Tri University History

Speaker: Dr Rebecca Lenihan, Post-
Doctoral Fellow in the Department of
History at the University of Guelph
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
2:30 to 3:30 in Room 2020, Mackinnon
Extension

Dr Lenihan’s work investigates demographic patterns among Scottish emigrants in the
nineteenth and early twentieth century. Her PhD research sought to establish the key
characteristics of the Scottish migrants arriving between 1840 and 1920. Her talk will give an overview of this research and draw parallels between her doctoral work and her postdoctoral research at Guelph.

Guelph Department of History – Centre for Scottish Studies

Crossroads: Scholarship in an Uncertain World

Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, May 28-30, 2012

Deadline to Submit Your Proposal: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

In 2012, we will observe the bicentennial of the War of 1812, and the centennials of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the election of Woodrow Wilson as president of the United States, the formation of the African National Congress, the creation of the Republic of China, the tragic 1912 Arctic expedition of Russia’s Georgy Brusilov, the onset of the first Balkan War, the implementation of Regulation 17 in Ontario schools, and the Regina Cyclone (tornado) which killed 28 and left 2500 homeless. Each of these events shaped our world. As historians, our task is to explain, interpret, and re-interpret them for contemporary audiences. This brief list, however, represents just a fraction of the transformative events of the past that have substantially altered the course of history.

Are we currently standing at a key juncture in historical scholarship? Has our world become substantially more uncertain over the past centuries? What role will history play in the 21st century? Will technological change spell the end of traditional forms of teaching and scholarship? For historians change and continuity represent the fundamental building blocks of our discipline. We ask vital questions about the past in order to determine not only what has changed and why it changed, but also what has not changed and why it remains the same. Are we truly at a crossroads in terms of the future of the nation-state, the environment, human survival, social structures, global economics and ideological polarization? If so, what ‘lessons’ can be drawn from studying similar moments in the past? Our challenge is to demonstrate the relevance of history to society now and for the future.

The Programme Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association invites proposals in English and in French from scholars working in any discipline, in any field, and in any era that addresses the conference theme. We also welcome proposals that do not specifically address the theme.

The Programme Committee strongly encourages panel submissions of three papers and a facilitator, although panel submissions may be reorganized if necessary. We also welcome proposals or inquiries for other session formats including roundtables, film screenings, websites, podcasts, and posters.

You are invited to submit a 250-word proposal and a one-page curriculum vitae (in PDF format), as well as your contact information to Heather MacDougall, Programme Committee Chair, at chashc@uwaterloo.ca

Please note that presenters must be members of the Canadian Historical Association.

Tara Abraham and Sofie Lachapelle are hosting a one-day workshop, “Rethinking the History of Science and Technology in a Global Context,” at the University of Guelph on Thursday, May 5th, 2011. The aim of the workshop is to generate dialogue and discussion on ways to foster global awareness in teaching history of science and technology.

Workshop

The workshop is part of a project funded by the Learning Enhancement Fund to re-envision the first-year undergraduate course, HIST*1250 “Science and Society Since 1500″. Presently the course is an introduction to the historical development of science in Western society from the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century. The newly envisioned course, “Science and Technology in a Global Context”, will emphasize global awareness as a learning objective, and will focus on the patterns in which scientific knowledge and practices have traveled across cultures, the interconnected but distinct histories of science and technology, and the complex and contested reasons that science has flourished in the West.

The event will bring together faculty with expertise in both history and history of science and technology in a global perspective who will share their experiences, methods, and perspectives in an informal atmosphere. It will be a small and informal day-long workshop centered on the following questions:

• What different ways might we understand the idea of “a global history of science and technology”?
• In what different ways can our histories be “global”?
• What challenges do we face in teaching history of science and technology in a global context?
• What tools and methods are available to meet such challenges?
• How do we balance the need for local histories with the need for a coherent narrative structure?

Speakers

Dr. Suzanne Zeller, Wilfred Laurier University (Department of History); Dr. Nikolai Krementsov, University of Toronto (Institute for the Historyand Philosophy of Science and Technology); Dr. Michelle Murphy, University of Toronto (Department of History); Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer, Ryerson University (Department of History); Dr. Michael Egan, McMaster University (Department of History); and Dr. Nicholas Dew, McGill University (Department of History and Classical Studies).

For more information, visit http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/node/1361

Featuring:

• Jill McKenzie Memorial Lecture to be given by Dr. Leith Davis (Director, Scottish Studies Centre, Simon Fraser University) “Robert Burns in Transatlantic Culture: The 1859 Centenary”
  (11:30 a.m.)
• Dr. Lucille Campey, author of the newly-released Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers: English Settlers in Atlantic Canada, “Push, Pull and Opportunity: Emigration from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to Canada” (2:15 p.m.)
• Talks by Dr. Barb Murison and Dr. Kris Gies and the 2009 Winner of the Jane Grier Graduate Scholarship, Mr. James Jensen
• Graduate Awards and Report for Scottish Studies at Guelph

10:00 a.m. – Rozanski Hall, University of Guelph
(registration from 9:30 a.m.)
Fee: Early bird registration, before 17 September: $35
At the door registration $40 for members of the Foundation, $45 for non-members (cheques payable to ‘The University of Guelph’)
Lunch and refreshments included.

Registration & Inquires:

Scottish Studies
Department of History
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Tel: (519) 824 4120, ext 53209
Email: scottish@uoguelph.ca

There is still time to register for the Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples Conference that takes place from Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th June 2010. Come for it all, or come for one day. Come for the keynote talks, the sessions, the healing circle, the entertainment, or just the banquet in the stunning Atrium of the University of Guelph’s new Science Complex.

Venues: St Michael’s College, University of Toronto (9th-11th) and the OVC Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Guelph (12th).

Full details at:
http://arts.uoguelph.ca/riiss/

Register at:
Email: scottish@uoguelph.ca
Tel 519 824-4120 ext 53209

Or through Pay Pal at:
http://www.scottishstudies.com/

This is an international conference, sponsored by the University of Aberdeen, with speakers from Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, Ireland and Scotland. There is is free bus to take delegates from Toronto to Guelph on the Saturday, and to return after the banquet. So come and enjoy the cocktail reception as well as a wee drink or two with your meal. Let us be your designated driver!

It promises to be a superb gathering of international scholars.

Do join us.

All members of the Tri-University Community are invited to attend a
lecture presented by

Elizabeth Jane Errington, Professor and Dean of Arts, Royal Military
College

“RMC and Becoming an Imperial Gentleman:  A Preliminary Study of
Masculinity, Nationhood and Empire”

Friday, January 15, 2010
MacKinnon Building, Room 132
University of Guelph

Dr. Errington is author of  Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities.

Please join the Waterloo History Department on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 2:00 – 4:00 in the UW Bookstore to celebrate the achievements of the History Professors listed below. Each Professor will have a few minutes to speak about their recent work.

• John English-”Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000″
• Gail Cuthbert-Brandt-”Bold and Courageous Dreams: A History of Renison University College, 1959-2009″
• Julia Roberts-”In Mixed Company: Taverns and Public Life in Upper Canada”
• Ken Coates and Whitney Lackenbauer-”Arctic Front: Defending Canadian Interests in the Far North” (attendance tentative)
• Andrew Hunt-”The 1980s: Social History of the United States”
• Coming soon-Lynne Taylor-”Polish Orphans of Tengeru: The Dramatic Story of their Long Journey to Canada, 1941-49

Light refreshments provided.