“The past is never dead. It’s not even past” - William Faulkner
Welcome to the Department of History
“We acknowledge that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Siksikaitsitapii (Blackfoot people). We also acknowledge the role the discipline of History has played in the dispossession and genocide of Indigenous peoples, here and around the world.”
Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge! Our department includes an incredible group of professors, all with national and international reputations for their scholarship. Our geographical strengths are in western European and North American History, but we also offer courses in World History and Asian History, and our temporal expertise stretches from the Ancient World to the twentieth century. Learn more about the Department of History.
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Department of History Colloquium Series
The Department of History invites you to check back in September for our first colloquium presentation for 2021/2022.
Department Highlights
HistoriCity Award Winners - 2021
The Department of History is pleased to announce the Historicity Award winners for 2021.
Kalli Eagle Speaker won 1st place for her essay Kainaiwa Beadwork Research Paper and 2nd place went to Meagan Lahoda's essay on The Roxy Theatre. Congratulations to both winners.
A Structural Pandemic: On Statues, Colonial Violence, and the Importance of History
Drs. Kristine Alexander and Mary Jane Logan McCallum have just published the first part, in a three-part series about the politics of statues and commemorations.
HIST2290A - Online Course Offering - Fall 2021
HIST2290A (CRN: 30628) - Main Themes in East Asian History has been changed to Online delivery in Fall 2021.
The class meets live (synchronously) on Wednesdays 3:10 to 4:10 pm (starting Sept. 8), while lectures will be recorded to view at your convenience.
No live class on Mondays
Learn about the reign of King Sejong during Korea's Choson dynasty, and much more about the histories of East Asia!
Liam Devitt (BA ‘21) graduates this year with a legacy of queer activism and oral history experience
"Think about what you can do to improve the lives of those around you and seek transformative change." Liam Devitt (BA ‘21) (they/them) is graduating this year with honours, a major in history …
Congratulations to the Class of 2021 from the Faculty of Arts & Science
Congratulations to the class of 2021! We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours and can't wait to see what you do next. We are so proud of …
Emily Demyen (BA '18) Uses her uLethbridge Experience to Create Belonging for Others
Emily Demyen (BA '18) is a diligent and persistent worker. Finding moments of mindfulness throughout the day is essential to her and a skill she honed throughout her eight-month co-op work term, applied and …
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