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Happy New Year!
I love the excitement of a new academic year. Each September, as the weather and leaves begin to turn in Niagara, I enjoy the new energy that comes to campus with the arrival of students, the start of...
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Upcoming talk in Guelph
I am really honoured to have been invited by Dr. Sally Hickson to speak at the University of Guelph later this month as part of their art history speaker series. The event takes place on Tuesday,...
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Sabbatical 2015 Starts Now!
Today is the first official day of my sabbatical. Ok, technically it started yesterday, but since yesterday was a holiday I’m not going to count it. Making brunch and drinking mimosas with friends...
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Sabbatical Panic (Really?)
It is Wednesday, the third day of the winter semester and the third “real” day of my sabbatical. Sure, it officially started on January 1st, but those days between the 1st and the start of term on...
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Time Machine
I’ve been spending some time in the library, working with old newspapers on microfilm. It has been many years since I’ve used a microfilm reader and it took me longer than I care to admit to get the...
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The Art of Animal Activism: Critical Parameters
I am really pleased to be co-chairing a session with Alan C. Braddock on animal advocacy and the arts at the next College Art Association Conference in Washington D.C. I’ve included the call for papers...
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Conference Travel and Some Amazing Vegan Food
I can’t believe it is mid-April! The weeks have been flying by. I’ve been working away on the book manuscript, but I also have been doing some travelling. First I went to the 2nd instalment of the...
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The End (of Sabbatical) is Nigh
And just like that, we are at the end of 2015! I’m always amazed at how fast a year whips by, but I was especially aware of it this year. When I began my sabbatical year back on January 1, 2015 a year...
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