Notice Board

The Centre for Oral History & Tradition (COHT) in partnership with the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre will host the following workshop:

Writer's Workshop: Using Oral Histories to Write Creative Non-fiction (see attached poster for more workshop details)
Guest Speakers:  Natalie Appleton and Jenna Bailey
Day/Date:  Friday, March 16, 2018
Location:  Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre (401 First Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB)
Time:  9:30 - 12:30 p.m. (includes tea break)

The Department of History Colloquium Series presents the 3rd Annual Driedger Lecture sponsored by the Driedger Fund.  This event is co-sponsored by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Women Scholars' Speakers Series and the Prentice Institute.

The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series will present:

Title:  Are we <Bleep>ed?  Creativity and the Future of Humanity (if any)
Speaker:  Prof. Kent Peacock (Philosophy)
Day/Date:  Friday, January 19, 2018
Time:  4:00 p.m.
Location:  B-730

The Department of History Colloquium presents:

Studies of Bushido Discourse in Tokugawa Japan, 1600 - 1868
Guest Speaker:  Prof. Eisuke Nakajima (Xi'an International Studies University)
Day/Date:  Friday, January 26 2018
Time:  3:00 p.m.
Location:  B-650 (University Hall)

The Centre for Oral History and Tradition will present the following:

Snacks:  A Canadian Food History
Guest Speaker:  Prof. Janis Thiessen (Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the Oral History Centre; University of Winnipeg)
Day/Date:  Monday, November 20, 2017
Time:  3:00 p.m.
Location:  C-674 (University Hall)

As part of Asian Culture Days and International Education Week the following will be presented:

Godzilla, Pokemon, and Yokai: The Role(s) of Monsters in Japanese Popular Culture
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Jeff Wilson (Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, and Chair of Culture and Language Studies - Renison University College (University of Waterloo). 
Day/Date:  Monday, November 6, 2017
Time:  4:30 p.m.
Location:  AH-100

See attached poster for details.

The Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta will present the following:

Refugee Shinran (see attached poster for more details)
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Jeff Wilson (Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo)
Day/Date:  Saturday, November 4, 2017
Time:  1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Location:  Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta (470 - 40th Street South)

This presentation is open to the public.  Free admission.  Refreshments will follow the presentation.