Notice Board

How might we highlight the vibrant (and at times painful) histories of children raised, nurtured and lovingly connected to queer parents and queer communities?

Master of Arts (History) Defense: Matthew Chechotko

History students interested in pursuing a MA are invited to join Dr. Kristine Alexander and other Department of History profs as they chat about choosing a grad school and the grad school experience.

Note:  Social Distancing protocols will be in place.

The Department of History Colloquium Series (co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program) presents Radio, Cultural Revolution, and the Meaning of Technology in Twentieth-Century China with guest speaker Dr. John Alekna (Peking University). Dr. Alekna obtained his PhD from Princeton University in 2020 and is now an Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at Peking University.

Date: Monday, November 22, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. (MDT)

Please join Dr. Gideon Fujiwara and Dr. Chris Churchill as they share experiences, thoughts, and questions about equity in the classroom.

They look forward to receiving your input.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://uleth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrf-6opzkvH9yFBZ3eHsS4IwHH11Ti2BOk

The Dr. Alex Johnston Lecture Series presents this years' public talk "Paying it Backward: The Places and Individuals that Populate Black History in the Canadian West," presented by guest speaker, Cheryl Foggo.

The Department of History Colloquium Series presents:

The Re-turn to Experience in History
Guest Speaker: Rob Boddice (PhD, FRHistS) - Finnish Academy Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University, Finland
Date/Time: Friday, October 15, 2021 (10:00 a.m.)

Register in advance for this meeting.

The Driedger Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof. Timothy Winegard of Colorado Mesa University who will speak on his bestselling book, The Mosquito: A Human History of our Deadliest Predator (Dutton/Penguin Books, 2019). Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.

Join us for a Virtual Book Launch 

From Country to Nation: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan, Cornell East Asia Series of Cornell University Press, May 2021 by Dr. Gideon Fujiwara, Associate Professor in History and Asian Studies Coordinator at the University of Lethbridge.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. MST, Online via Zoom (6:00 p.m. PST/9:00 p.m. EST/June 24 10:00 a.m. Japan Time)