvey, Professor of Philosophy, died April 20, 2014 after an illness that was unexpectedly detected late last October. She was 67 years old and is survived by her beloved companion animals and her brother, who lives in England. She passed away with little pain.

The Nazis are remembered for their brutality and cruelty, so it is surprising to many that when the party was in power it also passed laws to protect animals. Matthew Piper, who recently graduated from U of G with a Master’s Degree in history, became intrigued by these apparent contradictions and made them the focus of his thesis. He successfully defended in January.

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Our Associate Professor Omid Payrow Shabani and Professor Monique Deveaux have published (March 2014) their edited anthology Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy: Texts and Cases (Oxford University Press).