Darren Ferry speaks on Mechanics' institutes: Friday March 30, 2:30 pm

From Dr. Derek Neal:

Greetings to all,

The Department of History invites you to join us for our final presentation of the academic year, Friday, March 30 at 2:30 pm in room A122. Darren Ferry, of Nipissing's Muskoka Campus, will present a paper entitled "Open to All Classes on Terms of Perfect Equality: The Association of Mechanics' Institutes and the Establishment of Adult Education in Ontario, 1868–1895."

For a generation before 1895, what we would now call adult education in Ontario was largely undertaken by the Mechanics' Institutes, which provided a much wider range of instruction than their name would imply. Historians have generally considered their efforts unsuccessful, but Dr Ferry will challenge this received opinion, with reference particularly to the farmers, bookkeepers, clerks and young women who took advantage of the Institutes' evening classes during this period.

As always, the talk is free of charge, refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome.

Hoping to see you there,

Derek Neal

"The Future Depends on Brest-Litovsk"

From Derek Neal:

The Department of History is pleased to invite you to a special presentation on Friday, March 16 at 5:00 pm in Room A226, entitled "'The Future Depends on Brest-Litovsk': War, Peace, and Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe, 1917–1918."

 Our guest speaker is Mr. Borislav Chernev, doctoral candidate in History at the American University in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Chernev will discuss previously overlooked aspects of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference which took place between December 1917 and March 1918 in an attempt to resolve the hostilities in the Eastern European theatre of the First World War. Focusing on the importance of Austrian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian delegations, the presentation will emphasize the domestic implications of peacemaking, and ask how the conference contributed to transmuting World War I into later national and social revolution in the vast region affected by the treaty.

 As in the History Seminar Series, the talk is free of charge, everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided.

From the History Club

This is a reminder of the history club meeting this Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in room A143 at 11:30. We are looking for individuals willing to take over for the executive council next year. If you are interested please let us know either by responding to this e-mail or on facebook. 

Starting March 19 in the education centre hallway we will be holding our bi-annual book sale. You can drop off your donations or come buy to make a purchase that week. All money raised goes to the history club!

On March 29 we will be holding our 4th year pub night! All graduating students are welcome to come! It will be at the Fox and the Fiddle starting at 8pm. So come out, take a break from studying and enjoy a drink with your favourite prof!

History Club events

Hi all,

This is a reminder of a few events happening this week.

There will be a meeting this Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:30-12:30 in room A143. Attached is a copy of the minutes from last week and an agenda for this week. We will be discussing clothing orders, the book sale, 4^th year pub night and the next pub night. Anyone interested in being on the executive council next year are encouraged to come out so they can learn the ropes!

This Thursday, February 2, 2012 will be our first pub night of the New Year. It will take place at the Fox and the Fiddle beginning at 8pm. The theme is symposium. Symposiums held in Ancient Greece involved wine and discussion. At our symposium you are welcome to drink whatever you chose, alcoholic or not. There will be tables set up with a political or social question placed at each table (ie. Are men and women equal always in all ways? or Should marijuana be legalized?). You are invited to come out and discuss these questions with your friends and peers. Or just come out and hang out! Hope to see you there!

Sam 

Department Annual Keynote Lecture -- Ian McKay

Nestar Russell speaks on the Milgram experiments and the Holocaust, Dec. 9, 2 pm

Muhlberger speaks on Captivity and Ransom: Friday, November 25, 4 pm

Traitors and Spies -- History Seminar Series, Oct. 28

GORDON MORRELL
British Traitors and Soviet Spies in the 1930s
A RESPONSE TO CHRISTOPHER ANDREW'S AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF MI5
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
4:00-5:30 PM
ROOM A122
THE HISTORY SEMINAR SERIES

 

EVERYONE WELCOME
REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED
CONTACT: DEREK NEAL

The History Club presents Difficult Wars: Nov. 2

DIFFICULT WARS:
A CONVERSATION WITH
CONFLICT VETERANS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
 3:30-5:00PM
ROOM A137

Join us for an engaging conversation with Colonel David
W. Taylor, USA (ret.), a veteran of the Vietnam War and
Corporal Jeff Lehoux, Canadian Army (ret.), a veteran
of Afghanistan as they discuss their experiences of
conflict and after.

Presented by the Nipissing University History Club

Facilitators: Dr. Stephen Connor, John Picard, Bryce Simpson
 

From the History Club

Hello everyone!

     I hope everyone is having a great start to their school year. If anyone wants to be removed from the e-mail list just send an e-mail letting us know. First of all I would like to invite you to the first history club meeting which will be held October 3, 2011, 11:30-12:30 in room A143. 

 

 On Tuesday October 4m 2011, 3:30-6:30 in room A118 we will be holding the annual Meet and Greet. Come out to get to know other history students and meet some of the profs! There will be refreshment serves and games played. 

 

    Finally, this year's seminar series will be starting on this Friday, September 30, 2011, Room A122, from 2:30–4:00 pm. The Department of History is happy to present Dr. Maartje Abbenhuis, visiting from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and Dr. Sarah Winters of our own Department of English Studies, in this presentation about the challenges posed by depictions of Nazi figures (and those like them) in various media including film and print. Drs. Abbenhuis and Winterswill talk about their contributions to a recent edited collection entitled Monsters in the Mirror: Representations of Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture (Praeger, 2010) and discuss some of the implications of their research for teaching on Nazi Germany and Nazi themes.
The talk is free of charge, refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome. Questions may be directed to Dr. Derek Neal <derekn@nipissingu.ca>.