Evil May Day. Feminist studies at U de M. That smell of old books.

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• Shannon McSheffrey, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is quoted in a Smithsonian.com article on the "Evil May Day" riot in London, in 1517, when groups of London merchants and artisans rampaged through the city in a violent protest against the presence of foreign workers.
• The Université de Montréal student paper, Quartier Libre, announced the participation of Geneviève Rail, professor in the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, and Homa Hoodfar, professor emerita of anthropology, in a seminar that was organized by the Réseau perspectives féministes à l'UdeM. Yesterday's event marked the recent launch of Université de Montréal's first feminist studies program.
• Newsweek quotes David Howes, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Centre for Sensory Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, in an article about efforts to preserve the smells of old books.

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