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from the jacket: Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior—drawing on the scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications—to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species.

from the jacket: Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior—drawing on the scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications—to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species.

 WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 23, 2013 - 12:00PM reading

 A world-renown author, Kim Echlin lives in Toronto where she teaches at the University of Toronto and works as a freelance writer of film/television documentary. Her novel, The Disappeared (2009, was the winner of the 2011 Barnes and Noble Discovery award, long listed for the Dublin IMPAC award, and 2009 nominee for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was translated and released in 16 foreign territories. 

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CALL FOR PAPERS  Tri-University Conference:

New Approaches to History

March 23, 2013

Deadline: January 18, 2013

The Tri-University conference is a wonderful opportunity for students and faculty to get to know each other, to share ideas, and debate the latest developments in our field. This year, the Tri-University conference will take place at the University of Guelph. The theme is “New Approaches to History” and to this end, we are featuring a keynote panel with three fantastic historians from the Tri-University.

CALL FOR PAPERS  Tri-University Conference:

New Approaches to History

March 23, 2013

Deadline: January 18, 2013

The Tri-University conference is a wonderful opportunity for students and faculty to get to know each other, to share ideas, and debate the latest developments in our field. This year, the Tri-University conference will take place at the University of Guelph. The theme is “New Approaches to History” and to this end, we are featuring a keynote panel with three fantastic historians from the Tri-University.

From the jacket: The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of The Wayne and Shuster Hour and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences.

From the jacket: The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of The Wayne and Shuster Hour and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences.

 The English Students’ Society (TESS) formed in the Fall of 2008 with the aim to enrich the social and academic experience of undergraduate English students at the University of Guelph. TESS forms an outlet for students to meet, interact, share, discuss and get the most out of their English program experience. 

The following faculty have received 2012 SSHRC grants:
Karen Houle, John Russon and Andrew Wayne.
In addition to the faculty listed, we are pleased to announce that four Department of Philosophy Graduate students have won recent SSHRC awards.