Rural History Roundtable Fall 2023 Speaker Series – University of Guelph

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The Rural History Roundtable at the University of Guelph is a speaker series that has been in operation since 2002. It hosts scholars of international repute and provides a venue for graduate students to present their latest research. It is vertically integrated drawing into its fold undergraduates, graduates, post-docs, faculty, archivists, alumni, and other members of the public. 

The Fall 2023 Speaker Series will employ a hybrid approach. Please join us for the first talk on Thursday September 21, at 4:00pm EST, as Colin Coates, Professor of Canadian Studies at York University, will be giving a talk titled, “Remember Bristol and French Cheese: Canadian Cheese in Britain, 1880-1914.” The talk will take place at the MacKinnon Building, Room 132 at the University of Guelph, as well as virtually.

Schedule

  • Thursday, 21 September, 4-5:30 pm EST, “Remember Bristol and French Cheese: Canadian Cheese in Britain, 1880-1914” with Colin Coates, Professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College, York University, Mackinnon Building, Room 132, University of Guelph and Virtual
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 4-5:30pm EST, “Grandpa Tallman’s Engine” with Mike Roberts, PhD Candidate, York University, Mackinnon Building, Room 132, University of Guelph and Virtual
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2:30-4pm EST, “The Famous Lady Farmers: Miss Jack May in England and Canada” with Joan K.F. Heggie, Independent Scholar, Middlesbrough, England; and Sarah Carter, Professor Emerita of History, University of Alberta, Virtual Format Only
  • Thursday, 2 November, 3-4:30pm EST, “Cattle and Blizzards: Lessons from the Big Die-Up in 1880s Montana” with Susan Nance, Professor of History, University of Guelph, Mackinnon Building, Room 132, University of Guelph and Virtual
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 4-5:30pm EST, “Establishing a Collection: Discovering Botanical-Entomological Models” with William Knight, Curator of Agriculture and Fisheries at Ingenium, Mackinnon Building, Room 132, University of Guelph and Virtual
Register to Attend September 21st Roundtable Virtually
Full Roundtable Schedule and Details
Rural History Roundtable Fall 2023 poster at University of Guelph
Feature Image: Horse and farm wagon a on rural road, Somme. 1916. Credit: William Redver Stark / Library and Archives Canada / e008311127.

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