Tag Archives: History

Brock Odyssey 2017: From Delphi to Olympia

The Department of Classics takes selected students on a study tour or archaeological excavation each summer. These trips allow students to experience the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world in an entirely new way. This year, Professor Allison Glazebrook … Continue reading

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Brock Odyssey 2017: Experiencing mountains and temples

The Department of Classics takes selected students on a study tour or archaeological excavation each summer. These trips allow students to experience the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world in an entirely new way. This year, Professor Allison Glazebrook and the CLAS/VISA3M32 students are on a study tour of Greece from June 5-18th. During this time, students will be blogging about their experience on the course blog and sharing picture on our faculty’s Instagram and Facebook. Follow along on social media with their hashtag, #brockodyssey2017!

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Brock Odyssey 2017: Learning history where it happened

The Department of Classics takes selected students on a study tour or archaeological excavation each summer. These trips allow students to experience the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world in an entirely  new way. This year, Professor Allison … Continue reading

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Nouveau Reach: Brock professors bringing luxury studies to Canada

Depending where you are in the world, luxury can mean many things to many people. Critical luxury is an emerging field of study in Europe that examines the relations between historical and contemporary ideas of luxury. Now, two Brock University … Continue reading

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Student Spotlight: Danielle Whitter, co-editor of “The General”

Danielle Whitter is fourth year Concurrent Education student, with a major in History (Honours). She is this year’s co-editor of The General, Brock’s Undergraduate Journal of History, which is run as a fourth year history course. This is the second year of the journal, which will be celebrated with a launch party at the beginning of April. Continue reading

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Student Spotlight: Daniel Joshua MacLean helps high school students enjoy reading

Many of our students combine their studies of the humanities with studies in other faculties and can be found participating in clubs and events across the university. Daniel Joshua MacLean is one such student. Currently in the fourth year of … Continue reading

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Student Spotlight: Emily Byrne helps bring history to life at Fort George

Welcome to our new Student Spotlight feature, where Brock students share their experiences with the humanities in their own words. Today we’re introducing you to one of our history students. Emily Byrne is in her fourth year of a honors … Continue reading

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Student Clubs: Brock University Historical Society

Clubs are a great way to explore new ideas, meet new people, and enhance your university experience. We have invited humanities clubs to share a little bit about their plans for the 2016-2017 year in their own words. You can … Continue reading

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