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History: Celebrate Black History Month with the Rural Diary Project
Celebrate Black History Month and try your hand at transcribing. We suggest the Shadd Diary.
A journey into the Shadd Diary covers the years 1881-1889 and introduces the reader to a variety of fascinating individuals. Garrison is the son of Abraham Doras Shadd, the famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railway, and brother of Mary Ann Shadd, the first black woman in North America to publish a newspaper. Garrison oversees his sons taking extended turns writing the diary, first William, then Charles, then others. You'll notice the change in hand-writing. They are fully engaged in farming and the community life of North Buxton.
The diary can be found here: https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/garrison-william-shadd
We hope you'll join us!
- Erin Elizabeth Schuurs, PhD Candidate on behalf of Rural History at Guelph
Celebrate Black History Month with the Rural Diary Project
Celebrate Black History Month and try your hand at transcribing. We suggest the Shadd Diary.
A journey into the Shadd Diary covers the years 1881-1889 and introduces the reader to a variety of fascinating individuals. Garrison is the son of Abraham Doras Shadd, the famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railway, and brother of Mary Ann Shadd, the first black woman in North America to publish a newspaper. Garrison oversees his sons taking extended turns writing the diary, first William, then Charles, then others. You'll notice the change in hand-writing. They are fully engaged in farming and the community life of North Buxton.
The diary can be found here: https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/garrison-william-shadd
We hope you'll join us!
- Erin Elizabeth Schuurs, PhD Candidate on behalf of Rural History at Guelph
History: Tri-U History Conference Program is Here!
The program for the 22nd Annual Tri-University History Conference on March 5, 2016 is here .pdf
Please join us for the 22nd annual Tri-University History Conference on 5 March 2016 at the Best Western Plus Royal Brock Hotel & Conference Centre in Guelph, ON. Organized by the history departments of Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo, the theme of this year’s conference is “Contesting History: Reflections on Perspective and Approach.”
This year’s conference will also feature the inaugural Tri-University “Rapid Fire” Competition. Participants will have 3 minutes to deliver an overview of their dissertation, thesis or major paper to a panel of esteemed professors and conference attendees. The event will take place during the final session of the day and a number of prizes will be up for grabs.
Get the poster .pdf
Tri-U History Conference Program is Here!
The program for the 22nd Annual Tri-University History Conference on March 5, 2016 is here .pdf
Please join us for the 22nd annual Tri-University History Conference on 5 March 2016 at the Best Western Plus Royal Brock Hotel & Conference Centre in Guelph, ON. Organized by the history departments of Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo, the theme of this year’s conference is “Contesting History: Reflections on Perspective and Approach.”
This year’s conference will also feature the inaugural Tri-University “Rapid Fire” Competition. Participants will have 3 minutes to deliver an overview of their dissertation, thesis or major paper to a panel of esteemed professors and conference attendees. The event will take place during the final session of the day and a number of prizes will be up for grabs.
Get the poster .pdf
SETS: NEW PHD
Congratulations to Mauricio Martinez, who successfully defended his dissertation, States of Mourning: Vacancies of Law in Shakespeare's Tragedies in November and submitted the final copy in January. He will graduate in June.