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September 2014
Newsletter
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Department of History
University of Manitoba
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Congratulations to History Instructor and alumnus Jody Perrun whose new book The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg (University of Manitoba Press, 2014) will be launched Thursday, October 2, 7:00 pm, in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers. Professor Barry Ferguson will also be speaking at this event. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Congratulations to Professor Jarvis Brownlie who is a co-investigator on the CIHR grant winning project "Diversifying our Ways of Understanding Heart Health among First Nations People in Manitoba: A Mixed Methods Study Governed by a “Two-Eyed Seeing” Approach." PI: Annette Schultz, Faculty of Nursing.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Julie Gibbings who received the Agrarian Studies Fellowship at Yale University in New Haven, CT. Julie will spend the 2014/15 academic year at Yale working on her research project Visions of True Peace: History and Modernity in the Formation of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala 1865-1960.
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The Department of History extends deep appreciation to 2 longtime colleagues. Professor Michael Kinnear retired at the end of June from the History Department which he joined in 1965. Dr. Gerry Bowler left the department in June, after over 25 years of teaching in the department. Michael and Gerry have been valued members of the department and will be missed by colleagues and students. Best wishes to Michael and Gerry.
This summer also saw the departure of 2 post-doctoral students working under the supervision of Adele Perry. Laurie Bertram has taken a tenure-track position in the History Department at the university of Toronto and Kenton Storey has moved to the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities to take up the role of Research Affiliate. Best of luck to you both.
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The Judaic Studies Program presents a talk by Dr. David Koffman, History, York University,
speaking on "Circumcision: The western world's 200 year debate."
Circumcision of infant males in modern Western countries has generated an enormous amount of fiery controversy. This talk analyzes the perennial but shifting debates around ethics, public hygiene, religious tolerance, and sexuality that have, in different times and for different reasons, focused on this highly charged and somewhat taboo subject.
Friday, September 19, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, 409 Tier Building, University of Manitoba
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History Department Honours and Graduate Students
WELCOME BACK RECEPTION
The Departments of History at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg invite our history graduate and honours students, faculty, and support staff to a Welcome Back Reception. Come on out to meet new and returning students, faculty, and support staff. Refreshments provided.
Friday, September 26, 3:00-5:00 pm, 108 St. John's College, UM
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Roundtable on "Canadians and Their Pasts"
The Canadian Studies Programme is delighted to host a Roundtable on "Canadians and Their Pasts" with Margaret Conrad (University of New Brunswick), Peter Seixas (University of British Columbia) and Gerald Friesen (University of Manitoba).
Friday, September 26, 12:30 to 2:00 pm, 108 St. John's College
"Canadians and their Pasts" is a major study of the "historical consciousness" of Canadians, examining what Canadians think is important about their history. Three of the authors will discuss the main findings as revealed in the book that concluded the study, Canadians and their Pasts, published recently by the University of Toronto Press. The authors will discuss such subjects as the role "history" plays amongst the public and differences between the public and academic perceptions of Canada's past.
There will be time given to questions and discussion.
M.A. Archival Studies Information Session & Panel Discussion
Winnipeg's Hidden Archives
Archives are everywhere: in schools and businesses, churches and communities. Archivists are the professionals who preserve records and make them available.
Learn how YOU can become an archivist.
Join us for a panel discussion that will reveal some of the hidden archives of Winnipeg. There will also be discussion of the Department of History's Archival Studies program, including application processes and deadlines.
Wednesday, October 22, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Library
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UPCOMING EVENTS - UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
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"Ex-Mennonite/Near Mennonite: Liturgical, Non-denomination, Secular"
An academic and community education conference
hosted by the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg
October 3 & 4, 2014 at the University of Winnipeg
Conference Program
Sensing War: Children's Memories of the Wartime Atlantic, 1939-1945
A public lecture given by Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, History, Concordia University (presented by the H. Sanford Riley Centre for Canadian History)
Tuesday, October 14, 7:00 pm, Rm 2B22, Oral History Centre, University of Winnipeg
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Children and Childhood in the Twentieth Century: Perspectives from History
A Public Symposium
Friday, October 17, 1:00-3:30 pm, Rm.3C12 University of Winnipeg
Participants: Delia Gavrus, History, UW "Surgery and the Juvenile Delinquent in the Progressive Era." Barbara Lorenzkowski, History, Concordia, "Place, Mobility and the Culture of the Street: Listening to the Rhythms of Boyhood in Wartime Halifax, 1939-1945."; Sharon Wall, History, UW, "'There's no Life Like It': Postwar Childhood and Family in the Canadian Armed Forces." Opportunity for discussion will follow each paper.
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The Art of Zhen (Truth) Shan (Compassion) Ren (Tolerance) International Art Exhibit
hosted by the Falun Dafa Association of Winnipeg
September 14-20, 10 am - 7 pm, Red River College Downtown Campus
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Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 2014-2015 - The Simons Foundation
$3000 awards available to Canadian masters or doctoral students whose research looks at disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.
Deadline: October 14
Cummins Legal History Research Grant - George Washington University Jacob Burns Law Library
$10,000 to support short-term historical research in the special collections of the Burns Law Library (which is noted for its continental historical legal collections)
Deadline: October 15
Joan Mitchell Travel Award - W. Laurier University Archives
$1000 towards defraying the costs of travelling to Waterloo to spend 1-4 weeks in the Laurier Archives.
Available to graduate students and faculty
Deadline: November 28
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Graduate Student Lecture Series - Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Graduate students in the Faculty of Arts are invited to submit a proposal for a paper presentation. Lectures will be on Fridays from 12:30-1:30 pm. See CFP for details.
Deadline: September 19
Contact: Stella Rebling, Dafoe Library, 204-474-9184
International Conference on Religion in Society
"Social Movements and Faith"
April 16-17, 2015 - University of California at Berkley, USA
Current deadline: October 2
International Conference on Books, Publishing, and Libraries
November 8-9, 2014 - Simmons College, Boston, USA
Deadline: October 8
International Conference on the Inclusive Museum
"Museums as Civic Spaces"
August 7 - 9, 2015 - National Science Center of India, New Delhi
Current deadline: October 9
International Conference of Europeanists
July 8 - 10, 2015 - Paris, France
"Contradictions: Envisioning European Futures"
Deadline: October 10
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
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Simon Fraser University - Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position
The preferred candidate will be engaged in feminist interdisciplinary research and teaching in at least one of the following areas: disability studies, bioethics/science studies, masculinity studies, theories of embodiment and body modification, trans* studies, and/or queer theory.
Start date: September 1, 2015
Application deadline: October 1
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Junior Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair in Women's Studies - Assistant Professor (level 2)
24 month appointment: September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2017
Application deadline: January 30, 2015
Job Postings
University of Toronto Mississauga - Department of Historical Studies
3 Tenure-track Assistant Professor Positions
1 - Canadian History whose research focuses on aspects of Canadian History with environmental, colonial, or gender studies orientations.
1 - Religion and Media (This may include new media, multimedia, social media, print media, broadcast media or otherwise.)
1 - Sexuality Studies - This appointment will be affilliated with the Department’s Women and Gender Studies Program.
Start dates: July 1, 2015
Deadlines: October 31
Job Postings
University of Alberta - Department of Elementary Education, Faculty of Education
Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position - Social Studies
Seeking applicants with teaching and research interests in Social Studies education in one or more of the following areas: citizenship, integration of Social Studies with other subjects and/or technology, international, transnational, and global education, community education, multicultural education, inclusion, social justice education and urban/rural education.
Start date: July 1, 2015
Competition open until position is filled.
Job Posting
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