On January 17, the Middle East Scholars Society kicks off its Winter schedule with a showing, sponsored by the Library Docurama Film series, of the Palestinian documentary, 5 Broken Cameras. The film is one Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army and is nominated for an Oscar this season. The film shows in Rozanski 105 at 7p.m. All welcome!!
As part of the History and Sociology/Anthropology Food Series, on Thursday January 24th, Dr. Catherine Carstairs, the Department of History and the College of Arts are proud to present a talk by Dr.Wendy Mitchenson, Canada Research Chair in Gender and Medical History at the University of Waterloo:
"Fighting Fat: Canadian Obesity History"
The talk takes place in MacKInnon 132 from 12:00 to 1:30pm.
All welcome!
For more information contact Dr. Carstairs: ccarstai@uoguelph.ca
Get the flyer: .pdf
As part of the History and Sociology/Anthropology Food Series, on Thursday January 24th, Dr. Catherine Carstairs, the Department of History and the College of Arts are proud to present a talk by Dr.Wendy Mitchenson, Canada Research Chair in Gender and Medical History at the University of Waterloo:
"Fighting Fat: Canadian Obesity History"
The talk takes place in MacKInnon 132 from 12:00 to 1:30pm.
All welcome!
For more information contact Dr. Carstairs: ccarstai@uoguelph.ca
Get the flyer: .pdf
Working as artist, curator, and writer, Luis Jacob's diverse practice addresses issues of social interaction and the subjectivity of aesthetic experience.
Dr. Susan Nance has just published her latest book documenting the history of animal management in the American circus, Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).
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.
Dr. Susan Nance has just published her latest book documenting the history of animal management in the American circus, Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).
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.
