Notice Board

Dr. Heidi MacDonald will be leaving the University of Lethbridge to become Dean of Arts at the University of New Brunswick St. John. A farewell reception, to honour her huge contribution to our University community will be held on Friday, November 23rd from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. in Andy's Place (AH-100).

The Centre for Oral History & Tradition (COHT) has partnered with the Lethbridge Public Library for the following film screening:
We are the Roots:  Black settlers and their experiences of discrimination on the Canadian prairies
Produced & directed by Dr. Jenna Bailey (in collaboration with Dr. David Este)

Sunday, October 21, 2018  |  2:00 p.m.
Lethbridge Public Library, Main Branch Theatre Gallery (810 - 5th Avenue S)

Free Admission.  Everyone is welcome.

See attached poster for details.

The History Department and Asian Studies will present the following special lecture for Seminar HIST 4040 (Nations and Nationalism in East Asia):

Using Popular Culture to Make Children into Soldiers: Propaganda Kamishibai in WWII Japan
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh (UBC)
Day/Date:  Thursday, November 1, 2018
Time:  3:05 p.m.
Location:  AH-100 (Anderson Hall)

See attached poster for details.

Everyone is welcome.  Light refreshments to be served.

The Alex Johnston Lecture Series presents:

Remembering Influenza:  Western Canadian Experiences During the 1918 - 1919 Pandemic
Day/Date:  Thursday, November 1, 2018
Time:  7:00 p.m.
Location:  Lethbridge Public Library Main Branch (Theatre Gallery)

This lecture will address individual, family and community responses to the 'flu pandemic, and explore how the event has been privately and publicly remembered in the context of the 'twin horrors' of war and disease.

The Centre for Oral History and Tradition (COHT) and the Lethbridge Public Library will present the following:

Traditional Knowledge in Policy and Practice
Day/Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: North Wing Community Room (Lethbridge Public Library; 810 - 5th Avenue South)

The Department of History Colloquium Series will present:

Guest Speaker: Prof. Tolly Bradford (Concordia University of Edmonton)
Title: The Atlantic World origins of the 'new' Hudson's Bay Company, 1810 - 21
Day/Date: Friday, October 12, 2018
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: B-650

See attached poster for details.

Did you just immigrate? Do you have questions? You might get an answer during Question and Answer session. Your participation and shared insights are appreciated.

Guest lecture from Dr. Michael Fronda, 'Was Hannibal a military genius? Some Ancient and Modern Assessments.'

The School of Liberal Education would like to invite you to our launch for this year's Common Book Project
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir" by Joseph Auguste Merasty and David Carpenter.

Date:  Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Location:  AH-100 (Anderson Hall)
Time:  5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

More details can be found on the School of Liberal Education website (http://www.uleth.ca/liberal-education/news-and-events) or the attached poster.